title: Lifestyle Behaviors of Parents of Children in Pediatric Weight Management: Are They Meeting Recommendations?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our objective was to examine the lifestyle behaviors of parents of children in pediatric weight management.
  
  
  METHODS
  Parents were recruited upon presentation of their children (body mass index [BMI] ≥85th percentile) to a pediatric weight management clinic. Parents' demographic, anthropometric, and lifestyle habit data were collected by self-report. Parents were grouped into weight status categories based on their BMIs; lifestyle data were compared across BMI categories and to national recommendations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Parents (n = 266; 84% women; BMI, mean ± SD, 31.8 ± 7.2 kg/m(2)) were predominantly overweight/obese (82%), and most did not meet dietary recommendations (71%). Healthy-weight parents reported more daily steps versus parents who were overweight/obese (all P < .05). Most parents (~60%) met guidelines for physical activity, sedentary activity, and sleep.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high prevalence of overweight and obesity combined with suboptimal dietary behaviors highlight the need to address both children's and parents' lifestyle habits in pediatric weight management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada Co-first authors.
authors.forename: Jillian L S
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Avis
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada Co-first authors.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jackman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health, Stollery Children's Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Mary M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jetha
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health, Stollery Children's Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Kathryn A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Ambler
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health, Stollery Children's Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krug
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Mithra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sivakumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health, Stollery Children's Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada gdball@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Geoff D C
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000416:Alberta; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D057566:Self Report; D012890:Sleep
keywords: Canada; family; lifestyle; obesity; parents; pediatrics; treatment