The Conversation – Michaela James and Sinead Brophy
The importance of promoting activity in young people cannot be overstated. It is a public health priority. And yet a new study reports that school-based physical activity programmes are ineffective at improving the activity levels of young people. The review found that in 17 international studies of a variety of school-based physical activity interventions, there was little or no change in the amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) the young people did throughout the day. https://theconversation.com/schools-are-a-crucial-place-for-physical-activity-programmes-heres-how-to-make-them-work-110215