Associations of active travel with adiposity among children and socioeconomic differentials: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Examine longitudinal associations between modes of travel to school and adiposity.

Setting

The UK.

Participants

8432 children surveyed at ages 7, 11 and 14 years from the UK Millennium Cohort Study.

Primary and secondary outcomes

Objective percentage body fat and body mass index (BMI). Transport mode was categorised as private motorised transport, public transport and active transport (walking or cycling). Socioeconomic position (SEP) was measured by household income group and occupational social class. We adjusted analyses for changes in the country of UK, frequency of eating breakfast, self-reported growth spurts, hours of screen time and days per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Longitudinal (panel) regression models adjusting for i

SUBMITTER: Laverty AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7805367 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature