Associations between parental support for physical activity and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among Chinese school children: A cross-sectional study.

5 Other studies have shown an increasing trend in sedentary behavior 8 , 9 and rates of obesity in children and youth. 10 , 11 , 12 Among many factors that influence children's PA, family members and parents play an important role in promoting and shaping their children's behaviors. 13 Characteristics such as parental PA role modeling, 6 , 14 , 15 , 16 support for PA, 14 , 15 , 17 , 18 PA motivation, 19 family type, 20 and socioeconomic status (SES) 21 , 22 , 23 have been shown to be associated children's participation in PA.

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