Do Parent's Evaluations of Physical Environment Influence Childhood Obesity and Children's Physical Activity?

For the last two decades, both policymakers and academicians agreed that obesity is a global public health problem that will penetrate to next generations. To overcome this problem, authorities recommend increasing childhood physical activity. This study focused on the relation between children's physical activity (PA), social encouragement for physical activity and perceived physical environmental characteristics. PA was measured via accelerometer and survey questions. Social encouragement for physical activity and perceived physical environmental characteristics were collected via survey. Results showed that accelerometer data was not correlated to survey data. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.