Walking and Cycling to School. Predictors of Increases Among Children and Adolescents

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-200

  Hume, Clare ^a   Timperio, Anna ^a   Salmon, Jo ^a   Carver, Alison ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^b   Crawford, David ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION; VICTORIA; WALKING;

EID: 59649117307     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Biddle S., Gorely T., and Stensel D. Health-enhancing physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents. J Sports Sci 22 (2004) 679-701
2. McGill Jr. H.C., McMahan C.A., Herderick E.E., Malcom G.T., Tracy R.E., and Strong J.P. Origin of atherosclerosis in childhood and adolescence. Am J Clin Nutr 72 5S (2000) 1307S-1315S
3. Cooper A.R., Page A.S., Foster L.J., and Qahwaji D. Commuting to school: are children who walk more physically active?. Am J Prev Med 25 (2003) 273-276
4. Salmon J., Timperio A., Cleland V., and Venn A. Trends in children's physical activity and weight status in high and low socio-economic status areas of Melbourne, Victoria, 1985-2001. Aust N Z J Public Health 29 (2005) 337-342
5. Sturm R. Childhood obesity-what we can learn from existing data on societal trends, part 2. Prev Chron Dis 2 (2005) A20
6. Hillman M. The impact of transport policy on children's development (1999), Canterbury Christ Church University College, UK
7. Timperio A., Ball K., Salmon J., et al. Personal, family, social, and environmental correlates of active commuting to school. Am J Prev Med 30 (2006) 45-51
8. Sallis J.F., and Owen N. Ecological models of health behaviour. In: Glanz K., Rimer B.K., and Marcus Lewis F. (Eds). Health behavior and health education: theory, research and practice (2002), Jossey-Bass, San Fransisco
9. Sallis J.F., Prochaska J.J., and Taylor W.C. A review of correlates of physical activity of children and adolescents. Med Sci Sports Exerc 32 (2000) 963-975
10. Davison K.K., and Lawson C.T. Do attributes in the physical environment influence children's physical activity?. A review of the literature. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 3 (2006) 19
11. Carver A., Salmon J., Campbell K., Baur L., Garnett S., and Crawford D. How do perceptions of local neighborhood relate to adolescents' walking and cycling?. Am J Health Promot 20 (2005) 139-147
12. Timperio A., Crawford D., Telford A., and Salmon J. Perceptions about the local neighborhood and walking and cycling among children. Prev Med 38 (2004) 39-47
13. Telford A., Salmon J., Jolley D., and Crawford D. Reliability and validity of a self-report and proxy-report physical activity questionnaire for children: the Children's Leisure Activities Study Survey (CLASS). Pediatr Exerc Sci 16 (2004) 64-78
14. Campbell K.J., Crawford D.A., Salmon J., Carver A., Garnett S.P., and Baur L.A. Associations between the home food environment and obesity-promoting eating behaviors in adolescence. Obesity (Silver Spring) 15 (2007) 719-730
15. Gordon-Larsen P., Adair L.S., and Popkin B.M. The relationship of ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, and overweight in U.S. adolescents. Obes Res 11 (2003) 121-129
16. Kuh D.J., and Cooper C. Physical activity at 36 years: patterns and childhood predictors in a longitudinal study. J Epidemiol Community Health 46 (1992) 114-119
17. Cole T.J., Bellizzi M.C., Flegal K.M., and Dietz W.H. Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. Brit Med J 320 (2000) 1240-1243
18. Booth M.L., Bauman A., Owen N., and Gore C.J. Physical activity preferences, preferred sources of assistance, and perceived barriers to increased activity among physically inactive Australians. Prev Med 26 (1997) 131-137
19. Telford A. The influence of the family environment on children's physical activity (2003), Deakin University, Melbourne
20. Lochner K., Kawachi I., and Kennedy B.P. Social capital: a guide to its measurement. Health Place 5 (1999) 259-270
21. Saelens B.E., Sallis J.F., Black J.B., and Chen D. Neighborhood-based differences in physical activity: an environment scale evaluation. Am J Public Health 93 (2003) 1552-1558
22. Salmon J., Salmon L., Crawford D.A., Hume C., and Timperio A. Associations among individual, social, and environmental barriers and children's walking or cycling to school. Am J Health Promot 22 (2007) 107-113
23. Lindstrom M., Hanson B.S., and Ostergren P.O. Socioeconomic differences in leisure-time physical activity: the role of social participation and social capital in shaping health related behaviour. Soc Sci Med 52 (2001) 441-451
24. Hume C., Salmon J., and Ball K. Associations of children's perceived neighborhood environments with walking and physical activity. Am J Health Promot 21 (2007) 201-207