Add to ORKGConference Theme: Promoting healthy eating and physical activity: The latest international researchabstract no. O8.2PURPOSE: Hispanic preschool children may be less active than Anglo-American children. Our aim was to identify what parents do to encourage or discourage physical activity (PA) among Hispanic preschool children. METHODS: Nominal Group Technique (NGT), a structured multi-step group procedure, was used to elicit and prioritize responses from 10 groups of Hispanic parents regarding what parents do to encourage (5 groups) or discourage (5 groups) preschool children to be active. Five groups consisted of parents with low education (less than high school) and 5 with high education (high school or greater) split between the two NGT qu...
abstract: Background To combat the disproportionately higher risk of childhood obesity in Latino pre...
Background: Research indicates that parents influence their children’s physical activity (PA) and se...
Background: Childhood obesity is epidemic, and Hispanic children bear a particularly high health bur...
Purpose:Hispanic preschoolers are less active than their non-Hispanic peers. As part of a feasibilit...
PURPOSE: Hispanic preschoolers are less active than their non-Hispanic peers. As part of a feasibili...
Objectives: As more children grow up in families with immigrant parents of Latino origin, there is a...
parents do to encourage and discourage 3-5 year old children to be active: nominal group important t...
Background: Latino preschoolers (3-5 year old children) have among the highest rates of obesity. Low...
Brazilians are a rapidly increasing Latino immigrant group in the United States (US), yet little res...
PURPOSE: To examine the effect of parental support on sedentary behaviors among Hispanic children. D...
Brazilians are a rapidly increasing Latino immigrant group in the United States (US), yet little re...
An epidemic of childhood obesity is sweeping the nation—with nearly 32 percent of white children cla...
Background: In order to develop effective physical activity interventions and to address the burden ...
Brazilians are a rapidly increasing Latino immigrant group in the United States (US), yet little res...
Latino children are at high risk of becoming obese. Physical activity (PA) can help prevent obesity....
abstract: Background To combat the disproportionately higher risk of childhood obesity in Latino pre...
Background: Research indicates that parents influence their children’s physical activity (PA) and se...
Background: Childhood obesity is epidemic, and Hispanic children bear a particularly high health bur...
Purpose:Hispanic preschoolers are less active than their non-Hispanic peers. As part of a feasibilit...
PURPOSE: Hispanic preschoolers are less active than their non-Hispanic peers. As part of a feasibili...
Objectives: As more children grow up in families with immigrant parents of Latino origin, there is a...
parents do to encourage and discourage 3-5 year old children to be active: nominal group important t...
Background: Latino preschoolers (3-5 year old children) have among the highest rates of obesity. Low...
Brazilians are a rapidly increasing Latino immigrant group in the United States (US), yet little res...
PURPOSE: To examine the effect of parental support on sedentary behaviors among Hispanic children. D...
Brazilians are a rapidly increasing Latino immigrant group in the United States (US), yet little re...
An epidemic of childhood obesity is sweeping the nation—with nearly 32 percent of white children cla...
Background: In order to develop effective physical activity interventions and to address the burden ...
Brazilians are a rapidly increasing Latino immigrant group in the United States (US), yet little res...
Latino children are at high risk of becoming obese. Physical activity (PA) can help prevent obesity....
abstract: Background To combat the disproportionately higher risk of childhood obesity in Latino pre...
Background: Research indicates that parents influence their children’s physical activity (PA) and se...
Background: Childhood obesity is epidemic, and Hispanic children bear a particularly high health bur...