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Interventions for promoting physical activity among European teenagers

a systematic review

Meester, F. De, Lenthe, F.J. van, Spittaels, H., Lien, N., & Bourdeaudhuij, I. de (2009). Interventions for promoting physical activity among European teenagers: a systematic review. International Journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity 6

Main findings of the review were:

  1. school-based interventions generally lead to short term improvements in physical activity levels;
  2. improvements in physical activity levels by school-based interventions were limited to school related physical activity with no conclusive transfer to leisure time physical activity;
  3. including parents appeared to enhance school-based interventions;
  4. the support of peers and the influence of direct environmental changes increased the physical activity level of secondary school children;
  5. the assumption that a multi-component approach should produce synergistic results can not be confirmed;
  6. when interventions aimed to affect more than one health behaviour the intervention appeared to be less effective in favour of physical activity.

Conclusion: overall, the current European literature supports the short-term effectiveness of school-based physical activity promotion programmes. The available evidence for the effectiveness in other settings is rather limited and underscores the need for further research.

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Femke De Meester
Frank van Lenthe
Heleen Spittaels
Nanna Lien
Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij

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