Do physical activity and screen time mediate the association between European fathers' and their children's weight status? Cross-sectional data from the Feel4Diabetes-study

• Main Authors: Julie Latomme (Author), Nele Huys (Author), Greet Cardon (Author), Philip J. Morgan (Author), Mina Lateva (Author), Nevena Chakarova (Author), Jemina Kivelä (Author), Jaana Lindström (Author), Odysseas Androutsos (Author), Esther M. González-Gil (Author), Pilar De Miguel-Etayo (Author), Anna Nánási (Author), László R. Kolozsvári (Author), Yannis Manios (Author), Marieke De Craemer (Author), on behalf of the Feel4Diabetes-study group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Most research on parenting and childhood obesity and obesity-related behaviours has focused on mothers while fathers have been underrepresented. Yet, recent literature has suggested that fathers uniquely influence their children's lifestyle behaviours, and hence could also a...