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- Title
Objectively measured active transportation to school and other destinations among 10-13 year olds.
- Authors
Williams, Gillian C.; Borghese, Michael M.; Janssen, Ian
- Abstract
Background: Descriptive data on active transportation in children focuses on the trip to school and has relied on subjective reports. The purpose of this study was to use objective measures to describe total active transportation and active transportation to common destinations within children. Methods: This was a descriptive study of 388 children aged 10-13 years from Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Participants wore a Garmin GPS watch during waking hours for seven days. Personal Activity Measurement Location System software used the GPS data to identify trips, time spent in each trip and the trip modality (walking, bicycle or vehicle). Google Maps software was used to identify trip destinations. Results: A total of 8875 trips were identified. Most (69%) trips were made by vehicle; 25% were made by walking and 6% by bicycle. Mean time spent in active transportation was 10.3 min/day (95% CI: 7.4, 14.5). Time spent in active transportation was higher for boys (12.1 min/day [95% CI: 8.8, 17.0) than for girls (8.5 min/day [95% CI: 6.1, 12.0]) and increased from 7.7 min/day (95% CI: 5.5, 11.1) at age 10 to 14.3 min/day (95% CI: 10.3, 19.9) at age 13. Time spent in active transportation was lower in the winter by comparison to the other seasons. The four most common active transportation destinations were the participant's home, school, other people's homes, and parks or greenspace with 69%, 39%, 37% and 32% of participants walking or bicycling to these destinations at least once over the 7-day measurement period. Conclusion: Over 65% of trips made and time spent travelling occurred in a vehicle. When active transportation was used, the most common destinations were home, school, other people's homes, and parks.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; AGE distribution; AUTOMOBILES; CONFIDENCE intervals; CYCLING; GLOBAL Positioning System; RESEARCH methodology; SEASONS; SEX distribution; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; PHYSICAL activity; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILDREN
- Publication
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity, 2018, Vol 15, p1
- ISSN
1479-5868
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/S12966-017-0634-4