Influence of a 2- to 6-year physical education intervention on scholastic performance The CHAMPS study-DK

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 228 - 236
• Main Authors: Bugge, Anna, Möller, Sören, Tarp, Jakob, Hillman, Charles H, Lima, Rodrigo Antunes, Gejl, Anne Kær, Klakk, Heidi, Wedderkopp, Niels
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2018
• Subjects: Academic achievement; children; Dänemark; Exercise; Intervention; Kognitionspsychologie; Längsschnittuntersuchung; physical activity; Physical education; Schools; school‐based intervention; Schulsport; Sportmedizin; Sportpädagogik; Vergleichsuntersuchung; youth; school-based intervention; academic achievement; children; youth; physical activity

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of a school-based intervention with a tripling of physical education (PE) lessons from two (90 minutes) to six lessons per week (270 minutes) on scholastic performance. This study is part of the CHAMPS study-DK, a quasi-experimental study that b...