The association of school-related active travel and active after-school clubs with children's physical activity: a cross-sectional study in 11-year-old UK children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity is associated with improved physical and mental health among children, but many children do not meet the recommended hour per day of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA). The aim of this paper is to investigate participation in active after-school clubs and active travel to and from school at age 11 and estimate the average daily minutes of MVPA associated with active club attendance and active travel.

Methods

Accelerometer data were collected on three weekdays for 1296 11-year-old children in a cross-sectional study. Children reported attendance at active after-school clubs and how they travelled to and from school for each day of the week. To account for repeat days within child and clustering within schools we used multileve

SUBMITTER: Salway R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704690 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature