Aims: Obesity is one of the most significant global health and social problems, with rates
rising dramatically over the past few decades. While the basic drivers of obesity are obvious …

Background Research to increase children's physical activity and inform intervention design
has, to date, largely underrepresented children's voices. Further, research has been limited …

The study aim was to examine associations of neighborhood built environment and
neighborhood socio-economic status (SES) with multiple physical activity (PA) behaviors …

Active commuting to school has health implications among young people. We aimed to (a)
examine the patterns of commuting to school in children and adolescents regarding gender …

Background Adolescents perceive different barriers for walking versus cycling to school.
This study examined whether adolescents' perceptions of walking and cycling differ by home …

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 …

This book explores everyday walking in contemporary urban life. It brings together important
theoretical and empirical insights to understand how the 'walkability'of urban spaces can be …

Background Parental perceptions towards different modes of transport correlate with
adolescents' mode choice for school trips. Whether parental attitudes differ for walking …

This study examines trends in the rates of active commuting to school (ACS) in Spanish
children (n= 18 343; 8.93±1.68) and adolescents (n= 18 438; 14.11±1.58) aged 618 years …

Traffic related air pollution is detrimental to health and creates a substantial attributable
mortality burden. It is suggested that a shift from motorised transport to active forms of travel …