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dc.contributor.authorØstergaard, Lars
dc.contributor.authorKolle, Elin
dc.contributor.authorSteene-Johannessen, Jostein
dc.contributor.authorAnderssen, Sigmund A.
dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Lars Bo
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-18T09:45:26Z
dc.date.available2014-03-18T09:45:26Z
dc.date.issued2013-07-17
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2013, 10, 91nb_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/192524
dc.description© 2013 Østergaard et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.nb_NO
dc.description.abstractObjective: To investigate the associations between body composition, cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness in relation to travel mode to school in children and adolescents. Method: Children and adolescents from 40 elementary schools and 23 high schools representing all regions in Norway were invited to participate in the study. Anthropometry, cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness were tested at the school location. Questionnaires were used in order to register mode of transport to school, age, gender and levels of leisure time physical activity. Results: A total of 1694 (i.e. 60% of all invited participants) children and adolescents at a mean age of 9.6 and 15.6 respectively (SD = 0.4 for both groups) were analyzed for associations with physical fitness variables. Males cycling to school had lower sum of skin folds than adolescents walking to school. Higher cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents and male cyclists compared to walkers and passive commuters were observed. Among children, cycling and walking to school, higher isometric muscle endurance in the back extensors compared to passive commuters was observed. Conclusion: Based on this national representative cross-sectional examination of randomly selected children and adolescents there is evidence that active commuting, especially cycling, is associated with a favourable body composition and better cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness as compared to passive commuting.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBioMed Centralnb_NO
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Samfunnsvitenskapelige idrettsfag: 330nb_NO
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Idrettsmedisinske fag: 850nb_NO
dc.subjectwalkingnb_NO
dc.subjectcyclingnb_NO
dc.subjectcommutingnb_NO
dc.subjecttransportnb_NO
dc.subjectadipositynb_NO
dc.subjectBMInb_NO
dc.titleCross sectional analysis of the association between mode of school transportation and physical fitness in children and adolescentsnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.source.journalInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activitynb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1479-5868-10-91
dc.description.localcodeSeksjon for idrettsmedisinske fag / Department of Sport Sciencesnb_NO


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