Unrestricted prevalence of sedentary behaviors from early childhood.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Light and sedentary behaviors impose heavy challenges on societies. The objectives of this study are to identify child sedentary behaviors, and to examine the relationship between parent knowledge and behavioral style on children's sedentary time in Iran. METHODS:This cross-sectional study was done among children and their parents selected randomly using multi-stage method, from 12 urban districts in Tabriz, Iran;2017. Data were collected through designing a multi-sectional questionnaire adopted from the Bjelland and previous studies to assess the time spent on sedentary behaviors among children/adolescents along with parent knowledge and behavioral style. RESULTS:From 480 children/adolescents and their parents 54.6% came from middle class families, and 55.62% were boys aged 2 t

SUBMITTER: Azabdaftari F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031917 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature