TY - JOUR AU - Vermote, Marie AU - Deliens, Tom AU - Deforche, Benedicte AU - D’Hondt, Eva PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/06 TI - The impact of non-residential grandchild care on physical activity and sedentary behavior in people aged 50 years and over: study protocol of the Healthy Grandparenting Project JO - BMC Public Health SP - 38 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Finding effective ways to support people aged > 50 years to develop adequate levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior is necessary as these behaviors are positively related to the maintenance of functional independence and health-related quality of life. Given the widespread provision of grandparental child care, examining its impact on grandparents’ energy-expenditure related behavior in the broader context of health is imperative. Therefore, the Healthy Grandparenting Project will aim to investigate the levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior, body composition and health-related quality of life in grandparents caring for their grandchildren and to compare these outcomes with non-caregiving grandparents and older adults without grandchildren, both momentarily and over time. An additional purpose is to identify possible predictors of potential changes over time. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10024-9 DO - 10.1186/s12889-020-10024-9 ID - Vermote2021 ER -