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Objectively Measured Physical Activity During Physical Education and School Recess and Their Associations With Academic Performance in Youth: The UP&DOWN Study
- Published on Apr 4, 2017
Background: This study examined the associations of objectively measured physical activity in Physical Education and recess with academic performance in youth.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,780 participants aged 6 to 18 years (863 girls). Physical activity was objectively measured by accelerometry and was also classified according to sex- and age specific quartiles of physical activity intensities. Academic performance was assessed through school records.
Results: Physical activity in physical education (PE) and recess was not associated with academic performance (β ranging from –0.038 to –0.003; all P > .05). Youth in the lowest quartile of physical activity in PE engaged in an average of 1.40 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and those in the highest quartile engaged in 21.60 min (for recess: lowest quartile, 2.20 min; highest quartile, 11.15 min). There were no differences in academic performance between quartiles of physical activity in Physical Education and recess.
Conclusions: Time spent at different physical activity intensities during PE and recess does not impair academic performance in youth.
Author(s)
- Irene Esteban-Cornejo 1
- David Martinez-Gomez 2
- Laura Garcia-Cervantes 3
- Francisco B. Ortega 4,5
- Alvaro Delgado-Alfonso 6
- José Castro-Piñero 6
- Oscar L. Veiga 3
Institution(s)
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2 Physical Education, Sport, and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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3 Dept of Physical Education, Sport, and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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4 Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Dept of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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5 PROFITH (PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity) Research Group, Dept of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Spain
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6 Dept of Physical Education, University of Cadiz, Cádiz, Spain.
Journal
The Official Journal of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health