Dietary habits, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour of children of employed mothers: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Since approximately 40% of the global workforce are women, a comprehensive understanding of association of maternal employment with child dietary patterns, physical activity and sedentary behaviour needs more focus. This systematic review aims to identify the association between maternal employment and dietary patterns (DP), physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) of children and adolescents (6 to 18 years). Searches were performed using electronic databases and manual searches. Peer reviewed journal articles, conference papers, theses at masters/doctoral levels in English were included. A total 42 studies met selection criteria, which indicated associations between maternal employment and at least one of the domains of interest: DP, PA and/or SB. Using individual samples of an

SUBMITTER: Afrin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8683879 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature