Exercise & Health: Key References
These scientific papers explore some of the research that informed The Sport Institute’s article “Movement, Play and Sports: What Are the Benefits?”
Álvarez-Bueno C, Pesce C, Cavero-Redondo I et al., Academic Achievement and Physical Activity: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2017 Dec;140(6)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Overweight & Obesity: Data and Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2010.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Physical activity facts
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Academic Achievement
Hales CM, Fryar CD, Carroll MD et al., Differences in Obesity Prevalence by Demographic Characteristics and Urbanization Level Among Adults in the United States, 2013-2016. JAMA. 2018 Jun 19;319(23):2419-2429.
Institute of Medicine (IOM), Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School. Kohl HW III and Cook HD, Editors, National Academies Press; 2013; see http://nap.edu/18314.
Janssen M, Toussaint HM, van Mechelen W, Verhagen EA, Effects of acute bouts of physical activity on children’s attention: a systematic review of the literature, SpringerPlus, 2014, 143: 410.
Janssen I and LeBlanc AG. Systematic review of the health benefits of physical activity and fitness in school-aged children and youth. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2010;7:40
Korczak DJ, Madigan S, Colasanto M. Children’s Physical Activity and Depression: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2017 Apr;139(4).
Lee IM, Shiroma EJ, Lobelo F, et al,; Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group. Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy. Lancet. 2012;380(9838):219-29.
McMurray RG and Ondrak KS. Cardiometabolic risk factors in children: importance of physical activity. Am J Lifestyle Medicine, 2013;7:292-303.
Nunan D, Mahtani KR, Roberts N, Heneghan C. Physical activity for the prevention and treatment of major chronic disease: an overview of systematic reviews. Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 10;2:56.
Shay CM, Ning H, Daniels SR, Rooks CR, Gidding SS, Lloyd-Jones DM, Status of cardiovascular health in US adolescents: prevalence estimates from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) 2005-2010, Circulation.2013; 127: 1369-1376
World Health Organization, Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour.
Yang L, Cao C, Kantor ED et al., Trends in Sedentary Behavior Among the US Population, 2001-2016. JAMA. 2019 Apr 23;321(16):1587-1597