Background Active school transport (AST) is a promising strategy to increase children's
physical activity. A systematic review published in 2011 found large heterogeneity in the …

Active commuting to school has been recognized as a potential avenue to increase physical
activity in children and adolescents. However, active commuting to school has declined over …

Active transportation to school (ATS), denoting walking and biking, is crucial to promote
physical activity for youth. This study uses data from the 2017 National Household Travel …

Physical activity is vital for the health and well-being of youth and adults, although the
prevalence of physical activity continues to be low. Promoting active transportation or human …

Schools are the ideal place to promote and apply the recommended accumulation of 60
minutes of daily physical activity. But until now, it has been difficult to bridge the gap …

The relationship between the built environment and the physical activity (PA) of children has
been explored; however, the results remain controversial. Moreover, the studies on the non …

Introduction Civil engineers play an outsize role in shaping the built environment, which
plays an outsize role in health, especially in transportation safety. While there is growing …

Background: Providing infrastructure and land uses to encourage active travel (ie, bicycling
and walking) are promising strategies for designing health-promoting cities. Population-level …

Physical activity in children and youth is associated with physiological, physical, and mental
health benefits with research suggesting that the more physical activity one accumulates, the …

Background The lack of physical activity and increasing time spent in sedentary behaviours
during childhood place importance on developing low cost, easy-toimplement school-based …