Walking to school has future benefits

Diabetes family school: benefits and difficulties

Health Benefits of Nordic Walking

Context: Modern lifestyle, with its lack of everyday physical activity and exercise training, predisposes people to chronic diseases such as diabetesmellitus, obesity, hypertension, and coronary artery diseases. Brisk walking as a simple and safe form of exercise is undisputedly an effective measure to counteract sedentary lifestyle risks even in the most unfıt and could lead to a reduction of ...

Changes in physical activity from walking to school.

Active commuting to school (e.g. walking or bicycling) has been suggested as a strategy to increase children's physical activity 1, 2 and a number of walk-to-school websites now exist. 3–5 Several observational studies have found positive associations between walking to school and physical activity 6–9 but they are unable to determine the causal direction. Adult-chaperoned walks to school (i.e....

Statewide prevalence and correlates of walking and bicycling to school.

BACKGROUND Travel to and from school can be an important and regular source of physical activity for youth. Few US studies have documented the prevalence and correlates of walking and bicycling to school. OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence and correlates of walking and bicycling to school among middle and high school youth. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Sixty middle schools and ...

Promoting walking to school: results of a quasi-experimental trial.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of a combined intervention on children's travel behaviour, stage of behavioural change and motivations for and barriers to actively commuting to school. DESIGN A quasi-experimental trial involving pre- and post-intervention mapping of routes to school by active and inactive mode of travel and surveys of "stage of behaviour change" and motivations for and b...