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References from Effects of Physically Active Learning (PAL) Interventions on Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in Primary School Children: A Systematic Review. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
National, regional, and global trends in insufficient physical activity among adults from 2000 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 507 population-based surveys with 5·7 million participants
10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00150-5 · 2024 · External reference
Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: A pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants
10.1016/s2352-4642(19)30323-2 · 2020 · External reference
Sedentary behavior during school-time: Sociodemographic, weight status, physical education class, and school performance correlates in Brazilian schoolchildren
10.1016/j.jsams.2016.06.004 · 2017 · External reference
Physical education, school physical activity, school sports and academic performance
10.1186/1479-5868-5-10 · 2008 · External reference
Implementing physically active learning: Future directions for research, policy, and practice
10.1016/j.jshs.2019.05.007 · 2020 · External reference
Systematic review of acute physically active learning and classroom movement breaks on children’s physical activity, cognition, academic performance and classroom behaviour: Understanding critical design features
10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000341 · 2018 · External reference
Physically active lessons in schools and their impact on physical activity, educational, health and cognition outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
10.1136/bjsports-2018-100502 · 2020 · External reference
Effect of classroom-based physical activity interventions on academic and physical activity outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
10.1186/s12966-017-0569-9 · 2017 · External reference
Effect of active lessons on physical activity, academic, and health outcomes: A systematic review
10.1080/02701367.2017.1294244 · 2017 · External reference
Effectiveness of active learning that combines physical activity and math in schoolchildren: A systematic review
10.1111/josh.12878 · 2020 · External reference
Effects of a classroom-based intervention to promote physical literacy in children: The randomized and controlled ALPHYL Study
10.1016/j.jsams.2025.05.006 · 2025 · External reference
Effects of physically active lessons and active breaks on cognitive performance and health indicators in elementary school children: A cluster randomized trial
10.1186/s12966-025-01789-6 · 2025 · External reference
Effects of maths on the move on children’s perspectives, physical activity, and math performance
2022 · External reference
‘Maths on the move’: Effectiveness of physically-active lessons for learning maths and increasing physical activity in primary school students
10.1016/j.jsams.2019.12.019 · 2020 · External reference
Impact of the “Thinking while Moving in English” intervention on primary school children’s academic outcomes and physical activity: A cluster randomised controlled trial
10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101592 · 2020 · External reference
A pedometer-based physically active learning intervention: The importance of using preintervention physical activity categories to assess effectiveness
10.1123/pes.2018-0128 · 2019 · External reference
Learning “math on the move”: Effectiveness of a combined numeracy and physical activity program for primary school children
10.1123/jpah.2017-0234 · 2018 · External reference
Physically active lessons improve lesson activity and on-task behavior: A cluster-randomized controlled trial of the “Virtual Traveller” intervention
10.1177/1090198118762106 · 2018 · External reference
Findings from the EASY minds cluster randomized controlled trial: Evaluation of a physical activity integration program for mathematics in primary schools
10.1123/jpah.2015-0046 · 2016 · External reference
Long-term effects of physically active academic lessons on physical fitness and executive functions in primary school children
10.1093/her/cyv102 · 2016 · External reference
Effect of physically active academic lessons on body mass index and physical fitness in primary school children
10.1111/josh.12384 · 2016 · External reference
Outcomes and process evaluation of a programme integrating physical activity into the primary school mathematics curriculum: The EASY Minds pilot randomised controlled trial
10.1016/j.jsams.2014.09.005 · 2015 · External reference
Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC): A randomized controlled trial to promote physical activity and diminish overweight and obesity in elementary school children
10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.07.022 · 2009 · External reference
The effect of a physically active academic intervention on the physical fitness and mathematical performance of grade 1 learners in Cape Town, South Africa
10.1007/s10643-023-01610-8 · 2025 · External reference
Two-year effectiveness of a controlled trial with physically active lessons on behavioral indicators of school children
10.1080/02701367.2021.2020707 · 2023 · External reference
Effectiveness of a physically active learning program on indicators of physical activity, well-being and academic performance in students
2022 · External reference
Effects of physically active lessons on movement behaviors, cognitive, and academic performance in elementary schoolchildren: ERGUER/Aracaju project
10.1123/jpah.2020-0604 · 2021 · External reference
Physical activity of children: A global matrix of grades comparing 15 countries
10.1123/jpah.2014-0177 · 2014 · External reference
10.3390/nu17071178
10.3390/nu17071178 · External reference
Parent-child association of sedentary behavior according to parental physical activity level: The EPI-FAMILY health-study
10.1016/j.smhs.2025.06.003 · 2026 · External reference
