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The association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance
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(2010). The association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance: executive summary.
When children and adolescents participate in the recommended level of physical activity -at least 60 minutes daily- multiple health benefits accrue. Most youth, however, are not engaging in recommended levels of physical activity. Schools provide a unique venue for youth to meet the activity recommendations, as they serve nearly 56 million youth. At the same time, schools face increasing challenges in allocating time for physical education and physical activity during the school day. There is a growing body of research focused on the association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance among school-aged youth. To better understand these connections, the review includes studies from a range of physical activity contexts, including school-based physical education, recess, classroom-based physical activity (outside of physical education and recess), and extracurricular physical activity. The purpose of the report is to synthesize the scientific literature that has examined the association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance, including indicators of cognitive skills and attitudes, academic behaviors, and academic achievement. For the review, relevant research articles and reports were identified through a search of nine electronic databases using both physical activity and academic-related search terms. The search yielded a total of 406 articles that were examined to determine their match with the inclusion criteria. Forty-three articles (reporting a total of 50 unique studies) met the inclusion criteria and were read, abstracted, and coded for this synthesis. This publication is the executive summary of the report.
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