Continuity of active commuting to school across two generations: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

ABSTRACT: Active commuting to school (ACS) may markedly contribute to overall physical activity (PA) among youth, but ACS levels have declined in recent decades. Parents significantly influence their children's PA and commuting behaviours, and lifestyle habits are often transferred from parents to offspring. This study investigated whether parents' ACS during their youth was associated with their offspring's ACS at similar ages. In this study, 660 parent-offspring pairs self-reported their mode of school commuting: parents during 1980-86 (generation G1, ages 9-18, 53% female) and offspring in 2018 (generation G2, ages 7-20, 52% female). A path model was constructed to examine the association of ACS in G1 with ACS in G2, adjusted for generation-specific covariates (distance to school, school grade, g

SUBMITTER: Suominen TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12311363 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature