SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Associations among Active Commuting to School and Prevalence of Obesity in Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06357065 (Effectiveness of the Active Transport Educational Program Based on the Ecological Model on Improving the Physical and Mental Health of Secondary Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of the Active Transport Educational Program Based on the Ecological Model on Improving the Physical and Mental Health of Secondary Students: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Mov-Es Project)
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Associations between number of steps and health outcomes in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- A mobile app-based intervention improves anthropometry, body composition and fitness, regardless of previous active-inactive status: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Active school transport among Czech adolescents declined between 2006 and 2022: HBSC study findings.Central European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Learning to Cycle: Body Composition and Balance Challenges in Balance Bikes Versus Training Wheels.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of an Ecological Model-Based Active Transport Education Program on Physical and Mental Health in High School Students (MOV-ES Project): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Active commuting to school (ACS) seems to be one of the means to increase physical activity (PA) levels in youth, but it is unclear if ACS reduces the prevalence of obesity, protecting and improving their health. Most of the previous research has been conducted on children or youth (i.e., children with adolescents together), and there is a paucity of research in adolescents only. The purpose of this review was to assess the association between ACS with overweight/obesity parameters in adolescents aged 11 to 19 years. We used PubMed, WOS and SPORTDiscus as electronics databases. All steps of the process followed the recommendations of the PRISMA flow-diagram. Fifteen articles (68.18%) found a consistent association between ACS and body composition and seven studies (31.82%) showed no differences in body composition between active and passive commuters to school. Fourteen studies observed that active commuters to school had a more favorable body composition and one study reported that ACS was associated with unfavourable body composition. ACS could be the steppingstone to improve PA promotion in adolescence but whether ACS is associated with improved body composition and prevention of obesity requires further research.
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