Interventions for preventing obesity in children

L Hooper, Y Gao, A Zayegh, S Ijaz… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Prevention of childhood obesity is an international public health priority given
the significant impact of obesity on acute and chronic diseases, general health, development …

Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight

A Martin, JN Booth, Y Laird, J Sproule… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The global prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity is high. Lifestyle
changes towards a healthy diet, increased physical activity and reduced sedentary activities …

Physical activity and academic achievement: an umbrella review

A Barbosa, S Whiting, P Simmonds… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: This umbrella review aimed to summarise the evidence presented in
systematic reviews and meta-analyses regarding the effect of physical activity on academic …

Boost your brain, while having a break! The effects of long-term cognitively engaging physical activity breaks on children's executive functions and academic …

F Egger, V Benzing, A Conzelmann, M Schmidt - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Classroom-based physical activity (PA) is gaining attention in terms of its potential to
enhance children's cognitive functions, but it remains unclear as to which specific modality of …

School‐based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18

SE Neil-Sztramko, H Caldwell… - Cochrane database of …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Physical activity among children and adolescents is associated with lower
adiposity, improved cardio‐metabolic health, and improved fitness. Worldwide, fewer than …

Physical activity and academic achievement across the curriculum: Results from a 3-year cluster-randomized trial

JE Donnelly, CH Hillman, JL Greene, DM Hansen… - Preventive …, 2017 - Elsevier
We compared changes in academic achievement across 3 years between children in
elementary schools receiving the Academic Achievement and Physical Activity Across the …

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of physically active classrooms on educational and enjoyment outcomes in school age children

C Bedard, L St John, E Bremer, JD Graham, J Cairney - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Despite the relationship between physical activity (PA) and learning outcomes,
the school system has not been able to support the inclusion of PA throughout the day. A …

Physical activity and academic achievement among the medical students: A cross-sectional study

A Al-Drees, H Abdulghani, M Irshad, AA Baqays… - Medical …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Aims: To explore physical activity (PA) habits among the medical students and examine the
correlation with their grade point average (GPA) achievement at College of Medicine, King …

[HTML][HTML] Aerobic capacity and cognitive control in elementary school-age children

MR Scudder, K Lambourne, ES Drollette… - Medicine and science …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The current study examined the relationship between children's performance on
the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) subtest of the …

Effectiveness of a school-based physical activity intervention on cognitive performance in Danish adolescents: lcomotion—learning, cognition and motion–a cluster …

J Tarp, SL Domazet, K Froberg, CH Hillman… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Physical activity is associated not only with health-related parameters, but also
with cognitive and academic performance. However, no large scale school-based physical …