Carol Maher|Lucy Lewis|Peter T. Katzmarzyk|Dorothea Dumuid|Leah Cassidy|Tim Olds
The associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and academic performance
University of South Australia|University of South Australia|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|University of South Australia|University of South Australia
examine relationships childrens moderatetovigorous physical activity mvpa sedentary behaviours academic performancethis study investigated crosssectional relationships childrens accelerometermeasured physical activity sedentary behaviour patterns academic performance using standardised nationallyadministered academic assessmenta total 285 australian children aged 911 years randomly selected schools undertook 7day 24h accelerometry objectively determine mvpa sedentary behaviour year completed nationallyadministered standardised academic testing national assessment programliteracy numeracy naplan bmi measured sociodemographic variables collected parentreported survey relationships mvpa sedentary behaviour academic performance across five domains examined using generalised linear mixed models adjusted wide variety sociodemographic variableshigher academic performance strongly consistently related higher sedentary time significant relationships seen across five academic domains range f413 p004 f1865 p001 contrast higher academic performance related higher mvpa two academic domains writing f528 p002 numeracy f628 p001 related language reading spelling performancefindings highlight sedentary behaviour positive relationships nonphysical outcomes positive relationships mvpa literacy numeracy well well documented benefits mvpa physical social health suggest holds important place childrens lives outside school