SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Levels of Physical Activity during School Hours in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
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- Effects of before-school physical activity programs on preschool and school children: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of physically active learning on physical activity levels in secondary school students: The ACTIVE CLASS Study.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- Less is more: Qualitative insights into physically active learning in secondary math education.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Associations between elementary and middle school teachers' physical activity promoting practices and teacher- and school-level factors.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Trial
- Mapping the physical condition, peer and parental support, and MVPA: a network analysis in schoolchildren from the ACTIBESE project.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Voices on a multicomponent school-based physical activity intervention: a qualitative study with school leaders, teachers, and students from the MOVESCHOOL study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Dose-Response Effects of a Multimodal Physical Activity Intervention on Selective Attention in Schoolchildren from Bogotá.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Rationale and methods of the MOVI-HIIT! cluster-randomized controlled trial: an avatar-guided virtual platform for classroom activity breaks and its impact on cognition, adiposity, and fitness in preschoolers.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- When and where to intervene: identifying key school segments to enhance adolescent physical activity.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Obesity and physical activity in children with early vision problems: a secondary analysis of data from the Growing-Up in Ireland study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Raising active children: how family and school shape health-promoting physical activity-findings from the FAMIPASS study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Are school settings restricting access to daily physical activity for children with cystic fibrosis? Parents' perspectives and recommendations for practice.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Investigating heart rate responses of children to active travel: a mixed effects modeling analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Erasmus+ EUMOVE project-a school-based promotion of healthy lifestyles to prevent obesity in European children and adolescents.European journal of public health · 2024Article
- Investigating young children's physical activity through time and place.International journal of health geographics · 2024Article
- The Effectiveness of Teaching the Teacher Interventions in Improving the Physical Activity among Adolescents in Schools: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Contributions of Tasks With Different Cognitive Load to High School Students' In-Class Physical Activity.Journal of teaching in physical education : JTPE · 2023Article
- Intervention Programme Based on Self-Determination Theory to Promote Extracurricular Physical Activity through Physical Education in Primary School: A Study Protocol.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Effects of the inclusion of physical activity in secondary education academic classes on educational indicators and health markers: rationale and methods of the ACTIVE CLASS study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis systematic review determines the levels of physical activity (PA) during school hours in children and adolescents.
methodsStudies carried out from January 1987 to December 2019 were retrieved from four databases (Web of Science, Pubmed, Scopus and SportDiscus). The 29 selected studies were cross-sectional, long-term and case studies.
resultsMost of them used accelerometers and showed that male and female children accumulated a mean of between 14 and 68 min of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) during school hours (3%-22% of this daily segment), and male and female adolescents accumulated a mean of between 13 and 28 min of MVPA during this daily segment (3%-8% of the school hours). Less than a quarter of children and adolescents reached the recommended 30 min of MVPA during school hours, with notable differences between sexes.
conclusionsThese results suggest that the levels of PA during school hours are not enough, and consequently, schools should develop strategies for helping children and adolescents reach the school PA recommendation.
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