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Height, body weight, WC and maximal step\u2010up height were measured in 67 eight\u2010year\u2010old children and parents: 58 mothers, with a mean age of 38.5 and 32 fathers, with a mean age of 41.3. Sedentary time and physical activity were registered by an accelerometer. Associations between maximal step\u2010up height and WC were analysed using Pearson's correlation and adjusted linear regression.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Abdominal obesity, WC\u2009\u2265\u200966 centimetres (cm) in children, \u226588\u2009cm in women and \u2265102\u2009cm in men, was observed in 13% and 35% of girls and boys, and in 53% and 34% among mothers and fathers, respectively. Negative associations between maximal step\u2010up height and WC were found for children (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.37, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.002) and adults (mothers <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.58, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, fathers <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.48, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.006). The associations remained after adjustments for height, body mass index (BMI) and physical activity in adults. Reduced muscle strength clustered within families (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.54, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Associations between reduced muscle strength and abdominal obesity were observed in children and parents. Sarcopenic obesity may need more attention in children. 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