SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL: PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND PERFORMANCE

Physical education, school physical activity, school sports and academic performance

BACKGROUND The purpose of this paper is to review relationships of academic performance and some of its determinants to participation in school-based physical activities, including physical education (PE), free school physical activity (PA) and school sports. METHODS Linkages between academic achievement and involvement in PE, school PA and sport programmes have been examined, based on a syst...

Human, Environment and Sustainable Development

Physical activity and student performance at school.

To review the state of research on the association between physical activity among school-aged children and academic outcomes, the author reviewed published studies on this topic. A table includes brief descriptions of each study's research methodology and outcomes. A review of the research demonstrates that there may be some short-term improvements of physical activity (such as on concentratio...

Relations between the school physical environment and school social capital with student physical activity levels

BACKGROUND The physical and social environments at schools are related to students' moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels. The purpose of this study was to explore the interactive effects of the school physical environment and school social capital on the MVPA of students while at school. METHODS Data from 18,875 grade 6-10 students from 331 schools who participated in the 2009...

Physical performance and school physical education in overweight Spanish children.

AIMS To evaluate the effect of physical performance and extracurricular organized physical activities (EOPA) in normal- and overweight children. METHODS A random sample of 1,068 schoolchildren (7-12 years old) representative of the region of Aragon (Spain) was selected and divided into normal-, overweight and obese groups based on previously published body mass index reference standards. Phys...