18 – Ethical evaluations of childhood obesity interventions: equity and social justice

weight mothers, sedentary behaviour was related to the child’s age, socio-economic characteristics of the family and physical activity. However, children of overweight mothers had very few characteristics related to sedentary behaviour (i.e. no association was found with the child’s characteristics and only a weak association with familial characteristics). Conclusions: Correlates of sedentary behaviour in 7–9-year-old children vary according to maternal overweight. In contrast with children of non-overweight mothers, children of overweight mothers showed relatively homogeneous sedentary behaviour. Maternal status must therefore be taken into account when developing strategies to prevent sedentary lifestyles in children.