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Active Commuting: Workplace Health Promotion for Improved Employee Well-Being and Organizational Behavior [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: This paper describes a behavior change intervention that encourages active commuting using electrically assisted bikes (e-bikes) for health promotion in the workplace.
Nadine C. Page, Viktor O. Nilsson
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Changes in and the mediating role of physical activity in relation to active school transport, fitness and adiposity among Spanish youth: the UP&DOWN longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2020
Background Longitudinal changes in child and adolescent active school transport (AST), and the mediating role of different intensities of daily physical activity (PA) levels in relation to AST and physical fitness and adiposity indicators is unclear ...
Abbott, Gavin, Cabanas Sanchez, Veronica, Camiletti Moirón, Daniel, Castro Piñero, José, Delgado Alfonso, Álvaro, Fernández Santos, Jorge de Rosario, Salmon, Jo, Timperio, Anna, Veiga, Oscar L., Veitch, Jenny   +9 more
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Benefits of active commuting on cardiovascular health modified by ambient fine particulate matter in China: A prospective cohort study

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
Background: Active commuting as a contributor to daily physical activity is beneficial for cardiovascular health, but leads to more chances of exposure to ambient air pollution.
Yuan Lin, Xueli Yang, Fengchao Liang, Keyong Huang, Fangchao Liu, Jianxin Li, Qingyang Xiao, Jichun Chen, Xiaoqing Liu, Jie Cao, Shufeng Chen, Chong Shen, Ling Yu, Fanghong Lu, Xianping Wu, Liancheng Zhao, Xigui Wu, Ying Li, Dongsheng Hu, Jianfeng Huang, Xiangfeng Lu, Yang Liu, Dongfeng Gu   +22 more
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How Does Commute Time Affect Labor Supply in Urban China? Implications for Active Commuting [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
This paper identifies the causal effect of commute time on labor supply in urban China and provides implications for the development of active commuting. Labor supply is measured by daily workhours, workdays per week and weekly workhours, and city average commute time is adopted as an instrumental variable to correct the endogenous problem of ...
Wang, Xiaoyu, Gong, Jinquan, Wang, Chunan   +2 more
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Active commuting throughout adolescence and central fatness before adulthood: prospective birth cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2014
BackgroundActive commuting is a good opportunity to accumulate physical activity (PA) across the lifespan that potentially might influence central body fat.
David Martinez-Gomez, Gregore I Mielke, Ana M Menezes, Helen Gonçalves, Fernando C Barros, Pedro C Hallal   +5 more
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Neighbourhood, Route and Workplace-Related Environmental Characteristics Predict Adults' Mode of Travel to Work [PDF]

, 2013
Commuting provides opportunities for regular physical activity which can reduce the risk of chronic disease. Commuters' mode of travel may be shaped by their environment, but understanding of which specific environmental characteristics are most ...
A Carse, A Forsyth, A Forsyth, A Goodman, AE Bauman, Alice M. Dalton, Andrew P. Jones, CG Pooley, CJL Murray, D Ogilvie, D Van Dyck, D Van Dyck, David Ogilvie, G Evans, G McCormack, GS Lovasi, H Besson, Harry Zhang, HM Badland, IJM Hendriksen, J Jarrett, J Panter, J Panter, J Panter, J Pucher, J Shill, Jenna R. Panter, JR Panter, K Achuthan, LD Frank, LM Besser, P Oja, R Grewal, R Hickman, RC Brownson, S Nicholls, SDS Fraser, SS Lim, U Lachapelle   +38 more
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Longitudinal, cross-cohort comparison of physical activity patterns in Chinese mothers and children [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence comparing adult and child physical activity (PA) trends and examining parent–child PA associations within a newly industrialized country setting.
Barry M Popkin, Bing Zhang, Linda S Adair, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Tracy Dearth-Wesley   +4 more
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How Do Neighbourhood and Working Environment Affect Green Commuting in China? A Resident Health Perspective

Promet (Zagreb), 2023
Commuting contributes to high levels of greenhouse gases and air pollution. The recently advocated ‘green commuting’, i.e. active and public modes of transport, will be conducive to low-carbon and environmentally friendly transport.
Junlan Chen, Hanshang Du, Meina Zheng, Xiucheng Guo   +3 more
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Changes in active commuting and changes in physical activity in adults: a cohort study. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Active travel is associated with greater physical activity, but there is a dearth of research examining this relationship over time. We examined the longitudinal associations between change in time spent in active commuting and changes in ...
Foley, Louise, Heinen, Eva, Ogilvie, David, Panter, Jenna, Prins, Richard   +4 more
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Individual, social and physical environmental correlates of 'never' and 'always' cycling to school among 10 to 12 year old children living within a 3.0 km distance from school [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Cycling to school has been identified as an important target for increasing physical activity levels in children. However, knowledge about correlates of cycling to school is scarce as many studies did not make a distinction between walking ...
Cardon, Greet, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Ducheyne, Fabian, Spittaels, Heleen   +3 more
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