The effect of a physically active academic intervention on the physical fitness and mathematical performance of grade 1 learners in Cape Town, South Africa
10.1007/s10643-023-01610-8 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Impact of the “Thinking while Moving in English” intervention on primary school children’s academic outcomes and physical activity: A cluster randomised controlled trial
10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101592 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Outcomes and process evaluation of a programme integrating physical activity into the primary school mathematics curriculum: The EASY Minds pilot randomised controlled trial
10.1016/j.jsams.2014.09.005 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Sedentary behavior during school-time: Sociodemographic, weight status, physical education class, and school performance correlates in Brazilian schoolchildren
10.1016/j.jsams.2016.06.004 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
‘Maths on the move’: Effectiveness of physically-active lessons for learning maths and increasing physical activity in primary school students
10.1016/j.jsams.2019.12.019 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Effects of a classroom-based intervention to promote physical literacy in children: The randomized and controlled ALPHYL Study
10.1016/j.jsams.2025.05.006 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Implementing physically active learning: Future directions for research, policy, and practice
10.1016/j.jshs.2019.05.007 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Parent-child association of sedentary behavior according to parental physical activity level: The EPI-FAMILY health-study
10.1016/j.smhs.2025.06.003 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC): A randomized controlled trial to promote physical activity and diminish overweight and obesity in elementary school children
10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.07.022 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
National, regional, and global trends in insufficient physical activity among adults from 2000 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 507 population-based surveys with 5·7 million participants
10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00150-5 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: A pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants
10.1016/s2352-4642(19)30323-2 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Effect of active lessons on physical activity, academic, and health outcomes: A systematic review
10.1080/02701367.2017.1294244 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Two-year effectiveness of a controlled trial with physically active lessons on behavioral indicators of school children
10.1080/02701367.2021.2020707 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Long-term effects of physically active academic lessons on physical fitness and executive functions in primary school children
10.1093/her/cyv102 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Effect of physically active academic lessons on body mass index and physical fitness in primary school children
10.1111/josh.12384 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Effectiveness of active learning that combines physical activity and math in schoolchildren: A systematic review
10.1111/josh.12878 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Physical activity of children: A global matrix of grades comparing 15 countries
10.1123/jpah.2014-0177 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Findings from the EASY minds cluster randomized controlled trial: Evaluation of a physical activity integration program for mathematics in primary schools
10.1123/jpah.2015-0046 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Learning “math on the move”: Effectiveness of a combined numeracy and physical activity program for primary school children
10.1123/jpah.2017-0234 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Effects of physically active lessons on movement behaviors, cognitive, and academic performance in elementary schoolchildren: ERGUER/Aracaju project
10.1123/jpah.2020-0604 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
A pedometer-based physically active learning intervention: The importance of using preintervention physical activity categories to assess effectiveness
10.1123/pes.2018-0128 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Physically active lessons in schools and their impact on physical activity, educational, health and cognition outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
10.1136/bjsports-2018-100502 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Systematic review of acute physically active learning and classroom movement breaks on children’s physical activity, cognition, academic performance and classroom behaviour: Understanding critical design features
10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000341 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Physically active lessons improve lesson activity and on-task behavior: A cluster-randomized controlled trial of the “Virtual Traveller” intervention
10.1177/1090198118762106 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Physical education, school physical activity, school sports and academic performance
10.1186/1479-5868-5-10 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Effect of classroom-based physical activity interventions on academic and physical activity outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
10.1186/s12966-017-0569-9 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
Effects of physically active lessons and active breaks on cognitive performance and health indicators in elementary school children: A cluster randomized trial
10.1186/s12966-025-01789-6 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
10.3390/nu17071178
10.3390/nu17071178 · ExternalCitation · doi-reference
