The impact of school uniforms on primary school student's physical activity at school: outcomes of a cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many school-based physical activity (PA) interventions are complex and have modest effects when delivered in real world contexts. A commonly reported barrier to students' PA, particularly among girls, are uniforms that are impractical (e.g. tunic/dress and black leather shoes). Modifying student uniforms may represent a simple intervention to enhance student PA. The primary aim of this trial was to assess the impact of a PA enabling uniform intervention (shorts, polo shirt and sports shoes) on girls' moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and total PA i.e. counts per minute (cpm).

Methods

A cluster randomized controlled trial was undertaken in 42 primary schools in New South Wales, Australia. Schools were randomized on one school day to the intervention gro

SUBMITTER: Nathan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7825216 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature