Participation and physical activity in organized recess tied to physical education in elementary schools: An interventional study

ABSTRACT: Maintaining physical activity habits is important for long-term health benefits. Many children do not achieve the World Health Organization (WHO) benchmark of 60 min Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) daily. Comprehensive school physical activity programs (CSPAP) target all opportunities at school for children to be physically active. The purpose of this intervention study was to investigate boys’ and girls’ voluntary participation and MVPA in physical activity recess sessions during and after these were connected with the content of physical education. 147 (55 girls, 92 boys; mean age = 8 years) second grade children from seven different schools received a 10-lesson parkour unit in physical education and were concurrently offered five parkour recess sessions. After the parkour

SUBMITTER: Vanluyten K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10424207 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature