Background and Objective. Several reviews have summarised studies on secondary school
students' moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in physical education (PE), but no …

Interest in analyzing physically active behaviors during school recesses has grown in recent
years as the school environment has consolidated (recess, physical education classes …

Objectives The objective of this study was to determine the gender‐specific and time‐
segmented changes in accelerometer measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary time …

All Latin-American countries are affected by the lack of physical activity and its
consequences on youth. Chile's population has shown troublingly low levels of moderate-to …

Background To date, there is scant literature that examines the recess context concurrent
with, but separate from, levels of physical activity. The primary purpose of the current study …

Background: Research has shown the positive connections between physical activity and
health, and physical education has been shown to influence the motivation to participate in …

Introduction Pupils spend a significant portion of their time at school. As a result, the school
serves as an important setting for both learning and the formation of healthy behaviors …

Background: Many studies find that physical education (PE) classes in elementary schools
rarely meet the recommendation to engage students in moderate and vigorous physical …

The purpose of this study was to examine individual variables associated with children's
levels of recess physical activity (PA), as well as environmental influences that influence …

This study applies self-determination theory (SDT) to test the hypothesised relationships
amongst three basic psychological needs, level of self-determined motivation (ie self …