Abstract
BACKGROUND: Our objective was to test whether brief daily activity could increase young students' physical fitness and compare different forms of intervention delivery.
METHODS: Two intervention groups were instructed to increase children's activity by 6 minutes daily. The principal was responsible for the intervention in the first group while classroom teachers were responsible in the second. The third group was a control. Success was defined by changes in student fitness.
RESULTS: The principal-led group had a significant increase in the number of 75-foot laps completed after intervention (+0.61 laps) and a significant decrease in after-exercise heart rate (-37.4 beats per minute) as compared with the control group. The teacher-led group experienced no change in either outcome.
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that a 6-minute increase in activity can produce a significant improvement in student fitness. Administrative support of school-based interventions can have a positive impact on program completion.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1145-52 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Clinical pediatrics |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Guideline Adherence
- Heart Rate/physiology
- Humans
- Male
- Motor Activity/physiology
- Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
- Physical Fitness/physiology
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