Where Are Families Active Together?

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Article Summary

Where Are Families Active Together?

February 2013
Author:
Genevieve Dunton, University of Southern California
Topic:
Parks & Recreation, Parks
Population Served:
Adults, School-age Youth (K-12)
Location by State:
California
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Summary:

The Challenge: Little is known about where adults and children are active or sedentary when together.

Make an impact: Understanding where families engage in physical activity together is important in preventing obesity.

What the findings are about: This study used accelerometer and GPS data to examine where families are active together and to determine if there was a relation to parents' or children's weight.

Key Findings and Recommendations:
  • Parents and their children spent an average of 233.6 minutes together in the same location per day, and of that time together only 2.4 minutes were spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.
  • Most of the places where parents and children were active together were located in parks and open spaces.

 

Read the full article: Locations of Joint Physical Activity in Parent-Child Pairs Based on Accelerometer and GPS Monitoring

Suggested Citations:
Dunton, G.F., et al. (2013). Locations of Joint Physical Activity in Parent-Child Pairs Based on Accelerometer and GPS Monitoring. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45(1Suppl): S162-S172.
 

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