Browsing Brage NIH by Subject "active commuting"
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Correlates of Commuter Cycling in Three Norwegian Counties
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Globally, there is an increasing challenge of physical inactivity and associated diseases. Commuter cycling is an everyday physical activity with great potential to increase the health status in a population. We aimed to ... -
Establishing the convergent validity of the travel habit questions in the health behavior in school-aged children questionnaire by quantifying active travel in Norwegian adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Active travel (cycling or walking to school) can be a substantial part of adolescents' daily physical activity. Research on transport activities primarily relies on self-reported indices of travel mode and ... -
Experiences from a randomised, controlled trial on cycling to school: does cycling increase cardiorespiratory fitness?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-05)Aims: The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of a 12-week randomised controlled cycling-to-school trial on cardiorespiratory fitness. Methods: A total of 53 10- to 13-year-old children from one ... -
Longitudinal associations of cycling to school with adolescent fitness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-06-18)Objective: To investigate whether change in transport to school from non-cycling to cycling was associated with change in cardio-respiratory fitness (CRF) over a six-year follow-up. Methods: Participants were 384 children ... -
Public employees in South-Western Norway using an e-bike or a regular bike for commuting: A cross-sectional comparison on sociodemographic factors, commuting frequency and commuting distance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Large-scale analyses on the travel behavior of e-bikes are scarce, and current knowledge regarding who the e- bike owners are is inconsistent. Also, commuters represent a relevant user group with an unexploited potential. ... -
Quantification of underestimation of physical activity during cycling to school when using accelerometry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05)Background: Cycling to and from school is an important source of physical activity (PA) in youth but it is not captured by the dominant objective method to quantify PA. The aim of this study was to quantify the underestimation ... -
Seasonal and socio-demographic determinants of school commuting
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-12-21)Objective: To report prevalence of commuting to school in Norway with regard to season, gender, parental education level, ethnicity and distance to school. Methods: Cross-sectional questionnaire data from the Fruits and ...