The saying goes that fish son can swim. A new study gives arguments and freedom to reformulate it: sedentary son to know nanar.
Such a father, such a son. Especially when they are on the couch.
A study recently in Sports Medicine and Health Science He revealed that when parents sit too much, their children tend to do the same.
On the other hand, the same investigation revealed that if parents remain active, children do not reflect the same sedentary habits. This underlines the Parent power as models for healthier lifestyles.
The new study, led by researchers from Paulista State University (UNESP), from Brazil, proposed to investigate how parents’ levels of activity affect the levels of activity of their children.
As detailed to, the investigators recruited 182 young people (from six to 17) and their fathers (161 mothers, 136 fathers). Parents were categorized as “physically active” if they did 150 minutes or more of moderate to intense activity per week, or “insufficiently active” if they did not.
There was a significant association between the sedentary time of the father (and more moderate in the case of mothers) and that of the child. However, as with mothers, There was no association when parents were active.
Study findings suggest that children’s sedentary habits mirror parents only when parents are inactive. When parents are active, the sedentary behavior of their children tends to be smaller.
“The results indicate that the level of Parents’ physical activity influences directly the habits and health of children, ”said the corresponding author of the study, Diego ChristófaroDoctorate, Professor at UNESP, to New Atlas.
