Lansing School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Department of Exercise Science, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY 40205, USA.
Obes Facts. 2012;5(3):420-30. doi: 10.1159/000341097. Epub 2012 Jun 27.
Understanding the environmental factors that influence children's physical activity is an important prerequisite before effective physical activity interventions can be developed and implemented. Parenting is one environmental factor that has been empirically shown to positively influence children's physical activity. However, in order to promote physical activity in children, a better understanding of how parents influence children's physical activity behavior is required. Previously, Birch and Davison developed a model depicting parental factors hypothesized to influence child dietary behaviors. We extended this model by identifying parental factors hypothesized to promote physical activity in children. This review focuses on the mediational role that parenting practices and behaviors play in influencing child mediators of physical activity behavior, and, ultimately, weight status. Priorities for future research are discussed.
了解影响儿童身体活动的环境因素是制定和实施有效身体活动干预措施的重要前提。育儿是一个已被实证证明可积极影响儿童身体活动的环境因素。然而，为了促进儿童的身体活动，需要更好地了解父母如何影响儿童的身体活动行为。此前，Birch 和 Davison 提出了一个模型，描述了假设影响儿童饮食行为的父母因素。我们通过确定假设可促进儿童身体活动的父母因素来扩展了这个模型。本综述重点讨论了在影响儿童身体活动行为的中介因素，以及最终影响体重状况方面，养育实践和行为所起的中介作用。讨论了未来研究的重点。
