Objectively measured physical activity has a negative but weak association with academic performance in children and adolescents

Esteban‐Cornejo, Irene; Tejero-González, Carlos Ma; Martínez‐Gómez, David; Cabanas‐Sánchez, Verónica; Fernández-Santos, Jorge R.; Conde‐Caveda, Julio; Sallis, James F.; Veiga, Óscar L.

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“…Regarding MVPA, 2/3 studies reported at least 1 unfavourable association (Esteban-Cornejo et al 2014;Young et al 2014) and 1/3 studies reported at least 1 favourable association (Booth et al 2013) with academic achievement. One study examined MPA and reported unfavourable associations with school grades across subjects and with GPA (Esteban-Cornejo et al 2014). Where associations were not uniform, findings varied by school subject, sex, and/or sample.…”

Section: Cognition/academic Achievementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…i Includes 6 cross-sectional studies (Booth et al 2013(Booth et al , 2014Lambourne et al 2013;Esteban-Cornejo et al 2014;Hansen et al 2014;Young et al 2014) from 5 unique samples. Two studies reported data from the ALSPAC sample (Booth et al 2013(Booth et al , 2014; results are reported separately and participants are only counted once.…”

Section: Physical Fitnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Valid PA data missing for 41.5% of the sample (Hansen et al 2014). Validity and reliability of outcomes unknown (Booth et al 2013(Booth et al , 2014Esteban-Cornejo et al 2014;Young et al 2014 (Young et al 2014)), 2 studies found no associations (between total PA and WIAT-III (Lambourne et al 2013;Hansen et al 2014)), and 2 studies found no or favourable associations (between PA (total, %MVPA) and executive function tests (Booth et al 2013); and between %MVPA and national English, Math, and Science test scores (Booth et al 2014)). …”

Section: Physical Fitnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among studies that examined total PA, 2/2 studies reported null associations with academic achievement (Lambourne et al 2013;Hansen et al 2014). VPA was unfavourably associated with school grades and grade point average (GPA) in 1/1 studies (Esteban-Cornejo et al 2014). Regarding MVPA, 2/3 studies reported at least 1 unfavourable association (Esteban-Cornejo et al 2014;Young et al 2014) and 1/3 studies reported at least 1 favourable association (Booth et al 2013) with academic achievement.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Systematic review of the relationships between objectively measured physical activity and health indicators in school-aged children and youth

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Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is essential for disease prevention and health promotion. Emerging evidence suggests other intensities of physical activity (PA), including light-intensity activity (LPA), may also be important, but there has been no rigorous evaluation of the evidence. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the relationships between objectively measured PA (total and all intensities) and health indicators in school-aged children and youth. Online databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies that met the a priori inclusion criteria: population (apparently healthy, aged 5-17 years), intervention/exposure/comparator (volumes, durations, frequencies, intensities, and patterns of objectively measured PA), and outcome (body composition, cardiometabolic biomarkers, physical fitness, behavioural conduct/pro-social behaviour, cognition/academic achievement, quality of life/well-being, harms, bone health, motor skill development, psychological distress, self-esteem). Heterogeneity among studies precluded meta-analyses; narrative synthesis was conducted. A total of 162 studies were included (204 171 participants from 31 countries). Overall, total PA was favourably associated with physical, psychological/social, and cognitive health indicators. Relationships were more consistent and robust for higher (e.g., MVPA) versus lower (e.g., LPA) intensity PA. All patterns of activity (sporadic, bouts, continuous) provided benefit. LPA was favourably associated with cardiometabolic biomarkers; data were scarce for other outcomes. These findings continue to support the importance of at least 60 min/day of MVPA for disease prevention and health promotion in children and youth, but also highlight the potential benefits of LPA and total PA. All intensities of PA should be considered in future work aimed at better elucidating the health benefits of PA in children and youth.Key words: physical activity, body composition, cardiometabolic biomarkers, fitness, behavioural conduct, bone health, academic achievement, quality of life, well-being, children.Résumé : L'activité physique d'intensité moyenne à vigoureuse (« MVPA ») est essentielle à la prévention des maladies et à la promotion de la santé. D'après de récentes données, l'activité physique (« PA ») pratiquée à d'autres intensités telles que légères (« LPA ») s'avère aussi importante, mais il n'y a pas d'évaluation rigoureuse de ces faits. Cette analyse documentaire systématique a pour objectif d'examiner la relation entre l'activité physique mesurée objectivement (totale et à chacune des intensités) et des indicateurs de la santé chez des enfants et des jeunes d'âge scolaire. On a cherché dans des bases de données en ligne pour identifier des études révisées par des pairs et présentant a priori les critères d'inclusion suivants : population (apparemment en santé, sujets âgés de 5 à 17 ans), intervention/exposition/comparateur (volume, durée, fréquence, intensité et types de mesure objective de PA) et le résultat (composition c...

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Section: Physical Fitnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Cognition/academic Achievementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Few studies which investigated the association between PAL and academic performance have found a positive relationship between academic performance and PAL, especially regarding vigorous activities 18,19 however, others have not found this association 20,21 . Morales et al 22 found a linear relation between self-reported daily PAL and academic performance.…”

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Is the association between unhealthy weight and academic performance influenced by children’s physical activity level?

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The purpose of this study was to verify the association between unhealthy weight and academic performance and the influence of physical activity level (PAL) in elementary school children. This study was conducted with 450 elementary school students (50% girls) enrolled in 1st to 4th grades. PAL was assessed by self-reported questionnaire of typical physical activity and daily food intake (DAFA). <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: ";Times New Roman";,serif; mso-fareast-font-family: ";Arial Unicode MS";; mso-hansi-font-family: ";Arial Unicode MS";; mso-bidi-font-family: ";Times New Roman";; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Academic achievement (Portuguese and Mathematics) was estimated based on the academic performance system of public schools from Recife/Brazil. Binary logistic regression was used to verify the association between unhealthy weight (underweight and overweight) and normal weight with academic performance. The results showed that 26.6% of the students presented overweight, 11.1% presented underweight, 49.1% and 50.9% were classified as high and low PAL, respectively. In addition, 56.9% had sufficient academic performance in Portuguese and 51.1% had sufficient academic performance in Mathematics. Students with overweight presented higher odds for insufficient performance in Portuguese when compared to normal weight counterparts, even when adjusted for reported PAL, gender and age (OR = 1.69; 95%CI: 1.08-2.64). The results corroborate with evidences that unhealthy weight is associated with poor academic performance in children.

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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and academic performance in youth: the UP&DOWN study

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Objectively measured physical activity has a negative but weak association with academic performance in children and adolescents

Abstract: Objectively measured physical activity may influence academic performance during both childhood and adolescence, but this association was negative and very weak. Longitudinal and intervention studies are necessary to further our understanding.

Cited by 55 publications

References 26 publications

Systematic review of the relationships between objectively measured physical activity and health indicators in school-aged children and youth

Systematic review of the relationships between objectively measured physical activity and health indicators in school-aged children and youth

Is the association between unhealthy weight and academic performance influenced by children’s physical activity level?

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and academic performance in youth: the UP&DOWN study

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