Health Empowers You: Impact of a School‐Based Physical Activity Program in Elementary School Students, Georgia, 2015‐2016

Hyde, Eric T.; Gazmararian, Julie A.; Barrett-Williams, Shannon L.; Kay, Christi

doi:10.1111/josh.12847

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“…To avoid risking negative effects of ECPAs on health issues such as stress—which other studies also have identified [ 33 , 34 ]– it is of uttermost importance that schools provide basic structural conditions for ECPAs. Like other studies [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 25 , 28 , 29 , 31 ], our results also suggest that it is imperative that both students and teachers be involved in the activities, that school personnel are educated and that motivation and lust are all necessary conditions for ECPAs. Hence, the importance of including the students’ perspectives in the planning and implementation of ECPAs with the objective of improved health.…”

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“…Since habits are established during childhood, interventions such as increased physical activity and information about physical activity to children and their parents seem to be successful factors for achieving these habits [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. Physical activities in school have been studied and shown to be important factors when it comes to wellbeing and health [ 7 , 8 ].…”

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“…For example, in Sweden, only 22% of the girls and 44% of the boys in the range of 11–17 years old meet the recommendations of daily activities [ 11 ]. It is concluded that more active Physical Education (PE) lessons in school are needed [ 12 ], and that the school setting may be the best way to reach young people and to increase the health-related fitness of children [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 13 ]. The recommended level of physical activity is 60 min of moderate-to-vigorous intensity per day, including three days a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic activities that strengthen muscle and bone [ 14 ].…”

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Extracurricular Pulse Activities in School: Students’ Attitudes and Experiences

Jägerbrink

Glaser

Östenberg

2022

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Background: Few children and adolescents reach the recommended levels of daily physical activity, which is something that affects their health and wellbeing. Research shows that physical activities could be one factor for improving health and achieving academic goals in children and adolescents. Methods: Eight focus group interviews with students 10–15 years old were conducted at two schools with extracurricular pulse activities (ECPAs) during the school day. Results: In general, the interviewed students at both schools expressed positive attitudes toward ECPAs, emphasizing a felt correlation with physical activities out of school. Phenomena such as motivation, concentration and social relations also seem to profit from ECPAs. However, some students display a critical approach to ECPAs. From a gender perspective, girls embrace ECPAs with more enthusiasm than boys. Conclusions: In order to make the best use of positive attitudes and health promotion, schools need to improve structural conditions such as facilities, time pressure, unhygienic conditions, blurry boundaries between ECPAs and Physical Education (PE), uncomprehending teachers, contents and, very importantly, the inclusion of students in the process of planning and implementing ECPAs.

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Extracurricular Pulse Activities in School: Students’ Attitudes and Experiences

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Glaser

Östenberg

2022

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“…Prior evaluations of Health Empowers You! document improvements in average daily steps, moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) levels in physical education (PE) classes, and student tness and BMI 16,17 . The intervention was implemented with the goal of sustainably elevating student school-day MVPA.…”

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Longitudinal weight status, and academic achievement in elementary schoolchildren in the United States

Elish¹,

Boedeker²,

Lash³

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Background/Objectives. Childhood overweight and obesity have a well-established negative impact on children’s health. Overweight and obesity might also negatively impact children’s academic performance, but existing literature on this association is inconclusive. This study uses a longitudinal design in a large, diverse elementary school sample to rigorously test the association between longitudinal weight status and academic achievement. Analyses also investigate modification by sex, race/ethnicity, and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). Subjects/Methods. In a large suburban school district in the United States, 4 936 Grade 4 students were recruited. Demographic, course grade, and standardized test data were collected from school records for Grades 3 to 5, and body mass index (BMI) and CRF were assessed each year. Students wore accelerometers during the school day for up to 15 days across three semesters (Grade 4 Fall and Spring, Grade 5 Fall) to objectively measure physical activity. Multiple imputation addressed missing data and multilevel analyses controlled for student demographics and clustering within schools. Results. Unadjusted multilevel models found small negative associations for students who were persistently obese with course grades and standardized test scores, but these associations largely disappeared when controlling for demographic characteristics. Residual associations for math and writing course grades were attenuated when controlling for CRF, though some marginal negative associations for math and writing remained for students who became obese during follow up. There was no evidence of modification by sex or race/ethnicity. Conclusions Results suggest very small associations between obesity status and academic achievement that were largely explained by CRF. These findings support growing evidence that increasing CRF is more important than losing weight for improving children’s cognition and academic achievement.

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“…Other studies reported a dose‐response relationship between physical activity and health, indicating that the more physical activity, the greater the health benefit 23 . For school‐aged children, evidence suggests that moderate‐to‐vigorous or vigorous physical activity during physical education (PE) classes increased after PE‐based physical activity interventions 24‐28 . However, several studies report that cardiopulmonary fitness does not improve after interventions despite increases in physical activity levels 29‐32 .…”

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Impact of Weight Status on the Cardiopulmonary Fitness Outcome of a School‐Based Physical Activity Program

Moon¹,

Cunningham

Gazmararian

2020

Journal of School Health

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BACKGROUND The effectiveness of school‐based physical activity interventions for improving cardiopulmonary fitness (CPF) of overweight and obese children is not well established. In this study, we evaluated whether overweight and obese children had similar changes in body mass index (BMI) and CPF as normal weight children after participating in a program for one academic year. METHODS Using purposive sampling at the school level, we selected 16 program and 7 control schools in a large metropolitan area in the Southeast during the 2015‐2016 academic year. In these schools, 3396 fourth‐graders participated with parental consent. Of these, 2332 (68.7%) participated in BMI measures and 1780 (52.4%) in Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) measures for CPF at two time points. RESULTS Students of all weight statuses pre‐program did not show changes in BMI after program implementation. All students showed statistically significant improvements in the PACER test at follow‐up, regardless of their participation in the program. However, overweight and obese children showed less improvement in CPF level than their normal weight classmates, regardless of their participation in the program. CONCLUSION Special attention for improving engagements of overweight and obese children may be needed to achieve improvements in their CPF level similar to that of normal weight students.

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Health Empowers You: Impact of a School‐Based Physical Activity Program in Elementary School Students, Georgia, 2015‐2016

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

Extracurricular Pulse Activities in School: Students’ Attitudes and Experiences

Extracurricular Pulse Activities in School: Students’ Attitudes and Experiences

Longitudinal weight status, and academic achievement in elementary schoolchildren in the United States

Impact of Weight Status on the Cardiopulmonary Fitness Outcome of a School‐Based Physical Activity Program

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