Research Impact Summary: The relationship between typical school provision of physical education, physical activity and sports was found to be multifaceted. In the context of physical education, the provision of regular physical education class, extension of minutes dedicated to physical education (>90 min), maximizing opportunities for moderate to vigorous physical activity and minimizing opportunities for sedentary behavior should be considered when strategizing to impact adolescent physical activity behavior. In addition, for school physical activity and sports, active transport to school, extension of recess time (>60 min) and provision of a wide variety of sports was also deemed to be impactful. Overall, typical school provision of physical education, physical activity and sports had the greatest impact on meeting physical activity guidelines with 62.5% significantly positive effects. Future research should consider examining the additive impact of typical school provision of physical education, physical activity and sports as the included studies examine individual components of provision only.
Rocliffe, P., O’Keeffe, B., Walsh, L., Stylianou, M., Woodforde, J., García-González, L., O’Brien, W., Coppinger, T., Sherwin, I., Mannix-McNamara, P., & MacDonncha, C. (2023). The Impact of Typical School Provision of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sports on Adolescent Physical Activity Behaviors: A Systematic Literature Review. Adolescent Research DOI: 10.1007/s40894-022-00200-w
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