BMJ  2004;329 (9 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7470.0-c

School runs do not affect physical activity

Being driven to school does not affect the overall physical activity of 5 year olds. Analysing the activity of 150 children who were in the first year of primary school, Metcalf and colleagues (p 832) found that twice as many walked to school (median journey 0.7 km; median journey time six minutes) as were taken by car. Activity during walking to school accounted for only 2% of total weekly activity, and total activity was the same in both groups of children.

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