Physical Activity Interventions During the School Day: Reviewing Policies, Practices, and Benefits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are many ways to increase physical activity (PA) during the school day as part of a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Plan. This article reviews policies and practices that can be used during the school day to increase PA for students.

Methods

We searched systematic reviews for articles that met criteria (2010-2018, phase 1), followed by a search for individual articles addressing topics for which we did not identify a sufficiently relevant or recent review or to update an earlier review that concluded insufficient evidence (2010-2020, phase 2). We included 45 articles (45 studies, 54 interventions).

Results

We grouped studies by intervention type: school-wide PA approaches to reach all students within the school setting (17), physical education

SUBMITTER: Cornett K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11106808 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature