Sociodemographic and anthropometric determinants associated with compliance with physical activity recommendations in mexican infants
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| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2026 |
| Descripción: | Introduction: Movement behaviors are associated with indicators of child health at the psychosocial, cognitive, and physical levels. There is low adherence to recommendations, evidencing knowledge gaps in middle-income countries. The objective was to evaluate the sociodemographic and anthropometric determinants of the dyad associated with compliance with the recommendations of the 24-hour movement guidelines in Mexican infants under six months of age. Methodology: Cross-sectional analytical study in 322 mother-child dyads. A data sheet and a validated parental diary were used to record the infant's movement behaviors over 24 hours. Binary logistic regression models were constructed (1 = compliant and 0 = noncompliant). Results: 16.7% of infants were overweight or obese. Only 4.3% met all four physical activity recommendations. Maternal factors (occupation and marital status) and infant factors (age and z-score for body mass index) were associated with physical activity behaviors (R² = .093; p < .001) and non-screen time (R² = .128; p < .001). Conclusions: There is low adherence to movement recommendations for infants under 6 months of age. A key factor is to implement interventions that consider the determinants of the dyad and target primary caregivers to encourage physically active behaviors. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/3191 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rpsm/article/view/3191 |
| Palabra clave: | Movement behaviors Sociodemographic factors Body mass index Infant comportamientos de movimiento factores sociodemográficos índice de masa corporal lactante |