Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention

EMF van Sluijs, U Ekelund, I Crochemore-Silva… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Young people aged 10–24 years constitute 24% of the world's population; investing in their
health could yield a triple benefit—eg, today, into adulthood, and for the next generation …

2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children and adolescents aged 5–17 years: summary of the evidence

JP Chaput, J Willumsen, F Bull, R Chou… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) released in 2020 updated
global guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children, adolescents …

Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating moderators of long-term effects of exercise on cognition in healthy individuals

S Ludyga, M Gerber, U Pühse, VN Looser… - Nature human …, 2020 - nature.com
As cognitive function is linked with academic achievement, career success and mental
health, there is a need to understand how the cognitive benefits of long-term exercise can be …

Physical activity and academic achievement: an umbrella review

A Barbosa, S Whiting, P Simmonds… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: This umbrella review aimed to summarise the evidence presented in
systematic reviews and meta-analyses regarding the effect of physical activity on academic …

Physically active lessons in schools and their impact on physical activity, educational, health and cognition outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Norris, T van Steen, A Direito… - British journal of sports …, 2020 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective This review provides the first meta-analysis of the impact of physically active
lessons on lesson-time and overall physical activity (PA), as well as health, cognition and …

Exercise, sports, and performance arts benefit cognition via a common process.

PD Tomporowski, C Pesce - Psychological bulletin, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Exercise training is widely promoted as a method to enhance both physical health and
cognitive function. Although routine exercise engenders physiological adaptations to the …

An umbrella review of randomized control trials on the effects of physical exercise on cognition

LF Ciria, R Román-Caballero, MA Vadillo… - Nature human …, 2023 - nature.com
Extensive research links regular physical exercise to an overall enhancement of cognitive
function across the lifespan. Here we assess the causal evidence supporting this …

Effects of chronic exercise interventions on executive function among children and adolescents: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Y Xue, Y Yang, T Huang - British journal of sports medicine, 2019 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective To synthesise randomised controlled trials (RCTs) regarding the effects of chronic
exercise interventions on different domain-specific executive functions (EFs) among children …

[HTML][HTML] Youth physical activity and the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review

B Do, C Kirkland, GM Besenyi, C Smock… - Preventive medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of the systematic review was to identify, evaluate, and synthesize evidence
from available published literature examining the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 …

Boost your brain, while having a break! The effects of long-term cognitively engaging physical activity breaks on children's executive functions and academic …

F Egger, V Benzing, A Conzelmann, M Schmidt - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Classroom-based physical activity (PA) is gaining attention in terms of its potential to
enhance children's cognitive functions, but it remains unclear as to which specific modality of …