What makes children learn how to swim? - health, lifestyle and environmental factors associated with swimming ability among children in the city of Malmö, Sweden

• Main Authors: Mare Lõhmus (Author), Mehdi Osooli (Author), Frida I. H. Pilgaard (Author), Per-Olof Östergren (Author), Anna Olin (Author), Stefan Kling (Author), Maria Albin (Author), Jonas Björk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Swimming ability among children in the city of Malmö, Sweden is strongly affected by socioeconomic differences. We investigated to what extent mediating health and lifestyle factors, such as children's eating, sleeping and physical activity habits, as well as the characteri...