Relationship between Parents’ Physical Activity Level and the Motor Development Level and BMI of Their Children

Jacqueline Paez, Juan Hurtado, Tomas Reyes, Rosita Abusleme, Patricio Arroyo and Cristian Oñate
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Jacqueline Paez: Escuela Educación Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Viña del Mar 252000, Chile
Juan Hurtado: Escuela Educación Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Viña del Mar 252000, Chile
Tomas Reyes: Escuela Educación Física, Universidad Playa Ancha, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile
Rosita Abusleme: Escuela Educación Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Viña del Mar 252000, Chile
Patricio Arroyo: Escuela Educación Física, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago 8320000, Chile
Cristian Oñate: Escuela de Kinesiologia, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco 4780000, Chile

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-9

Abstract: All the variables that arise in family dynamics can have significant effects on the lives of children concerning their nutritional status and motor development. The objective of this study was to relate the PAL of parents to the level of motor development and the BMI of their children. A total of 198 subjects participated, with the age of the students ranging between 8 and 10 years. To measure the BMI, the norms for the nutritional evaluation of children and teenagers from 5 to 19 years were used; to identify the motor behaviors, the TGMD-2 Test was used; and to identify the level of physical activity of parents, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used. For the analysis, the independent samples t-test and the non-parametric Mann–Whitney U test (Wilcoxon) were used, and for the correlational analysis, Spearman’s rho test was applied. This study found no significant correlation between the activity level of parents and nutritional status variables ( p = 0.162), or between the PAL variables of parents and the motor development of their children ( p = 0.738). A parent’s level of physical activity does not have a direct relationship with the nutritional status or the motor development of their children.

Keywords: parental attitude; physical activity; motor development; nutrition status (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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