期刊
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
卷 8, 期 8, 页码 1025-1033出版社
HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.8.8.1025
关键词
accelerometry; community-based research; fitness; youth; cardiovascular health
资金
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/G007543/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- ESRC [ES/G007543/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Background: Cycling to school may potentially increase physical activity level in sedentary children. Transport to school occur twice a day and could improve cardiovascular health in children. Commuter cycling is associated with lower mortality and cardiovascular disease rate in adults, but limited evidence exists in children. Methods: Participants were 334 children (age 9.7 +/- 0.5 years) who were followed up 6 years later. Mode of travel to school was investigated by questionnaire. Cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors were compared by mode of travel to school both at baseline and at follow up and for subjects who changed mode of transportation. No difference was found between walkers and passive travelers, and these groups were merged in the analysis. Results: A consistent pattern of better CVD risk factor profile in commuter cyclists compared with children using other means of transport was found. Participants, who did not cycle to school at baseline, and who had changed to cycling at follow up, were fitter, had better cholesterol/HDL ratio, better glucose metabolism, and a lower composite CVD risk factor score than those who did not cycle at either time point. Conclusion: Cycling to school may contribute to a better cardiovascular risk factor profile in young people.
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