Influence of Family Environment to Physical Activity of School Children

CHENG Gai-ping,ZENG Guo,LIU Jing,et al.Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene,West China Public Health School,Sichuan University,Chengdu(610041),China  

Objective To learn family influencing factors of school children's physical activity(PA),and to provide evidence for intervention.Methods By using cluster sampling,1 225 children aged 9-12 years from 2 elementary schools in Chengdu urban and their parents were selected and surveyed by questionnaire about their PA in last week and family physical activity environment.Non-conditional logistic regression analysis was conducted to explore influencing factors of children's physical activity.Results Protective factors of children's sufficient activity were parental PA with offspring,parental specializing in PA and estimating body weight of their child correctly.Protective factors of sufficient activity for boys were often carrying children to arena and recognizing deficiency in activity of themselves.Protective factors of sufficient activity for girls were parental less sedentary time,estimating body weight of their child correctly and better physical activity facilities in community.Conclusion PA of school children were significantly influenced by family environment,and it had significant differences in gender.

【Key Words】： Motor activity Family Factor analysis statistical Child
【CateGory Index】： R179
【DOI】： CNKI:SUN:XIWS.0.2009-10-018

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