Dietary habits, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour of children of employed mothers: a systematic review
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Article Title | Dietary habits, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour of children of employed mothers: a systematic review |
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ERA Journal ID | 211236 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Afrin, Sabiha (Author), Mullens, Amy B. (Author), Chakrabarty, Sayan (Author), Bhowmik, Lupa (Author) and Biddle, Stuart J. (Author) |
Journal Title | Preventive Medicine Reports |
Journal Citation | 24, pp. 1-16 |
Article Number | 101607 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2021 |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 2211-3355 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101607 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335521002977 |
Abstract | Since approximately 40% of the global workforce are women, a comprehensive understanding of association of maternal employment with child dietary patterns, physical activity and sedentary behaviour needs more focus. This systematic review aims to identify the association between maternal employment and dietary patterns (DP), physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) of children and adolescents (6 to 18 years). Searches were performed using electronic databases and manual searches. Peer reviewed journal articles, conference papers, theses at masters/doctoral levels in English were included. A total 42 studies met selection criteria, which indicated associations between maternal employment and at least one of the domains of interest: DP, PA and/or SB. Using individual samples of analysis, it was found that, 9 samples of DP, 11 samples of PA and 12 samples of SB were positively correlated with maternal employment, whereas 25 samples of DP, 5 samples of PA and 5 samples of SB showed an opposite association. Results suggest that PA and SB were positively related with maternal employment, whereas DP had an inverse relationship. Findings from this review provide evidence that children of employed mothers had poorer DP and greater prevalence of SB, however, their children are more physically active. Future interventions need to create a positive environment at the workplace and for families to support employed mothers and improve children’s dietary patterns and decrease sedentary behaviours. Future studies should prioritise the domains of DP, PA and SB that have been studied inadequately and have inconsistent results. |
Keywords | Children and adolescent; Dietary patterns (DP); Maternal employment; Physical activity (PA); Sedentary behaviour (SB) |
Related Output | |
Is part of | The effect of maternal employment on children's dietary habits, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 321302. Infant and child health |
321301. Adolescent health | |
420605. Preventative health care | |
420699. Public health not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | This article is part of a UniSQ Thesis by publication. See Related Output. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Health Research |
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6w1q/dietary-habits-physical-activity-and-sedentary-behaviour-of-children-of-employed-mothers-a-systematic-review
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