ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Schools are an important setting for improving behaviors
associated with obesity, including physical activity. However, within schools there is often a …

Introduction A whole-of-school approach is best to promote physical activity before, during,
and after school. However, multicomponent programming is often complex and difficult to …

Modifications to the social–ecological model, such as Whole School, Whole Community,
Whole Child (WSCC) frameworks, have been utilized in comprehensive school health …

The intentional integration of physical activity in elementary school classrooms—including
brief instructional breaks for activity, or integration into lessons—can benefit children's …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Given levels of sedentary behavior among youth, teachers
have been called upon to increase physical activity (PA) by implementing classroom PA …

Background. Colorado passed House Bill 11-1069 in 2011 requiring all public elementary
schools to provide students with a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity (PA) per school …

Background The majority of US children do not meet physical activity recommendations.
Schools are an important environment for promoting physical activity in children, yet most …

ABSTRACT Background: In 2005, the North Carolina State Board of Education updated the
Healthy Active Children Policy to include a requirement that all kindergarten through eighth …

Objective To investigate the relation of classroom physical activity breaks to students'
physical activity and classroom behavior. Methods Six elementary-school districts in …

The integration of physical activity into elementary school classrooms, through brief activity
breaks (ABs) and lessons that incorporate movement into instruction as active lessons (ALs) …