School-based interventions to promote active commuting to school and quality of life in Spanish children and adolescents

Abstract

Currently, a high percentage of the young population does not meet the recommendations for healthy physical activity. Increasing physical activity in children and young people could improve health-related physical fitness and quality of life in this population. The promotion of daily physical activity habits such as active commuting to school could be a potential alternative to increase physical activity levels in this population. Attractive and novel strategies should be explored to ensure the success of such interventions. Thus, new technologies such as mobile applications focusing on active video games and gamification could be successful tools for promoting the habits of physical activity in the young population.