ArticleNutrients2023
Classroom-Based Physical Activity as a Means to Improve Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement among Normal-Weight and Overweight Youth.
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- Physical activity contexts and adolescent mental health: a systematic review of structured and unstructured approaches, 2015-2025.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of school-based active breaks on classroom behavior, executive functions and physical fitness in children and adolescent: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of exercise interventions, alone or in combination with dietary modifications, on working memory in overweight and obese individuals: A systematic review.European journal of sport science · 2024Pooled it
- Mapping Movement Integration in Secondary Schools: A Scoping Review of Evidence.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Article
- Enhancing Physical Literacy Domains Through the Spectrum of Teaching Styles in Recess-Based Active Breaks: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between physical activity and negative emotions among college students: the chain mediating roles of exercise self-efficacy and psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Foregrounding motivational climate in university physical education: a mixed-methods latent profile analysis with classroom prescriptions.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- School-based physical activity and adolescent mental health: candidate psychological mechanisms, contextual moderators, and unresolved controversies.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Understanding How Childhood Obesity Influences Educational Outcomes: A Literature Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of School-Based Nutrition Interventions in Italy: A Scoping Review.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
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- Cluster analysis as an effective tool for identifying physical fitness in students: the basis for an innovative approach to optimizing physical education in the university environment.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Mental health and health-related behaviors in Chinese college students: the role of physical education.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Wearable Sensors and the Evaluation of Physiological Performance in Elite Field Hockey Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Functional Characteristics and Coping Strategies among Rugby Athletes: A Cluster Analysis Approach.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
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- Physical activity and school adaptation among Chinese junior high school students: chain mediation of resilience and coping styles.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The impact of artistic sports on academic self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Investigation of the relationship between mental health and physical activity among university students.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Although physical activity has positive physical and mental health outcomes, particularly among adolescents, a significant percentage of young people maintain a largely sedentary lifestyle. Considering that the youths spend the greater part of the day at school, this is considered an ideal setting to foster active and healthy living. Consequently, this study is intended to investigate the connection between physical activity, self-efficacy and academic achievement in normal-weight and overweight adolescents. In total, 100 students (aged 14-15) from a public high school placed in the south of Italy were enrolled. They participated either in a 12-week classroom-based physical activity break program performed during science classes (60'/2 days per week) in which a nutritional educational program was carried out or in regular science lessons (60'/2 days per week). At the beginning and end of the intervention programs, a set of standardized motor evaluation tests (standing long jump test, Harvard step test, push up, sit and reach test), the scholastic self-efficacy test and the Amos 8-15 were administered. As a result, a meaningful Time × Group interaction for the self-efficacy variable and Amos 8-15 was observed in the intervention group. Specifically, they reported significant improvement in study skills, motivational factors, concentration and self-efficacy, as well as a decrease in anxiety and BMI (
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