Long term impact of one daily unit of physical exercise at school on cardiovascular risk factors in school children

Conclusion Over a period of 1–2 years, additional physical exercise lessons at school resulted in an improvement of fitness. However, long-term follow-up failed to demonstrate ongoing improvement of performance in the intervention compared with the control group. Nevertheless, the intervention group had lower rates of body mass index above the 90th percentile throughout the entire follow-up. Therefore more physical exercise units at school seem justified.
Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Original scientific papers Source Type: research