Effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance in 14-year old adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial - the School in Motion study

• Main Authors: Runar Barstad Solberg (Author), Jostein Steene-Johannessen (Author), Sigmund Alfred Anderssen (Author), Ulf Ekelund (Author), Reidar Säfvenbom (Author), Tommy Haugen (Author), Sveinung Berntsen (Author), Andreas Åvitsland (Author), Øystein Lerum (Author), Geir Kåre Resaland (Author), Elin Kolle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background School-based physical activity interventions evaluating the effect on academic performance usually includes children. We aimed to investigate the effect of a nine-month, school-based physical activity intervention titled School in Motion (ScIM) on academic performance in adolesce...