The relationship between transport-to-school habits and physical activity in a sample of New Zealand adolescents

作     者：Chiew Ching Kek Enrique García Bengoechea John C.Spence Sandra Mandic 

作者机构：Active Living LaboratorySchool of Physical EducationSport and Exercise SciencesUniversity of OtagoDunedin 9054New Zealand Department of Physical Education and Sport SciencesFaculty of Education and Health SciencesUniversity of LimerickLimerickV94 T9PXIreland Institute for Health and Sport(IHES)Victoria UniversityMelbourneVIC 8001Australia Faculty of KinesiologySportand RecreationUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonAlbertaT6G 2H9Canada Centre for SustainabilityUniversity of OtagoDunedin 9054New Zealand 

出 版 物：《Journal of Sport and Health Science》 (运动与健康科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2019年第8卷第5期

页      面：463-470页

核心收录：

学科分类：0403[教育学-体育学] 04[教育学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1010[医学-医学技术（可授医学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：supported by the Health Research Council of New Zealand Emerging Researcher First Grant (14/565) National Heart Foundation of New Zealand(1602 and 1615) Lottery Health Research Grant (Applic 341129) University of Otago Research Grant (UORG 2014) Dunedin City Council and internal grants from the School of Physical Education,Sport and Exercise Sciences,University of Otago 

主　　题：Accelerometer Adolescent Physical activity Schools Transportation Walking 

摘      要：Objectives:Adolescents using active transport(AT)to school have higher levels of physical activity(PA)compared with motorized transport(MT)users.This study compared school day and weekend day PA in adolescents using AT,MT,or combined AT and MT(AT + MT)to travel to school.Methods:Adolescents(n= 314;age:14.7±1.4 years;32.8% boys)from Dunedin(New Zealand)wore an accelerometer for 7 days and completed a self-reported survey regarding mode of transport to school(73 AT,56 AT + MT,and 185 MT).Data were analyzed using t tests,analysis of variance,and χ2 tests.Results:Although the proportion of adolescents meeting PA guidelines significantly differed among transport groups(AT,47.9%;AT + MT,46.4%;MT,33.5%;p=0.048;overall,39.2%),the observed differences were due mainly to girls.Compared with MT,AT and AT+MT engaged in more moderate-to-vigorous PA(MVPA)per day(AT:61.2 ± 23.2 min;AT+MT:59.6 ± 21.7 min;MT:52.5 ± 19.6 min;p = 0.004;p0.001,adjusted for gender),per school day and before school.Immediately after school(15:00-16:00),AT engaged in significantly more MVPA compared with AT + MT and MT.No differences in MVPA between the groups were observed in the late afternoon/early evening period during school days or on weekend days.Conclusion:Compared with MT users,adolescent girls using AT or AT + MT accumulated more MVPA during school commute time.AT + MT to school is also a plausible way to increase adolescent girls’ PA when AT only is not feasible.