title: Correlates of physical activity at home in Mexican-American and Anglo-American preschool children.
abstract: Twenty-two potential correlates of children's physical activity were examined. Two hundred and one Mexican-American and 146 Anglo-American families with 4-year-old children were studied. Children's physical activity was directly observed in the evening at home on 4 visits for 1 hr each time. Anglo-American children and male children were found to be more active. Demographic variables explained 11% of the variance in children's physical activity. After adjusting for demographics, 3 children's variables and 6 social-family variables did not account for significantly more variance. Five environmental variables accounted for 11% additional variance. Variables observed concurrently with physical activity, such as time spent outdoors and prompts to be active, were highly associated with children's physical activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, California.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sallis
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Nader
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Broyles
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Elder
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D009035:Mothers; D016487:Parenting; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires