title: Parent health risk and support for child physical activity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the influence of health risk on support for physical activity in parents of boys and parents of girls.
  
  
  METHODS
  The influence of parent BMI, physical activity, smoking, and fruit and vegetable consumption was explored in child gender-specific hierarchical  linear regression models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Positive predictors of support included physical activity in parents of boys and parents of girls. In parents of girls, child BMI and parent BMI were also significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Higher BMI in parents of girls and higher BMI in girls predicted  higher levels of parental supportive behavior.
authors.affiliation: Concord University, Athens WV, USA. jnolan@concord.edu
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Leslie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cottrell
authors.forename: Geri A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Dino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D005192:Family Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D014903:West Virginia