Active school commuting in adolescents from 28 countries across Africa, the Americas, and Asia: a temporal trends study
Por:
Félez M, Werneck, Andre O., Bauman, Adrian, Haro JM and Koyanagi A
Publicada:
3 ene 2023
Resumen:
Background: Evidence examining trends in active school commuting among
adolescents are mainly single-country studies, and principally focused
on high-income countries. Thus, the present study aims to examine
temporal trends in adolescents' active school commuting and to examine
if there are differences in such trends by sex. We used nationally
representative samples of 28 countries, which were predominantly low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs), covering 5 different WHO
regions.Methods: Data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey
2004-2017 were analyzed in 177,616 adolescents [mean (SD) age: 13.7
(1.0) years; 50.7% girls]. Active school commuting was self-reported
(frequency of walking or riding a bike to and from school in the past 7
days). The prevalence and 95%CI of active school commuting (i.e., >= 3
days/week) was calculated for the overall sample and by sex for each
survey. Crude linear trends in active school commuting were assessed by
linear regression models. Interaction analyses were conducted to examine
differing trends among boys and girls.Results: Trends in active school
commuting were heterogeneous across countries, with results showing
stable patterns for the majority (16/28), decreasing trends for some
(7/28) and increasing trends over time for a few (5/28). The majority of
countries showed no differences in active school commuting trends
between girls and boys.Conclusions: The quantification of changes in
adolescents' active school commuting over time, together with a deeper
understanding of local determinants for such behaviors will provide
valuable evidence to inform the development of tailored and
context-specific actions.
Filiaciones:
Félez M:
Parc Sanitari St Joan de Deu, Res & Dev Unit, C Dr Antoni Pujadas 42, Barcelona 08830, Spain
ISCIII, Ctr Biomed Res Mental Hlth CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
Werneck, Andre O.:
Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Nutr, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bauman, Adrian:
Univ Sydney, Fac Med & Hlth, Sch Publ Hlth, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Haro JM:
Parc Sanitari St Joan de Deu, Res & Dev Unit, C Dr Antoni Pujadas 42, Barcelona 08830, Spain
ISCIII, Ctr Biomed Res Mental Hlth CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
Koyanagi A:
Parc Sanitari St Joan de Deu, Res & Dev Unit, C Dr Antoni Pujadas 42, Barcelona 08830, Spain
ISCIII, Ctr Biomed Res Mental Hlth CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
ICREA, Pg Lluis Co 23, Barcelona, Spain
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