A British study of 500 women and their four-year-olds has found that physically agility in children is related to how active their mothers are.

Parents are strong influences in the lives of young children with patterns of behavior established in the early years. Researchers found that mothers of toddlers and children with minimal physical activity themselves lacked recommended exercise levels.

For every minute of moderate-to-vigorous activity a mother engaged in, her child was more likely to engage in 10% more of the same level of activity. If a mother was one hour less sedentary per day, her child may have spent 10 minutes less sedentary per day.

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