A longitudinal study of the distance that young people walk to school

P. Chillón; J. Panter; K. Corder; Andy Jones; E.M.F. Van Sluijs

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.10.013

A longitudinal study of the distance that young people walk to school

P. Chillón, J. Panter, K. Corder, Andy Jones, E.M.F. Van Sluijs

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Abstract

Walking or cycling to school has been associated with important health benefits. Distance between home and school is the main correlate of active commuting to school, but how far children walk to school and how this changes as children age is unknown. Mode of commuting and objectively-assessed distance to school were measured at 3 time points: aged 9/10 years, 10/11 years and 13/14 years. Data were analysed using ROC-curve analyses. With age, children walked further to school; the threshold distance that best discriminated walkers from passive commuters was 1421 m in 10-year-olds, 1627 m in 11-year-olds and 3046 m in 14-year-olds. Future interventions should consider the distance that young people actually walk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-137
Number of pages	5
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.10.013
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

Walking to school
Distance
Children
Adolescence

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UKCRC Centre of Excellence in Diet and Physical Activity Public Health Research (CEDAR)
Hancock, R., Wareham, N., Bingham, S., Brayne, C., Cambridge, D., Cambridge, D., Danesh, J., Ekelund, U., Griffin, S., Griffin, S., Harvey, I., Jebb, S., Khaw, K., Kinmouth, A., Ong, K., Pencheon, D., Prentice, A., Robinson, A., Stephen, A., Suhrcke, M., Sutton, S., Thompson, S. & Van-Sluijs, E.
Economic and Social Research Council
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Jones, A.
Medical Research Council
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