title: Changes in parents' time use and its relationship to child obesity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to explore any change in parents' time use together with their children, changes in their perceived occupational value, and its relationship to children's body mass index (BMI) over the course of a one-year occupation-focused family intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study sample consisted of participants in one arm of a randomized controlled trial, involving mothers and fathers (n = 30) of 17 children aged 4-6 years who were considered obese. Data were collected by time-geographical diaries during the intervention and by measuring the parents' occupational value and the children's BMI before and after the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the end of the intervention, an increase was shown in the amount of time parents spent together with their children during weekdays (p = .042) and the parents perceived occupational value (p = .013). Children's BMI z-score changed with -0.11 units.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Collaboration with parents may be useful in interventions aiming at facilitating a normal weight development among children.
authors: 1Department of Health Sciences, Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors: Kristina
authors: K
authors: Orban
authors: Anna-Karin
authors: AK
authors: Edberg
authors: Kristina
authors: K
authors: Thorngren-Jerneck
authors: Jenny
authors: J
authors: Önnerfält
authors: Lena-Karin
authors: LK
authors: Erlandsson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors