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SUBMITTER: Szabo-Reed AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7076720 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Szabo-Reed Amanda N AN Washburn Richard A RA Greene J Leon JL Ptomey Lauren T LT Gorczyca Anna A Lee Robert H RH Little Todd D TD Lee Jaehoon J Honas Jeff J Donnelly Joseph E JE
Contemporary clinical trials 20200129
Only 43% of children in the U.S., ages 6-11 yrs., meet current physical activity (PA) guidelines. To satisfy the MVPA requirement, schools have begun incorporating MVPA in the form of activity breaks or MVPA academic lessons. We completed two, 3 academic-yr. cluster randomized trials (DK61489, DK85317) called "Physical Activity Across the Curriculum" (PAAC) which involved increasing MVPA in the classroom. Across 3-yrs. teachers in PAAC schools delivered ~60 min/wk. (12 min/day) of MVPA. Although ...[more]