Associations between objectively measured physical activity and academic attainment in adolescents from a UK cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To test for cross-sectional (at age 11) and longitudinal associations between objectively measured free-living physical activity (PA) and academic attainment in adolescents.Method Data from 4755 participants (45% male) with valid measurement of PA (total volume and intensity) by accelerometry at age 11 from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) was examined. Data linkage was performed with nationally administered school assessments in English, Maths and Science at ages 11, 13 and 16.

Results

In unadjusted models, total volume of PA predicted decreased academic attainment. After controlling for total volume of PA, percentage of time spent in moderate-vigorous intensity PA (MVPA) predicted increased performance in English assessments in both s

SUBMITTER: Booth JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3913217 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature