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Children who walk and cycle to school are more active during their day. DK, 2005 A research study in Denmark has found that children who walk or cycle to school are more active than their schoolmates who travel by car or bus. Although the study did not establish a clear cause-and-effect association between travelling by foot or bicycle and the overall increase in active behaviour, the study did support active travel programmes as a way to increase physical activity in children and young people. The study authored by Niels Wedderkopp, M.D. which included 332 Danish school children who wore accelerometers to record their minute-by-minute activity, found boys who walked or cycled to school were more active than those who travelled by bus or car, although not for girls who cycled. Their activity levels measured much the same as girls who travelled by car. The study concluded that the number of children being driven to school is increasing, one of the reasons being that more children are attending schools outside of their local area, reducing the number who can safely walk or ride to school.
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