Child and adolescent patterns of commuting to school

Power, Claire; Fitzpatrick, Patricia

doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102404

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“…The UK Chief Medical Officers' Physical Activity Guidelines [2] suggest that it is critical for people from 5 to 18 years of age to minimize sedentary time and suggest moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity over the week for a minimum of 60 min a day. Children's physical activities include active travel, structured sports, informal play, and domestic and leisure activities [3,4]. The benefits of active living include improving cardiovascular health, bone density, self-confidence, muscular strength and endurance, and body weight within a healthy range; they also enable the development of new social skills [2,5].…”

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Sports Practice, Body Image Perception, and Factors Involved in Sporting Activity in Italian Schoolchildren

Zaccagni,

Rosa,

Toselli

et al. 2023

Children

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Regular physical activity is generally deemed to positively affect health, but studies on children are scarce. Among the kinds of physical activity, sports practice is the most common and easiest to quantify and report by children. This cross-sectional study aimed to compare the two genders and evaluate the association between organized sports practice and body dissatisfaction in a sample of 214 Italian schoolchildren (55.6% males) aged 5 to 12. Body image perception and data on sports practice expectations and facilitators were collected in individual face-to-face interviews; weight and stature were directly measured. Girls tended to be sportier than boys (91.6% of girls vs. 86.3% of boys practiced sports), with an earlier start in sports (5.48 ± 1.47 vs. 5.72 ± 1.38 years) and a greater amount of weekly sports (3.41 ± 2.95 vs. 3.01 ± 2.11 h/week). In both genders, the ideal silhouette was more slender than the feel silhouette, and in girls more than in boys. According to the outcomes of multiple regression models, years of organized sports participation were a significant predictor of the weekly amount of sports in both genders, in addition to the feel weight status minus actual weight status inconsistency score, fun in sports, and parental support only in boys and teacher support only in girls. Children’s needs and interests and sports facilitators should be considered to promote an early active lifestyle.

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Sports Practice, Body Image Perception, and Factors Involved in Sporting Activity in Italian Schoolchildren

Zaccagni,

Rosa,

Toselli

et al. 2023

Children

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Correlates of active commuting to school across two generations: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Suominen,

Kukko,

Yang

et al. 2024

Scand J Public Health

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Aims: Active commuting to school (ACS), a source of physical activity (PA), has declined in many countries over recent decades. This study investigates ACS and the factors associated with it among Finnish children and adolescents across two generations: those born between 1965–74 and 1998–2010. We also explore potential generational differences in these associations. Methods: School commuting was self-reported by 2075 participants of the ongoing population-based Young Finns Study in 1983 (generation 1 (G1), aged 9–18, 52% female), and by their 1137 offspring in 2018 (generation 2 (G2), aged 8–20, 53% female). Factors associated with ACS and the moderating effect of generation on these associations were examined using generalized estimating equation models for clustered binary data, for summer and winter seasons separately. Results: A greater distance to school ( p < 0.001) and belonging to G2 ( p ⩽ 0.049) were negatively associated with ACS during both seasons. High parental leisure-time PA ( p ⩽ 0.025 for both seasons) and urban living area ( p < 0.001 for summer) were positively associated with ACS. Generation moderated the associations of school grade and parental income with ACS in the summer ( p ⩽ 0.015). Among G1 only, attending lower secondary school (vs. primary school) was negatively associated with ACS, while higher parental income was positively associated with ACS. Neither gender nor parental education was associated with ACS. Conclusions: ACS was less common among the younger generation. Several correlates of ACS were identified, with generational differences. These findings can inform further research and guide policy decisions to promote ACS and ultimately enhance the PA of children and adolescents.

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Child and adolescent patterns of commuting to school

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Sports Practice, Body Image Perception, and Factors Involved in Sporting Activity in Italian Schoolchildren

Sports Practice, Body Image Perception, and Factors Involved in Sporting Activity in Italian Schoolchildren

Correlates of active commuting to school across two generations: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

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