ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2018
Environmental and Socio-demographic Factors Associated with 6-10-Year-Old Children's School Travel in Urban and Non-urban Settings.
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- Socioeconomic position, built environment and physical activity among children and adolescents: a systematic review of mediating and moderating effects.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- Factors Associated with Walking to School Within a Feasible Walking Distance: The Key Role of Perceived Attractiveness of Walking Route.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Factors Associated with Walking to School Within a Feasible Walking Distance: The Key Role of Perceived Attractiveness of Walking Route.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- The Risk of Pediatric Overweight and Children's Objectively Measured Sedentary Behaviors and Physical Activity by Area of Residence.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Children's active school transportation: an international scoping review of psychosocial factors.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Results from Portugal's 2022 report card on physical activity for children and youth.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2023Article
- Associations of parents' and adolescents' active travel behavior across various destinations - a sex/gender analysis.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Perceived Safety Influencing Active Travel to School-A Built Environment Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Socio-Demographic Correlates of Cycling to School among 12- to 15-Year Olds in Southern Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Gender Influence on Students, Parents, and Teachers' Perceptions of What Children and Adolescents in Germany Need to Cycle to School: A Concept Mapping Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Urban-Rural Continuum and Child Health: Influence of Residential Location on Ultra-Processed Food Consumption, Physical Activity, and Metabolic Biomarkers.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Review
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Abstract
Walking or bicycling to school is an important source of physical activity and may help prevent childhood obesity. However, active commuting has been declining in recent decades. The purposes of this study were to explore travel characteristics in children and examine factors associated with active commuting in children living in urban and non-urban setting. Participants were 834 parents and corresponding children aged 6-10 years, living in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. Data were collected during April-June of 2013 and 2014. Anthropometric measures (height, weight, waist circumference) were taken in children. Mode shift and child/family demographics were assessed by a parental questionnaire. School and home addresses were geocoded and the shortest route (meters) was taken in consideration. Although car is the most common way of travel to school, active transportation is significantly more prevalent in children living in the non-urban setting. Different determinants were found associated with active travel according to the level of urbanization. The adjusted logistic regression revealed that, independently of the urbanization, children whose mothers actively commute to work, whose parents reported their neighbor as safe to walk, and children living less than 2000 m from school were significantly more likely to walk to school. Present findings highlight the need to consider models with different levels, including individual, social, and environmental characteristics, when developing interventions and policies to promote active transport to school.
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