This study reports that students who walk both to and from school accrue the most minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
- 90% of the students that walk one way to school accumulate an average of 60 or more minutes of MVPA on weekdays.
- 100% of the students that walk both to and from school accumulate an average of 60 or more minutes of MVPA on weekdays.
Alexander, Leslie M., Inchley, Jo, Todd, Joanna, Currie, Dorothy, Cooper, Ashley R. and Currie, Candace. “The Broader Impact of Walking to School Among Adolescents: Seven Day Accelerometry Based Study”. British Medical Journal. 331 (2005): 1061-1062.
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