Katie A Weatherson, Rhyann McKay, Heather L Gainforth, Mary E Jung
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a school-based physical activity policy in Canada: application of the theoretical domains framework
BMC public health
assessed effects schoolbased obesity prevention intervention included dietary curricula physical activity components body mass index bmi percentiles academic performance among lowincome elementary school children study quasiexperimental design 4 intervention schools 1 control school 4588 schoolchildren 48 hispanic conducted 2year period data presented subset cohort qualified free reducedprice school lunches 68 hispanic n 1197 demographic anthropometric data collected fall spring year academic data collected end year significantly intervention control children stayed within normal bmi percentile ranges years p 02 although significantly obese children intervention 44 control 25 decreased bmi percentiles overall intervention schoolchildren significantly higher math scores years p 001 hispanic white intervention schoolchildren significantly likely higher math scores p 001 although significantly intervention schoolchildren higher reading scores years schoolbased interventions improve health academic performance among lowincome schoolchildren