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study examines effects school garden intervention elementary school childrens physical activity pa twelve schools new york randomly assigned receive school garden intervention n6 waitlist control group later received gardens n6 pa measured selfreport survey girls health enrichment multisite study activity questionnaire n227 accelerometry n124 8 schools baseline fall 2011 followup spring 2012 fall 2012 spring 2013 direct observation n117 4 schools employed compare indoor classroom outdoor garden pa analysis general linear mixed models survey data indicate garden intervention childrens reports usual sedentary activity decreased pregarden baseline postgarden control group childrens 19 p001 accelerometry data reveal school day children garden intervention showed greater increase percent time spent moderate moderatetovigorous pa baseline followup control group children 58 p010 10 p044 direct observation withingroup comparison children schools gardens revealed children move sit less outdoor gardenbased lesson indoor classroombased lesson school gardens show promise promote childrens pa clinicaltrialsgov nct02148315