Influence of parental physical activity on offspring's nutritional status: an intergenerational study in the 1993 Pelotas birth cohort.

Cauane BlumenbergRafaela Costa MartinsShana Ginar da SilvaBruna Gonçalves Cordeiro da SilvaFernando C WehrmeisterHelen GonçalvesPedro C HallalInácio Crochemore-SilvaAna Mb Menezes

Published in: Public health nutrition (2021)

The most recent maternal physical activity measure was indirectly associated with the prevalence of obesity in children. No associations were found for fathers, reinforcing the hypothesis of a biological effect of maternal physical activity on offspring's nutritional status.

Keyphrases

physical activity
body mass index
high fat diet
birth weight
insulin resistance
type diabetes
weight gain
pregnancy outcomes
risk factors
pregnant women
gestational age
preterm birth