Bikeability cycle training: a route to increasing young people's subjective wellbeing? A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Increasing the population's subjective wellbeing is an explicit aim of current UK government policies. The wellbeing of children and young people in the UK is deteriorating, and less than half of them meet national physical activity guidelines, despite the demonstrable benefits of physical activity for wellbeing. Hence, it is important to identify economically viable and effective public health interventions to increase young people's physical activity, and consequently, their wellbeing. Bikeability cycle training may be such an intervention.

Methods

205 young people aged 11-18 years in UK secondary schools completed an online survey about their subjective wellbeing, their active travel behaviour, and their physical activity levels. They also indicated whether t

SUBMITTER: Bishop DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12359844 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature