Introduction
obesity
OBESITY
Regular physical activity has many mental and physical health benefits for children (According to evidence-based guidelines from the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAPSACC) program and the American Academy of Pediatrics, preschoolers should engage in 60 minutes to several hours per day of unstructured physical activity and have no more than 30 minutes of screen time per week in childcare (Furthermore, no studies have examined the associations between caregiver practices and children’s objectively measured physical activity and screen time levels in FCCHs with predominantly Hispanic caregivers. Such caregivers often care for Hispanic children, who are at higher risk for obesity than children of other ethnic groups (