caa a22 4500 606221670 CHVBK 20210128101130.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-014-0630-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-014-0630-2 Association between migration and physical activity of school-age children left behind in rural Mexico [Elektronische Daten] [Gabriela Palos-Lucio, Mario Flores, Marta Rivera-Pasquel, V. Salgado-de-Snyder, Eric Monterrubio, Santiago Henao, Nayeli Macias] Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore in rural communities of Mexico, the association between physical activity (PA) in school-age children and exposure to migration. Methods: We measured PA through a questionnaire validated in school-age children and used in Mexican National Surveys. Migration status was measured as the number of years a family member had been in the US, and the amount of remittances that family member had sent to their household in Mexico. We used multivariable linear regression to measure the association between physical activity and migration. Results: School-age children who had a migrant family member spent less time on PA per day, especially recreation activities, compared to school-age children without the migrating influence. Also, children who belonged to a family that received remittances and their migrant relative lived ≥5years in US were less likely to engage in PA. Conclusions: Exposure to migration may predict reduction in PA in school-age children left behind in Mexican rural communities from the State of Morelos. These findings call for PA-tailored interventions that consider household migration characteristics. Swiss School of Public Health, 2014 School-age children nationallicence Mexico nationallicence Immigration nationallicence Physical activity nationallicence Palos-Lucio Gabriela Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut Flores Mario Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut Rivera-Pasquel Marta Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut Salgado-de-Snyder V. Health Systems Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut Monterrubio Eric Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut Henao Santiago Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut Macias Nayeli Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/1(2015-01-01), 49-58 1661-8556 60:1<49 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0630-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0630-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Palos-Lucio Gabriela Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Flores Mario Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rivera-Pasquel Marta Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Salgado-de-Snyder V. Health Systems Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Monterrubio Eric Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Henao Santiago Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Macias Nayeli Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/1(2015-01-01), 49-58 1661-8556 60:1<49 2015 60 38