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da Costa, Bruno Gonçalves Galdino; Bruner, Brenda; Scharoun Benson, Sara; Raymer, Graydon; Law, Barbi – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: Schools play an important role in promoting physical activity (PA) through school day schedules and policies. Purpose: To investigate different intensities of children's movement behavior during instructional time, recess, and in relation to the Ontario Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy. Methods: Movement behavior intensities were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Play, Recess Breaks
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Robinson, Daniel B.; Randall, Lynn; Gleddie, Douglas L.; Barrett, Joe; Berg, Stephen – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2019
Though physical education instructional time varies across Canada, an idealised standard of 150 minutes per week has been identified, followed, and aspired to by many. For example, Canada's 'best performers' with respect to physical education instructional time achieve 150 minutes of weekly instruction. Moreover, Canada's national association for…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Scheduling, Professional Associations, Benchmarking
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Niven, Ailsa; Henretty, Joan; Fawkner, Samantha – European Physical Education Review, 2014
Many adolescent girls do not achieve a health-enhancing level of physical activity. This study aimed to identify the school physical environment factors that adolescent girls perceive to be important and influential regarding their physical education (PE) behaviour. Adolescent girls (n = 38; aged 13-16) participated in eight moderated focus…
Descriptors: Females, Physical Education, Scheduling, Clothing
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Correa-Burrows, Paulina; Burrows, Raquel A. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: A recent economic approach suggests that people do not account for the long-term implications of unhealthy behaviours, preventing them from performing a fully rational trade-off between current benefits and future costs, leading to negative health outcomes. We examined whether the current allocation of time to physical activity among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Style, Obesity, Health Behavior