Parental education associations with children's body composition: Mediation effects of energy balance-related behaviors within the ENERGY-project

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fernández Alvira, Juan M ^a,b   te Velde, Saskia J ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^c   Bere, Elling ^d   Manios, Yannis ^e   Kovacs, Eva ^f   Jan, Natasa ^g   Brug, Johannes ^a   Moreno, Luis A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^e HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^g Slovenian Heart Foundation   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Body composition; Childhood obesity; Energy balance related behaviors; Mediation analysis; Parental education

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BEVERAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; OBESITY; PARENTING EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP TIME; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SPORT; TELEVISION VIEWING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAKFAST; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SPORTS; TELEVISION; TRANSPORTATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84879118618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-80     Document Type: Article

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