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An Interaction Path of Mothers’ and Preschoolers’ Food- and Physical Activity-Related Aspects in Disadvantaged Sicilian Urban Areas

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  • Garden Tabacchi

    (Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Via Pascoli 6, 90144 Palermo, Italy)

  • Luca Petrigna

    (Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Via Pascoli 6, 90144 Palermo, Italy)

  • Giuseppe Battaglia

    (Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Via Pascoli 6, 90144 Palermo, Italy)

  • Giovanni Navarra

    (Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Via Pascoli 6, 90144 Palermo, Italy)

  • Antonio Palma

    (Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Via Pascoli 6, 90144 Palermo, Italy)

  • Marianna Bellafiore

    (Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Via Pascoli 6, 90144 Palermo, Italy)

Abstract

Background : The relationship between mothers and their children’s lifestyle is still unclear, especially in disadvantaged areas. Consequently, the study aims to identify a path explaining the extent to which maternal eating habits and physical activity (PA) level predict food-related aspects, PA practice and Quotient of Gross Motor Development (QGMD) in preschoolers from disadvantaged urban areas. Methods : In this cross-sectional study, a total of 79 dyads of mothers and children were recruited from kindergartens. Information related to family socio-demographic aspects, mothers’ and children’s dietary intake frequencies and PA/sedentariness, mothers’ weight and height, mothers’ perception on children’s food intake, and children’s food literacy (FL) was collected with a questionnaire and the Food Literacy Assessment Tool (preschool-FLAT), while gross-motor skills were measured with the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD); weight and height of children were directly collected. Results : Associations were found between mothers’ and children’s food habits; mothers’ and children’s fruit/vegetables consumption, and intake of the other items; mothers’ education or PA level and children’s FL; mothers’ PA or sedentariness and children’s QGMD; mothers’ BMI and food habits and children’s BMI; education and food habits. Conclusions : These findings can be useful to plan effective interventions targeted both to preschoolers and their mothers of disadvantaged urban areas for promoting healthy lifestyles, which have become increasingly difficult to achieve during COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Garden Tabacchi & Luca Petrigna & Giuseppe Battaglia & Giovanni Navarra & Antonio Palma & Marianna Bellafiore, 2021. "An Interaction Path of Mothers’ and Preschoolers’ Food- and Physical Activity-Related Aspects in Disadvantaged Sicilian Urban Areas," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-13, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:6:p:2875-:d:515129
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    1. Barbara Groele & Dominika Głąbska & Krystyna Gutkowska & Dominika Guzek, 2018. "Mother’s Fruit Preferences and Consumption Support Similar Attitudes and Behaviors in Their Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-13, December.
    2. Garden Tabacchi & Giuseppe Battaglia & Giuseppe Messina & Antonio Paoli & Antonio Palma & Marianna Bellafiore, 2020. "Validity and Internal Consistency of the Preschool-FLAT, a New Tool for the Assessment of Food Literacy in Young Children from the Training-To-Health Project," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-15, April.
    3. Garden Tabacchi & Guillermo F. Lopez Sanchez & Fatma Nese Sahin & Meltem Kizilyalli & Rosario Genchi & Michele Basile & Musa Kirkar & Carlos Silva & Nuno Loureiro & Eduardo Teixeira & Yolanda Demetrio, 2019. "Field-Based Tests for the Assessment of Physical Fitness in Children and Adolescents Practicing Sport: A Systematic Review within the ESA Program," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-21, December.
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