Why the study?
Does physical fitness improve academic performance in children and adolescents?
Population
Children and adolescents (45 included cross-sectional and longitudinal studies)
Design
Systematic_review
Authors
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Supports school-based fitness promotion; reinforces observational evidence while leaving causality for RCTs.
Does physical fitness improve academic performance in children and adolescents?
There is strong evidence that cardiorespiratory fitness and clustered physical fitness are positively associated with academic performance in youth.
Santana et al. (2016) studied this question.
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