An examination of the prospective association between physical activity and academic achievement in youth at the population level.

Exercise has significant benefits for brain health and this may have downstream learning benefits for youth. However existing studies looking at links between physical activity and academic achievement are limited by relatively small sample sizes and/or cross-sectional designs. The objective of this...

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Autores principales:	Mia Papasideris, Scott T Leatherdale, Kate Battista, Peter A Hall
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:776630d835a54f219b46cb3d447750d82021-12-02T20:10:44ZAn examination of the prospective association between physical activity and academic achievement in youth at the population level.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0253142https://doaj.org/article/776630d835a54f219b46cb3d447750d82021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253142https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Exercise has significant benefits for brain health and this may have downstream learning benefits for youth. However existing studies looking at links between physical activity and academic achievement are limited by relatively small sample sizes and/or cross-sectional designs. The objective of this study is to determine the direction and magnitude of the association between physical activity and academic achievement in a large prospective sample of adolescents. Linear mixed models with random intercepts and multinomial ordinal generalized estimating equations were employed to analyze the prospective relationship between measures of physical activity and academic achievement from the COMPASS study (N = 9,898 linked participant data cases from year 2 (2013-2014) to year 4 (2015-2016)). The linear relationships between minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity and academic achievement (English: r = -.047, p < .000; Math: r = -.026, p = .008) as well as meeting the national physical activity guidelines and academic achievement (English: est = -.052, p = .004; Math: est = -.052, p = .028) were negative and trivial in magnitude. Organized sport participation showed slight positive associations with academic achievement indices, but these were also of trivial magnitude. In conclusion, the relationship between physical activity and academic achievement was effectively null in this population sample. Advocacy for physical activity programming for adolescent populations may best be undertaken with reference to lack of net academic achievement cost, rather than presence of benefit, or simply with reference to the many other physical and mental health benefits for youth.Mia PapasiderisScott T LeatherdaleKate BattistaPeter A HallPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0253142 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Mia Papasideris Scott T Leatherdale Kate Battista Peter A Hall An examination of the prospective association between physical activity and academic achievement in youth at the population level.
description	Exercise has significant benefits for brain health and this may have downstream learning benefits for youth. However existing studies looking at links between physical activity and academic achievement are limited by relatively small sample sizes and/or cross-sectional designs. The objective of this study is to determine the direction and magnitude of the association between physical activity and academic achievement in a large prospective sample of adolescents. Linear mixed models with random intercepts and multinomial ordinal generalized estimating equations were employed to analyze the prospective relationship between measures of physical activity and academic achievement from the COMPASS study (N = 9,898 linked participant data cases from year 2 (2013-2014) to year 4 (2015-2016)). The linear relationships between minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity and academic achievement (English: r = -.047, p < .000; Math: r = -.026, p = .008) as well as meeting the national physical activity guidelines and academic achievement (English: est = -.052, p = .004; Math: est = -.052, p = .028) were negative and trivial in magnitude. Organized sport participation showed slight positive associations with academic achievement indices, but these were also of trivial magnitude. In conclusion, the relationship between physical activity and academic achievement was effectively null in this population sample. Advocacy for physical activity programming for adolescent populations may best be undertaken with reference to lack of net academic achievement cost, rather than presence of benefit, or simply with reference to the many other physical and mental health benefits for youth.
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title	An examination of the prospective association between physical activity and academic achievement in youth at the population level.
title_short	An examination of the prospective association between physical activity and academic achievement in youth at the population level.
title_full	An examination of the prospective association between physical activity and academic achievement in youth at the population level.
title_fullStr	An examination of the prospective association between physical activity and academic achievement in youth at the population level.
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An examination of the prospective association between physical activity and academic achievement in youth at the population level.

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