Ribanna Aparecida Marques Braga, Ilana Nogueira Bezerra, Maria Dinara de Araújo Nogueira, Amanda de Moura Souza, Géssica de Souza Martins, Kaluce Gonçalves de Sousa Almondes, Luis Alberto Moreno, Carla Soraya Costa Maia
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physical activity pa critical preventing childhood obesity contributes childrens overall physical cognitive health yet fewer half children achieve recommended 60 min per day moderatetovigorous physical activity mvpa schools ideal setting meeting pa guidelines competing demands limited resources impacted pa opportunities fueling learning exercise flex study randomized controlled trial evaluate impact two innovative schoolbased pa programs childrens mvpa cognitive function academic outcomes twentyfour public elementary schools lowincome ethnically diverse communities around massachusetts recruited randomized receive either 100 mile club walkingrunning program move classroombased pa program intervention control schoolchildren grades 34 approximately 50 per school recruited participate evaluation primary outcome measures include pa via 7day accelerometry actigraph gt3x wgt3xbt cognitive assessments academic achievement via state standardized test scores additional measures include height weight surveys assessing psychosocial factors related pa dietary intake schoollevel surveys assess pa infrastructure resources intervention implementation data collected baseline midpoint 56 months postbaseline postintervention approximately 15 years postbaseline demographic data collected parentscaregivers baseline mixedeffect models test short longterm effects programs minutes spent mvpa well secondary outcomes including cognitive academic outcomes flex study evaluate strategies increasing childrens mvpa two innovative lowcost schoolbased pa programs well impact childrens cognitive functioning academic success demonstration relationship schoolbased mvpa neutral improved rather diminished academic outcomes naturalistic environment potential positively influence investment school pa programs initiatives clinicaltrialsgov identifier nct02810834 registered may 11 2015 retrospectively registered