Mums Healthy Habits Set Tone For Toddlers | Children's Health and ...

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MOTHERS who switch off the TV and get outside are role models whose healthy habits are reflected by their toddlers, a study has found.

For each hour mum increases her physical activity, their child?s play time increases by 16 minutes a day.

But if mum adds an hour of screen time, their child?s sedentary viewing expands by eight minutes, the study found.

Researchers examining obesity prevention in Sydney?s southwest found mum?s screen time was ?the only factor significantly associated with their child?s screen time?.

The study, published in the Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Public Health, followed 242 local mums and their two-year-olds.

?In promoting physical activity and decreasing screen time and preventing childhood obesity we really need to look into mothers as role models,? Dr Li Ming Wen, from the South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts said.

?The key important message is if a mother is doing more activity, it increases a kid?s activity too.?

Promoting physical activity and reducing screen time were key to tackling childhood obesity, with the mother?s influence in the two areas ?beginning to appear when the child is two years of age?, the study found. Almost a quarter of children aged between two and 16 are either overweight or obese.

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