Physical Activity and Academic Achievement Across the Curriculum (A+PAAC)
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Intelligence
- Sponsor
- Joseph Donnelly
- Enrollment
- 584
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in Academic Achievement in Elementary Students
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
There is currently considerable interest in both improving academic achievement (No Child Left Behind) and reducing the rates of obesity and its associated negative health consequences in elementary school students. Increased physical activity (PA) offers a potential intervention to address both issues. Evidence is available which suggests an association of PA with both academic achievement and obesity, and an association between obesity and academic achievement.
To provide increased PA while maintaining academic instruction time, we developed a program we call "Physical Activity Across the Curriculum" (PAAC) in which regular classroom teachers were trained to deliver academic lessons using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/d, 5 days/wk. This study is looking to compare academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in academic lessons taught through MVPA (PAAC) to students that do not (CON).
Investigators
Joseph Donnelly
Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Grade 2 or 3 Student at one of the randomly selected elementary schools
- •Students that agree to complete assessments
- •Signed parental consent form
- •Signed child assent form
Exclusion Criteria
- •Students that do not agree to complete assessments
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in Academic Achievement in Elementary Students
Time Frame: Baseline to 3 Years
Changes in academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in a program that delivers academic lessons taught through MVPA (A+PAAC) to students in elementary schools that do not receive academic lessons taught through MVPA (CON)
Secondary Outcomes
- Assessment of Cognitive Function(Baseline to 3 Years)
- Body Mass Index (BMI)(Baseline to 3 Years)
- Cardiovascular (CV) Fitness and Daily Physical Activity (PA)(Baseline to 3 Years)
- Change in Attention-to-Task(Baseline to 3 Years)