Cycling to School and Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

Ramírez‐Vélez, Robinson; García-Hermoso, António; Agostinis‐Sobrinho, César; Mota, Jorge; Santos, Rute; Correa-Bautista, Jorge Enrique; Amaya-Tambo, Deisy Constanza; Villa‐González, Emilio

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.05.065

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“…Studies that have reported a positive association have been conducted outside of the UK in countries that experience greater cycling prevalence during ASC. Cycling is a stronger predictor of CRF in comparison to walking which is the most common form of ASC among UK children [ 16 , 22 , 23 ]. Therefore, further research is needed to explore the contribution of ASC to UK schoolchildren’s health.…”

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Fitness, Fatness and Active School Commuting among Liverpool Schoolchildren

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Knowles

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This study investigated differences in health outcomes between active and passive school commuters, and examined associations between parent perceptions of the neighborhood environment and active school commuting (ASC). One hundred-ninety-four children (107 girls), aged 9–10 years from ten primary schools in Liverpool, England, participated in this cross-sectional study. Measures of stature, body mass, waist circumference and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) were taken. School commute mode (active/passive) was self-reported and parents completed the neighborhood environment walkability scale for youth. Fifty-three percent of children commuted to school actively. Schoolchildren who lived in more deprived neighborhoods perceived by parents as being highly connected, unaesthetic and having mixed land-use were more likely to commute to school actively (p < 0.05). These children were at greatest risk of being obese and aerobically unfit (p < 0.01). Our results suggest that deprivation may explain the counterintuitive relationship between obesity, CRF and ASC in Liverpool schoolchildren. These findings encourage researchers and policy makers to be equally mindful of the social determinants of health when advocating behavioral and environmental health interventions. Further research exploring contextual factors to ASC, and examining the concurrent effect of ASC and diet on weight status by deprivation is needed.

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Fitness, Fatness and Active School Commuting among Liverpool Schoolchildren

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“…However, these studies did not examine whether the level of PA during active commuting differed between HA and LA adolescents. Furthermore, a study conducted in a sample of Colombian children and adolescents indicated that girls who usually go cycling to school showed a lower association with incidence of metabolic syndrome and better physical fitness, when compared to those who travelled using passive transport 22 . Our results are also congruent with a systematic review of 68 studies conducted by Larouche, Saunders, Faulkner, Colley, Tremblay 23 who found that commuting to and from school among adolescents should be promoted to increase PA levels in children and adolescents and that cycling to/ from school is associated with increased cardiovascular fitness.…”

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Differences in physical activity levels of school domains between high- and low-active adolescents

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To compare high active (HA) and low active (LA) adolescent's physical activity (PA) levels in three different domains: commuting to school, physical education (PE) class and recess time at school. Method: This is a cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach and random sample of 176 (105 girls) adolescents aged 14-18 years old from 10 urban public high schools in southern from Brazil. PA levels were measured using a pedometer. The average number of steps was recorded on the way to school, during PE classes and during school recess time. Participants were classified as HA and LA according to Tudor-Locke's cutoff points. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and One-Way ANOVA stratified by sex. Results: Data showed differences of mean values between school commuting PA for girls (

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“…Active school transport (AST) provides an important opportunity for children and adolescents to increase daily PA levels [16][17][18]. Moreover, there is consistent cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence that AST is associated with greater cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), mainly when AST is by bicycle [19][20][21] and muscle strength of the lower body is involved [21][22][23]. AST may also have considerable potential to reduce obesity in young populations [24].…”

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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

Camiletti-Moirón

Timperio

Veitch

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Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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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. This study aimed to: 1) describe longitudinal changes in AST, light PA (LPA), moderate-to vigorous-intensity PA (MVPA), physical fitness and adiposity indicators over three time-points; and 2) investigate the mediating role of LPA and MVPA levels on associations between AST and physical fitness and adiposity indicators over three time-points among children and adolescents. Methods: This longitudinal study comprised 1646 Spanish children and adolescents (48.8% girls, mean age 12.5 years ±2.5) at baseline, recruited from schools in Cádiz and Madrid. Mode of commuting to school was selfreported at baseline (T0, 2011-12), 1-year (T1) and 2-year follow-up (T2). PA was assessed using accelerometers. Handgrip strength, standing long jump and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) assessed physical fitness. Height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference, and triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness were measured. Multilevel linear regression analyses assessed changes in AST, PA levels, physical fitness and adiposity indicators over three time-points (T0-T1-T2). Additionally, longitudinal path analysis (n = 453; mean age [years] 12.6 ± 2.4) was used to test the mediating effects of LPA and MVPA levels on the association between AST and physical fitness and adiposity indicators.

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Cycling to School and Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

Abstract: Regular cycling to school may to be associated with better physical fitness and a lower incidence of metabolic syndrome than passive transport, especially in girls.

Cited by 56 publications

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Fitness, Fatness and Active School Commuting among Liverpool Schoolchildren

Fitness, Fatness and Active School Commuting among Liverpool Schoolchildren

Differences in physical activity levels of school domains between high- and low-active adolescents

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

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