Joseph Price, David R Just
Lunch, recess and nutrition: responding to time incentives in the cafeteria
Preventive medicine
tested lowcost scalable set classroom equipment called active classroom equipment designed promote physical activity children learn hypothesized active classroom equipment would associated increased physical activity without impairing learning fourteen firstgrade students public elementary school 7 females 7 males aged 69 sd 04 years 24 54 kg bmi 158 26 kgm2 used active classroom equipment 30 minutes day throughout school year fiveday physical activity measured using validated triaxial accelerometers baseline intervention began 4 sequential occasions 9month intervention baseline period 5day physical activity averaged 157 65 aumin 14 children accessed active classroom equipment mean 5day physical activity 229 103 acceleration units au min p 0001 sequential increases physical activity 9month intervention quarter 1 163 94 aumin quarter 2 227 108 aumin quarter 3 278 61 aumin quarter 4 305 65 aumin students dynamic indicators basic early literacy skills dibels scores improved active classroom equipment may one approach increase physical activity