Advancing Ideas 4 School Health

On this page, you can search and read through Evidence-Based Initiatives that have an impact on school health and academic outcomes.

Using the search boxes on the right you can explore different combinations to filter through the available initiatives.

Each result will provide a description of the initiative that was implemented, the specific study findings, a complete reference to the original study, the study´s level of evidence, and a link to the initiative´s website for more resources if available.

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Classroom Activity
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| Physical Activity (PA), Cardiovascular Health & Fitness

Initiative Description: Integrating physical activity into the routine academic lessons such as mathematics, spelling, and reading tasks in the regular education classroom. Study Results:The BMI of the intervention group did not change significantly, whereas a significant increase was found in the control group. Reference: Greeff, J. W. de, Hartman, E., Mullender-Wijnsma, M. J., Bosker, R. […]

Educational or Curriculum – School Wide Activity
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| Physical Activity (PA), Cardiovascular Health & Fitness

Initiative Description: A multi-component school-based physical activity intervention (Fit-4-Fun) that included: an 8-week HPE curriculum program (60 min/ week), an 8-week home activity program (3 × 20 min per week), and an 8-week daily break-time activity program (recess and lunch). Study Results: Significant improvements in Cardio Respiratory Fitness Reference: Eather, N., Morgan, P. J., & […]

Educational or Curriculum
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| Physical Activity (PA), Cardiovascular Health & Fitness

ACTIVITAL PROGRAM Initiative Description: Delivery of educational package organized at classroom level to promote healthy diet and an active lifestyle, Workshops for parents that were parallel to the classes with adolescents and covered similar topics (e.g. be active for at least 60 min per day, spend maximum 2 h per day on sedentary behavior and […]

Educational or Curriculum – School Wide Activity
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| Physical Activity (PA), Overall PA

Initiative Description: A multi-component school-based physical activity intervention (Fit-4-Fun) that included: an 8-week HPE curriculum program (60 min/ week), an 8-week home activity program (3 × 20 min per week), and an 8-week daily break-time activity program (recess and lunch). Study Results: Increased daily step count. Reference: Eather, N., Morgan, P. J., & Lubans, D. […]

School Wide Activity
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| Physical Activity (PA), Moderate-Vigorous PA

Out of School Nutrition and Physical Activity (OSNAP) Initiative http://osnap.org/ Initiative Description: The “Out of School Nutrition and Physical Activity (OSNAP) Initiative” after school program: The 2 PA goals were (1) to include 30 minutes of moderate, fun physical activity for every child every day (including outdoor activity, if possible) and (2) to offer 20 […]

Classroom Activity
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| Academics, Physical Activity (PA), Classroom Behavior, Overall PA

“Virtual Traveller” (VT) intervention delivered using classroom interactive whiteboards. Initiative Description: For 6 weeks, intervention children received 10-minute physically active sessions three times a week during Math and English lessons (VT group: n = 113). Children in control schools received regular teaching. Sessions included embedded Google Earth videos showing transitions between different global locations. Accompanying […]

Classroom Activity
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| Academics, Physical Activity (PA), Classroom Behavior, Moderate-Vigorous PA

Initiative Description: Classroom PA delivered with academic lessons: “Academic Achievement and Physical Activity Across the Curriculum” (A+PAAC). Teachers were asked to deliver two, 10-minute A+PAAC lessons per day, one lesson in the morning and the other in the afternoon, 5 days per week. The use of A+PAAC lessons outside the classroom, such as during field […]

Before/Afterschool Activity
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| Academics, Classroom Behavior

Initiative Description: The before-school program in both schools involved an unstructured running/walking club that took place twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) on each school’s oval/field and was supervised by each school’s physical education teacher. Students were instructed that they could either walk or run for the duration of the program. On program days in […]

Classroom Activity
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| Academics, Classroom Behavior

Initiative Description: Schools were randomized to the active learning (n=10 math, n=9 spelling) or traditional, sedentary academic lessons (n=9). Active lessons included a series of general games (freeze tag, relay races) focused on either math or language arts. Moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and step count were assessed during data collection week through accelerometers […]

Literature Review
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| Academics, Cognitive Skills

Initiative Description: Systematic review on Physical activity, diet and other behavioral interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight. Included 18 studies of 2384 children and adolescents with obesity or overweight. 8 studies were PA interventions, 7 studies combined PA programs with healthy lifestyle education, and studies were dietary […]