Question

what does it mean a article states that "most studies have not comprehensively assessed physical activity parenting using reliable measures"? This is coming from an article speaking about maternal correlates of objectively measured physical activity in girls.

Answer 1

Answer: The above lines means that parents are the major factors who are responsible for the health status of the child. Most of the studies have not used properly assessing methods to co relate the relationship between the parenting and the obesity or the physical activities.

The physical activities status depends upon the parenting factors and this can prevent over weight in children. Parents involved in early training of children to include physical activities in their daily routine may also reduces the risk of obesity. General parenting styles as well as parents efficacy to train their children, environmental factors, social factors etc are also have important effects on the child's growth and physical activities.