Education Week

5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Class Activity Breaks

Physical activity breaks in the classroom can help ramp up student fitness and increase attention—or turn into a chaotic hassle that teachers work to avoid. Fewer than 9 percent of school-age children ...
Hoodline

Rep. Cynthia Roe Advocates for More Physical Activity in Oklahoma Schools with House Bill 3288

Oklahoma's HB 3288, backed by Rep. Roe, aims to increase physical activity in schools for better health and academic gains.
BMJ

Transform-Us! cluster RCT: 18-month and 30-month effects on children’s physical activity, sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk markers

Objective To test the efficacy of the Transform-Us! school- and home-based intervention on children’s physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and cardiometabolic risk factor profiles. Methods ...
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

The Daily Mile and children’s physical activity, mental health and educational performance: a quasi-experimental study in Greater London primary schools

Objectives To examine associations between The Daily Mile, a school-based active mile intervention, and pupils’ physical activity, mental health and educational performance.Methods Year 1 pupils (aged ...
JSTOR Daily

Perception of physical education classes among young adolescents: do physical education classes provide equal opportunities to all students?

From a public health perspective, physical activity in children and adolescents is seen as important for disease prevention and health promotion. Physical activity patterns are learned through ...