Bueno Solvej Videbæk, Skejø Sebastian Deisting, Nielsen Rasmus Oestergaard, Ryom Knud, Kallestrup Per, Elsborg Peter, Petersen Christina Bjørk, Jacobsen Julie Sandell
Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Research Unit for General Practice, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Prev Med Rep. 2025 Jan 11;50:102970. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.102970. eCollection 2025 Feb.
This study aimed to investigate if the prevalence proportion of non-adherence to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines of a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week varied among mothers based on the age of their youngest child. Additionally, the study aimed to investigate whether such association varied by parity.
The population-based design used self-reported physical activity data on 8774 Danish mothers who participated in the Danish National Health Survey 2021. The primary outcome was weekly hours of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, dichotomized into adherers or non-adherers to WHO guidelines.
The prevalence proportions of non-adherence ranged from 60 % to 70 %. Significantly higher prevalence proportions of non-adherers were observed among mothers of infants and toddlers aged 0-3 years compared with mothers of school-age children. When stratified by parity, multipara mothers with infants aged 0-6 months reported the highest prevalence proportion (74 %) of non-adherence among all subgroups.
Due to the health benefits derived from adequate levels of physical activity, the large proportion of mothers not adhering to the WHO physical activity guidelines is a public health concern. The findings of the present study suggest a need for improving interventions and policies to enhance physical activity levels in mothers, especially mothers of infants and toddlers.
本研究旨在调查母亲中未遵守世界卫生组织（WHO）每周至少进行150分钟中等至剧烈身体活动指南的比例是否因最小孩子的年龄而异。此外，该研究旨在调查这种关联是否因胎次而异。
基于人群的设计使用了参与2021年丹麦国家健康调查的8774名丹麦母亲的自我报告身体活动数据。主要结果是每周中等至剧烈身体活动的小时数，分为遵守或不遵守WHO指南的人群。
不遵守的比例在60%至70%之间。与学龄儿童的母亲相比，0至3岁婴幼儿的母亲中观察到明显更高的不遵守比例。按胎次分层时，有0至6个月婴儿的经产妇母亲在所有亚组中报告的不遵守比例最高（74%）。
由于足够水平的身体活动能带来健康益处，很大比例的母亲未遵守WHO身体活动指南是一个公共卫生问题。本研究结果表明需要改进干预措施和政策，以提高母亲，尤其是婴幼儿母亲的身体活动水平。
