title: A longitudinal study of the distance that young people walk to school.
abstract: Walking or cycling to school has been associated with important health benefits. Distance between home and school is the main correlate of active commuting to school, but how far children walk to school and how this changes as children age is unknown. Mode of commuting and objectively-assessed distance to school were measured at 3 time points: aged 9/10 years, 10/11 years and 13/14 years. Data were analysed using ROC-curve analyses. With age, children walked further to school; the threshold distance that best discriminated walkers from passive commuters was 1421 m in 10-year-olds, 1627 m in 11-year-olds and 3046 m in 14-year-olds. Future interventions should consider the distance that young people actually walk.
authors.affiliation: PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity" research group, Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Ctra de Alfacar s/n, Granada 18071, Spain. Electronic address: pchillon@ugr.es.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chillón
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit & UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Box 285, Addrenbooke׳s Hospital, Hills road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jenna.panter@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Panter
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit & UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Box 285, Addrenbooke׳s Hospital, Hills road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: kirsten.corder@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Corder
authors.affiliation: UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) & School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: A.P.Jones@uea.ac.uk.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit & UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Box 285, Addrenbooke׳s Hospital, Hills road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: esther.vansluijs@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: E M F
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Van Sluijs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016138:Walking
keywords: Adolescence; Children; Distance; Walking to school