Study protocol and rationale of the "Cogni-action project" a cross-sectional and randomized controlled trial about physical activity, brain health, cognition, and educational achievement in schoolchildren

• Main Authors: Patricio Solis-Urra (Author), Jorge Olivares-Arancibia (Author), Ernesto Suarez-Cadenas (Author), Javier Sanchez-Martinez (Author), Fernando Rodríguez-Rodríguez (Author), Francisco B. Ortega (Author), Irene Esteban-Cornejo (Author), Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez (Author), Jose Castro-Piñero (Author), Alejandro Veloz (Author), Steren Chabert (Author), Kabir P. Saradangani (Author), Juan Pablo Zavala-Crichton (Author), Jairo H. Migueles (Author), Jose Mora-Gonzalez (Author), Milton Quiroz-Escobar (Author), Diego Almonte-Espinoza (Author), Alfonso Urzúa (Author), Constantino D. Dragicevic (Author), Aland Astudillo (Author), Eduardo Méndez-Gassibe (Author), Daniel Riquelme-Uribe (Author), Marcela Jarpa Azagra (Author), Carlos Cristi-Montero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Education and health are crucial topics for public policies as both largely determine the future wellbeing of the society. Currently, several studies recognize that physical activity (PA) benefits brain health in children. However, most of these studies have not been carried out...