Rebecca Roberts

TL;DR: Examination of personal, family, social, and environmental correlates of active commuting to school among children in Melbourne, Australia found children were more likely to actively commute to school if their route was <800 meters and there were no associations with perceived energy levels or enjoyment of physical activity, weight status, or family factors.

TL;DR: It is suggested that POS in high socioeconomic neighbourhoods possess more features that are likely to promote physical activity amongst children.

TL;DR: Public health initiatives aimed at promoting, and reducing educational inequalities in, leisure-time walking should incorporate a focus on environmental strategies, such as advocating for neighbourhood walking tracks, as well as personal and social factors.

TL;DR: Future studies of environmental determinants of physical activity should consider incorporating objective indices of access to facilities, or accounting for the systematic bias that may result from relying on self-report perceptions as an indicator of the actual physical activity environment.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined associations between availability of different types of food outlets and children's fruit and vegetable intake and found that the more fast food outlets (or convenience stores) close to home, the lower the likelihood of consuming fruit ≥ 2 times/day.