The association between number and ages of children and the physical activity of mothers: Cross-sectional analyses from the Southampton Women’s Survey

Rachel F. Simpson; Kathryn R. Hesketh; Sarah R. Crozier; Janis Baird; Cyrus Cooper; Keith M. Godfrey; Nicholas C. Harvey; Kate Westgate; Hazel M. Inskip; Esther M. F. van Sluijs

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0276964

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The association between number and ages of children and the physical activity of mothers: Cross-sectional analyses from the Southampton Women’s Survey

Rachel F. Simpson ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rs2056@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7164-6955

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Kathryn R. Hesketh,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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Sarah R. Crozier,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre (University of Southampton), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Janis Baird,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre (University of Southampton), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Cyrus Cooper,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre (University of Southampton), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Keith M. Godfrey,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre (University of Southampton), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4643-0618

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Nicholas C. Harvey,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre (University of Southampton), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Kate Westgate,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0283-3562

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Hazel M. Inskip,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre (University of Southampton), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Esther M. F. van Sluijs

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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The association between number and ages of children and the physical activity of mothers: Cross-sectional analyses from the Southampton Women’s Survey

Rachel F. Simpson,
Kathryn R. Hesketh,
Sarah R. Crozier,
Janis Baird,
Cyrus Cooper,
Keith M. Godfrey,
Nicholas C. Harvey,
Kate Westgate,
Hazel M. Inskip,
Esther M. F. van Sluijs

Published: November 16, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276964

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