Active commuting to school and physical activity levels among 11 to 16 year-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-Income countries

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Main Author: Peralta, Miguel
Publication Date: 2020
Other Authors: Henriques-Neto, Duarte, Bordado, Joana, Loureiro, Nuno Eduardo Marques de, Diz, Susana, Marques, Adilson
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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spelling Active commuting to school and physical activity levels among 11 to 16 year-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-Income countriesActive travelPhysical inactivityRegionSchool-aged children© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Background: Global physical activity levels are low. Active commuting to school is a low-cost and sustainable behaviour that promotes adolescents’ physical activity levels. Despite its importance, data on low- and middle-income countries is scarce. This study aimed to assess the relationship between active commuting to school and physical activity (PA) levels among 11–16 years-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-income countries and six world regions. Methods: Data were from the GSHS database. Participants were 187,934 adolescents (89,550 boys), aged 11–16 years-old, from 63 low- and middle-income countries. Active commuting to school and PA were self-reported as the number of days adolescents walked or cycled to school and engaged in physical activity for at least 60 min in the past 7 days. Results: Boys and girls who actively commuted to school presented higher prevalence of attaining the PA recommendations, but only for the 13–14 (boys: 16.6% versus 22.0%; girls: 9.8% versus 14.6%) and 15–16 (boys: 16.3% versus 21.6%; girls: 8.0% versus 14.0%) year-old age groups. Only for Oceania, Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and North African girls and Sub-Saharan African boys no di erence was found in the prevalence of attaining the PA recommendations between those who actively commuted to school and those who did not. Boys who actively commuted to school were 42% (95% CI: 1.37, 1.46) more likely to achieve the PA recommendations, while girls were 66% (95% CI: 1.59, 1.73) more likely to achieve the PA recommendations. Conclusions: Active commuting to school is associated with the adolescents’ physical activity levels. However, it may have a lesser influence in helping younger adolescents attaining physical activity recommendations. Public health authorities should promote active commuting to school among adolescents in order to improve the PA levels and promote health.MDPIRepositório da Universidade de LisboaPeralta, MiguelHenriques-Neto, DuarteBordado, JoanaLoureiro, Nuno Eduardo Marques deDiz, SusanaMarques, Adilson2020-02-27T11:04:55Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/42068engInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 12761661-782710.3390/ijerph170412761660-4601info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2025-03-17T14:17:02Zoai:repositorio.ulisboa.pt:10451/42068Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-29T03:07:22.864052Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Active commuting to school and physical activity levels among 11 to 16 year-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-Income countries
title Active commuting to school and physical activity levels among 11 to 16 year-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-Income countries
spellingShingle Active commuting to school and physical activity levels among 11 to 16 year-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-Income countries
Peralta, Miguel
Active travel
Physical inactivity
Region
School-aged children
title_short Active commuting to school and physical activity levels among 11 to 16 year-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-Income countries
title_full Active commuting to school and physical activity levels among 11 to 16 year-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-Income countries
title_fullStr Active commuting to school and physical activity levels among 11 to 16 year-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-Income countries
title_full_unstemmed Active commuting to school and physical activity levels among 11 to 16 year-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-Income countries
title_sort Active commuting to school and physical activity levels among 11 to 16 year-old adolescents from 63 low- and middle-Income countries
author Peralta, Miguel
author_facet Peralta, Miguel
Henriques-Neto, Duarte
Bordado, Joana
Loureiro, Nuno Eduardo Marques de
Diz, Susana
Marques, Adilson
author_role author
author2 Henriques-Neto, Duarte
Bordado, Joana
Loureiro, Nuno Eduardo Marques de
Diz, Susana
Marques, Adilson
author2_role author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Peralta, Miguel
Henriques-Neto, Duarte
Bordado, Joana
Loureiro, Nuno Eduardo Marques de
Diz, Susana
Marques, Adilson
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Active travel
Physical inactivity
Region
School-aged children
topic Active travel
Physical inactivity
Region
School-aged children
description © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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