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Physical activity and academic achievement across the curriculum (A + PAAC)

rationale and design of a 3-year, cluster-randomized trial

Physical activity and academic achievement across the curriculum (A + PAAC): rationale and design of a 3-year, cluster-randomized trial
Auteur(s): Joseph Donnelly, Jerry Greene, Cheryl Gibson, Debra Sullivan, David Hansen, Charles Hillman, John Poggio, Matthew Mayo, Bryan Smith, Kate Lambourne, Stephen Herrmann, Mark Scudder, Jessica Betts, Jeffery Honas, Richard Washburn

Background: Improving academic achievement and reducing the rates of obesity in elementary school students are both of considerable interest. Increased physical activity during academic instruction time during school offers a potential intervention to address both issues. A program titled “Physical Activity Across the Curriculum” (PAAC) was developed in which classroom teachers in 22 elementary schools were trained to deliver academic instruction using physical activity with a primary aim of preventing increased BMI. A secondary analysis of data assessed the impact of PAAC on academic achievement using the Weschler Individual Achievement Test-II and significant improvements were shown for reading, math and spelling in students who participated in PAAC. Based on the results from PAAC, an adequately powered trial will be conducted to assess differences in academic achievement between intervention and control schools called, “Academic Achievement and Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (A + PAAC).”

Literatuurverwijzing: Donnelly, J.E., Greene, J.L., Gibson, C.A., Sullivan, D.K., Hansen, D.M., Hillman, C.H., ... Washburn, R.A. (2013). Physical activity and academic achievement across the curriculum (A + PAAC): rationale and design of a 3-year, cluster-randomized trial.

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