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Star rating school walking routes

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 26/05/2008 - 23:18
Star rating school walking routes - Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
This project demonstrated that it is feasible to objectively rate the safety performance of individual road crossing points, as well as to provide indications of overall route safety, focusing particularly on the abilities of children using the route.
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California's safe routes to school program

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 25/02/2008 - 22:07
- Impacts on walking, bicycling, and pedestrian safety
California's safe routes to school program - Web page
This article evaluates California's pioneering Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program, which funds traffic improvement projects designed to improve safety for children's walking and bicycling to school and to increase the number of children who do so.
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The accuracy of pedometer steps and time during walking in children

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 01/08/2006 - 00:21
Abstract - The accuracy of pedometer steps and time etc - Web page
This paper seeks to determine the accuracy of pedometer step counts and time during self-paced walking (SPW) and treadmill walking in children (5-11 yr).
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Active commuting to school: an overlooked source of childrens physical activity

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 20/07/2006 - 04:03
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The assessment and promotion of childrens healthful physical activity is important: (i) to combat the international obesity epidemic that extends to childhood; and (ii) to establish an early habit of lifestyle physical activity that can be sustained into adolesce
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Omission of active commuting to school and the prevalence of childrens health-related physical activ

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 20/07/2006 - 03:50
the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Study
Omission of active commuting to school and the prevalence of childrens health-related physical activity levels - Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
Active commuting to school by walking or bicycle is a potential source of continuous moderate activity for children that has bee
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Personal, family, social, and environmental correlates of active commuting to school

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 20/07/2006 - 03:38
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Active commuting to school may be an important opportunity for children to accumulate adequate physical activity for improved cardiovascular risk factors, enhanced bone health, and psychosocial well-being.
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Active commuting to school among NSW primary school children: implications for public health

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 20/07/2006 - 03:31
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Regular active commuting by walking/cycling can help maintain an active lifestyle.
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Children walking to school - Parent perceptions of environmental and psychosocial influences

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 15/06/2006 - 03:10
Parent Perceptions of Environmental and Psychosocial Influences
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Children's declining physical activity has attracted attention from those concerned with the health and well-being of the young.
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