Review

. 2020 Jun 16;17(1):74.

doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-00973-0.

Development of a consensus statement on the role of the family in the physical activity, sedentary, and sleep behaviours of children and youth

Ryan E Rhodes¹, Michelle D Guerrero², Leigh M Vanderloo³, Kheana Barbeau^{2

4}, Catherine S Birken⁵, Jean-Philippe Chaput², Guy Faulkner⁶, Ian Janssen⁷, Sheri Madigan⁸, Louise C Mâsse⁹, Tara-Leigh McHugh¹⁰, Megan Perdew¹, Kelly Stone¹¹, Jacob Shelley¹², Nora Spinks¹³, Katherine A Tamminen¹⁴, Jennifer R Tomasone⁷, Helen Ward¹⁵, Frank Welsh¹⁶, Mark S Tremblay¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Behavioural Medicine Laboratory, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, PO Box 3010 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 3N4, Canada.
² Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.
³ ParticipACTION, Toronto, ON, M5S 1M2, Canada.
⁴ School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N 9A8, Canada.
⁵ SickKids Research Institute and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
⁶ School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
⁷ School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
⁸ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
⁹ BC Children's Hospital Research Institute / School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3N1, Canada.
¹⁰ Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H9, Canada.
¹¹ Families Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1S 1V7, Canada.
¹² Faculty of Law & School of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, ON, N6A 3K7, UK.
¹³ The Vanier Institute of the Family, Ottawa, ON, K2G 6B1, Canada.
¹⁴ Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 2W6, Canada.
¹⁵ Kids First Parents Association of Canada, Burnaby, BC, V5C 2H2, Canada.
¹⁶ Canadian Public Health Association, Ottawa, ON, K1G 3Y6, Canada.
¹⁷ Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada. mtremblay@cheo.on.ca.

PMID: 32539730
PMCID: PMC7296673
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-020-00973-0

Review

Development of a consensus statement on the role of the family in the physical activity, sedentary, and sleep behaviours of children and youth

Ryan E Rhodes et al. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 16;17(1):74.

doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-00973-0.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Behavioural Medicine Laboratory, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, PO Box 3010 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 3N4, Canada.
² Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.
³ ParticipACTION, Toronto, ON, M5S 1M2, Canada.
⁴ School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N 9A8, Canada.
⁵ SickKids Research Institute and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
⁶ School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
⁷ School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
⁸ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
⁹ BC Children's Hospital Research Institute / School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3N1, Canada.
¹⁰ Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H9, Canada.
¹¹ Families Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1S 1V7, Canada.
¹² Faculty of Law & School of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, ON, N6A 3K7, UK.
¹³ The Vanier Institute of the Family, Ottawa, ON, K2G 6B1, Canada.
¹⁴ Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 2W6, Canada.
¹⁵ Kids First Parents Association of Canada, Burnaby, BC, V5C 2H2, Canada.
¹⁶ Canadian Public Health Association, Ottawa, ON, K1G 3Y6, Canada.
¹⁷ Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada. mtremblay@cheo.on.ca.

PMID: 32539730
PMCID: PMC7296673
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-020-00973-0

Abstract

Background: Children and youth who meet the physical activity, sedentary, and sleep behaviour recommendations in the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines are more likely to have desirable physical and psychosocial health outcomes. Yet, few children and youth actually meet the recommendations. The family is a key source of influence that can affect lifestyle behaviours. The purpose of this paper is to describe the process used to develop the Consensus Statement on the Role of the Family in the Physical Activity, Sedentary, and Sleep Behaviours of Children and Youth (0-17 years) and present, explain, substantiate, and discuss the final Consensus Statement.

Methods: The development of the Consensus Statement included the establishment of a multidisciplinary Expert Panel, completion of six reviews (three literature, two scoping, one systematic review of reviews), custom data analyses of Statistics Canada's Canadian Health Measures Survey, integration of related research identified by Expert Panel members, a stakeholder consultation, establishment of consensus, and the development of a media, public relations, communications and launch plan.

Results: Evidence from the literature reviews provided substantial support for the importance of family on children's movement behaviours and highlighted the importance of inclusion of the entire family system as a source of influence and promotion of healthy child and youth movement behaviours. The Expert Panel incorporated the collective evidence from all reviews, the custom analyses, other related research identified, and stakeholder survey feedback, to develop a conceptual model and arrive at the Consensus Statement: Families can support children and youth in achieving healthy physical activity, sedentary and sleep behaviours by encouraging, facilitating, modelling, setting expectations and engaging in healthy movement behaviours with them. Other sources of influence are important (e.g., child care, school, health care, community, governments) and can support families in this pursuit.

Conclusion: Family is important for the support and promotion of healthy movement behaviours of children and youth. This Consensus Statement serves as a comprehensive, credible, and current synopsis of related evidence, recommendations, and resources for multiple stakeholders.

Keywords: Guardian; Health; Parent; Parenting practices; Physical activity; Role model; Rules; Sedentary behaviours; Sibling; Sleep; Structure; Support.

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Conflict of interest statement

MST is the Chief Scientific Officer for the ParticipACTION Report Card and the Scientific Chair for the Consensus Statement. He receives no personal compensation for these roles but the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute receives funding from ParticipACTION for the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group to lead the development of the Report Card and Consensus Statement. LCM received salary support from the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. LMV is employed by ParticipACTION (serving as the organization’s Knowledge Translation Manager) holds a CIHR Fellowship Award. All other authors (RER, MDG, KB, CSB, JPC, GF, IJ, SM, TLM, MP, KS, JS, NS, KAT, JRT, HW, FW) declare they have no competing interests.

Figures

**Fig. 1**
Overview of timelines and key components of the Consensus Statement development

**Fig. 2**
Consensus Statement on the Role of the Family in the Physical Activity, Sedentary, and Sleep Behaviours of Children and Youth. Document can be found at: https://participaction.com/consensus-statement

**Fig. 3**
Conceptual model illustrating the relationships linking family and the physical activity, sedentary and sleep behaviours of children and youth, within a socioecological context

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