Active Commuting to School among Spanish Preschool Children: A Temporal Change Study between 2013 and 2017 [PDF]
Children, 2023 Background: Active commuting to school may increase the total daily physical activity and achieve health benefits among preschool children. Rates of active commuting to school among Spanish children and adolescents have been widely analysed, while the ...
Romina Gisele Saucedo-Araujo +8 more
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Determinants of active commuting [PDF]
Preventive Medicine, 2008 In this issue of Preventive Medicine Bringolf-Isler et al. (Bringolf-Isler et al., 2008) report on factors associated with active commuting to school in more than 1000 children aged 6–14 years in a German-speaking, a French-speaking, and a bilingual area
Kayser, Bengt
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Associations of active commuting to school in childhood and physical activity in adulthood [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 This study examined whether active commuting to school in childhood and adolescence predicted active commuting to work and overall physical activity (PA) in adulthood.
Kaisa Kaseva +11 more
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Active commuting, commuting modes and the risk of diabetes: 14‐year follow‐up data from the Hisayama study [PDF]
Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2022 Aims/Introduction We aimed to investigate the association of active commuting (cycling or walking to work), as well as the association of the individual commuting modes, with the risk of diabetes in a prospective cohort of community‐dwelling adults in ...
Takanori Honda +10 more
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Role of Sociodemographic Variables and the Mother's Active Behavior on Active Commuting to School in Children and Adolescents [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 The main objective of the current study was to analyze how parents' sociodemographic characteristics, mode of commuting and physical activity (PA) act as indicators of active commuting to school (ACS) in their children and adolescents.
Fernando Rodriguez-Rodriguez +7 more
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Association of active commuting with incidence of depression and anxiety: prospective cohort study [PDF]
Translational PsychiatryEvidence is limited on the incidence of depression and anxiety in relation to active commuting. Our study aimed to explore their association and examine the mediating role of inflammatory. This study included 240,547 workers in the UK Biobank.
Jingwen Fan +9 more
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Change in commute mode and body-mass index: prospective, longitudinal evidence from UK Biobank [PDF]
The Lancet Public Health, 2016 Summary: Background: Insufficient physical activity is a determinant of obesity and cardiovascular disease. Active travel to work has declined in high-income countries in recent decades.
Ellen Flint, DrPhD +2 more
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Habit substitution toward more active commuting [PDF]
Appl Psychol Health Well BeingAbstract Commuting to work is often a highly habitual behavior that people perform automatically over a long period of time. Substituting an inactive with a more active commuting habit might thus support long‐term behavior change.
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Gender-Differentiated Analysis of the Correlation between Active Commuting to School vs. Active Commuting to Extracurricular Physical Activity Practice during Adolescence. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Active commuting to school in children and adolescents can help achieve compliance with the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for physical activity. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the mode of transport used to go to school and the mode of transport used to go to extracurricular sports practice.
Castro-Lemus N +3 more
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Active Commuting and Physical Fitness: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Physical fitness (PF) is considered an excellent biomarker of health. One possible strategy to improve PF levels is active commuting. This review, performed accordingly to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews guidelines includes scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals up to December 2019 that aim at examining the ...
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