Health Sciences 4250A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Urban Design
21 Sep 2016
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Reading 5: policy options to support pa in schools. 90% don"t get 90 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity today youths today have greater bmi, waist circumference and skinfold measurements factors underlying lower pa: greater access to sedentary ways to ensure leisure. Unsatisfactory infrastructure, lack of equipment, inadequate financial resources, poor attainment of the goals set, low qualification of teachers, over-sized classes and other problems exist. This articles goal: guide policy-makers at the national and subnational levels in the development and implementation of interventions to promote pa in schools. Effective-whereby the interventions were tested in one or more well-designed, controlled, prospective studies and found to affect physical activity behavior . Promising-whereby the rationale behind the policy was supported in one or more well- designed prospective or cross-sectional studies. Who says we need to look into pa for children with disabilities in school.
