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High levels of sedentary behavior, particularly television watching, are integral to family life and serve as a primary barrier to physical activity in low-income immigrant Latino children.
Parents should be encouraged to limit screen time and use TV as an educational tool rather than a babysitter. Interventions should provide alternative, low-cost activities for children, especially when parents are working.
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Television watching was seen as integral to family life, including watching during meals and using TV as babysitter and tool to learn English.
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Qualitative data on perceptions and reported behaviors.
Source
Influence of Social Context on Eating, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behaviors of Latina Mothers and Their Preschool-Age Children
Ana Cristina Lindsay et al. · Health Education & Behavior · 2006
DOI 10.1177/1090198107308375
cross_sectional · n=51Cited 169×
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