caa a22 4500 606221891 CHVBK 20210128101131.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-015-0701-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-015-0701-z Healthy living practices in families and child health in Taiwan [Elektronische Daten] [Yi-Ching Lin, Jennifer Wu, Shu-Ti Chiou, Tung-liang Chiang] Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the hypothesis that inexpensive and feasible healthy living practices in families, particularly in disadvantaged families, can promote the health of children. Methods: The dataset was obtained from the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study and comprises a nationally representative sample of 19,712 3-year-old children in Taiwan. The Child Healthy Living Practices in Families (CHLPF) Index, which rates various items of personal hygiene, vegetable and fruit consumption, physical activity, time spent viewing television, and exposure to smoking, was created, and a logistic regression analysis was conducted to test the hypothesis. Results: Higher CHLPF levels were significantly and consistently associated with better child health in families of all income levels. More specifically, the prevalence of ill health in children from poor families with a high CHLPF level was actually lower than that in children from affluent families with a low CHLPF level. Conclusions: The implementation of low-cost and practical healthy living practices in families can effectively improve child health, especially that of disadvantaged children. Swiss School of Public Health, 2015 Healthy living practices nationallicence Social inequality nationallicence Child health nationallicence Family setting nationallicence Lin Yi-Ching College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Room 621, No.17, Xu-Zhou Road, 10055, Taipei, Taiwan aut Wu Jennifer College of Education, National Taipei University of Education, 134, Sec. 2, Heping E. Road, 10651, Taipei, Taiwan aut Chiou Shu-Ti National Yang-Ming University, Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan aut Chiang Tung-liang College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Room 620, No.17, Xu-Zhou Road, 10055, Taipei, Taiwan aut International Journal of Public Health Springer International Publishing 60/6(2015-09-01), 691-698 1661-8556 60:6<691 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0701-z 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/s00038-015-0701-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lin Yi-Ching College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Room 621, No.17, Xu-Zhou Road, 10055, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wu Jennifer College of Education, National Taipei University of Education, 134, Sec. 2, Heping E. Road, 10651, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chiou Shu-Ti National Yang-Ming University, Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chiang Tung-liang College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Room 620, No.17, Xu-Zhou Road, 10055, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer International Publishing 60/6(2015-09-01), 691-698 1661-8556 60:6<691 2015 60 38