Travel to school and physical activity levels in 9-10 year-old UK children of different ethnic origin; Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE).

Travel to school may offer a convenient way to increase physical activity levels in childhood. We examined the association between method of travel to school and physical activity levels in urban multi-ethnic children.2035 children (aged 9-10 years in 2006-7) provided data on their usual method of t...

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Main Authors: Christopher G Owen, Claire M Nightingale, Alicja R Rudnicka, Esther M F van Sluijs, Ulf Ekelund, Derek G Cook, Peter H Whincup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3272007?pdf=render