PAFS Research Group, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45004 Toledo, Spain.
Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, School of Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 31;19(17):10852. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710852.
Active commuting to school (ACS) seems to be one of the means to increase physical activity (PA) levels in youth, but it is unclear if ACS reduces the prevalence of obesity, protecting and improving their health. Most of the previous research has been conducted on children or youth (i.e., children with adolescents together), and there is a paucity of research in adolescents only. The purpose of this review was to assess the association between ACS with overweight/obesity parameters in adolescents aged 11 to 19 years. We used PubMed, WOS and SPORTDiscus as electronics databases. All steps of the process followed the recommendations of the PRISMA flow-diagram. Fifteen articles (68.18%) found a consistent association between ACS and body composition and seven studies (31.82%) showed no differences in body composition between active and passive commuters to school. Fourteen studies observed that active commuters to school had a more favorable body composition and one study reported that ACS was associated with unfavourable body composition. ACS could be the steppingstone to improve PA promotion in adolescence but whether ACS is associated with improved body composition and prevention of obesity requires further research.
积极的上学交通方式（ACS）似乎是增加青少年身体活动（PA）水平的一种手段，但 ACS 是否能降低肥胖症的患病率，保护和改善他们的健康状况还不清楚。之前的大多数研究都是针对儿童或青少年（即儿童和青少年一起）进行的，而只有青少年的研究很少。本综述的目的是评估 ACS 与 11 至 19 岁青少年超重/肥胖参数之间的关系。我们使用了 PubMed、WOS 和 SPORTDiscus 作为电子数据库。该过程的所有步骤都遵循 PRISMA 流程图的建议。15 篇文章（68.18%）发现 ACS 与身体成分之间存在一致的关联，7 项研究（31.82%）表明主动和被动上学交通方式之间的身体成分没有差异。14 项研究观察到，积极上学交通方式的青少年身体成分更有利，而一项研究报告称 ACS 与身体成分不利有关。ACS 可能是促进青少年 PA 提升的垫脚石，但 ACS 是否与改善身体成分和预防肥胖有关，还需要进一步研究。
