Associations between active commuting to school, sleep duration, and breakfast consumption in Ecuadorian young people

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 19; no. 1; p. 85
• Main Authors: Villa-González, Emilio, Huertas-Delgado, Francisco J, Chillón, Palma, Ramírez-Vélez, Robinson, Barranco-Ruiz, Yaira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 18.01.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Active commuting; Adolescents; Age; Breakfast; Child health; Children; Commuting; Consumption; Exercise; Feeding behavior; Girls; Health aspects; Latin-Americans; Obesity; Overweight persons; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Public health; Regression analysis; Regression models; Sleep; Social class; Socioeconomics; Students; Teenagers; Type 2 diabetes; Young; Young adults; Youth; Ecuador; Latin-Americans; Breakfast; Young; Sleep; Active commuting; Public health

Daily behaviours such as active commuting to school (ACS) could be a source of physical activity, contributing to the improvement of youth cardiovascular health, however, the relationship between ACS and other aspects of a youth's health, such as sleep duration and breakfast consumption, requir...