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  • ​Social Media Resources for Physical Educators​​
  • ​Teaching Evaluation Forms for Physical Educators​
  • ​Technology Guides for Physical Education
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  • ​Projector Uses in Physical Education
  • ​Virtual Reality in Physical Education
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  • Augmented Reality and QR Codes in Physical Education

The Importance of Physical Education

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Infographic on the importance of physical education
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Of the many subjects children study in school, there may be none more important than physical education. However it must be of high quality and aligned with state/national standards and guidelines. A high quality physical education program offers children opportunities to develop the skills, concepts, and dispositions needed to be physically active for life. Sufficient, regular physical activity not only helps prevent major diseases but it also promotes learning; reduces stress, anxiety, and depression; and improves overall student wellness. It doesn’t matter if the child excels in every other subject in school and grows up to become a successful doctor/lawyer/engineer/etc., with poor health any professional achievement becomes secondary.

​There are many factors that contribute to the ease of implementing and sustaining a quality program, including the involvement of the administration, parents, and community. However it ultimately comes down to the willingness of the physical education teacher(s) to do their best no matter the situation.

​That being said, REAL teachers still need our support and appreciation. This can be in the form of equipment (every jump-rope, pedometer, heart-rate monitor, and home-made scoop catcher counts), classroom assistance, time and funding for professional development, and by advocating for quality physical education at the local, state, and national level.
  • ​What Does Quality Physical Education Look Like?
  • ​​​​​​Advocacy Resources and Toolkits​
  • How to Engage Families in Your Curriculum
  • Join the Coalition for Quality Physical Education​

Videos on the Benefits of Physical Education

Our Documentary - No Excuses!

**Physical Activity During Pandemic**
  • Coronavirus Disease-2019: A Tocsin To Our Aging, Unfit, Corpulent, and Immunodeficient Society​
  • Evidence Paper: The Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions on Children and Young People
  • Latest Evidence On Obesity and Covid-19​
  • Physical Activity Can Be Helpful in the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • ​The Contribution of Physical Education to Physical Activity Within a Comprehensive School Health Promotion Program
  • US Obesity Epidemic Could Undermine Effectiveness of a Covid-19 Vaccine

  • Global Recess Alliance - Statement on Recess​
  • National PTA - The Importance of Daily Recess When Schools Return From COVID-19 Lockdowns​​
What is Physical Literacy and Why is it Important?
Research indicates that one of the leading factors for participating in physical activity is one's competence and self-efficacy in that activity (research studies). This finding supports the need for attaining physical literacy in order to have the best chance at leading a physically active lifestyle. With each skill mastered, new opportunities for physical activity are opened.
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​The table below lists some of the most utilized skill themes and what percentage of popular physical activities require them (table is based on Children Moving: A Reflective Approach to Teaching Physical Education, 2007). Canadian Sport for Life and Human Kinetics have similar graphics as well.
Skills Needed in Various Physical Activities
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON PHYSICAL LITERACY
  • ​JTPE Special Issue - Physical Literacy: Evidence and Intervention
  • ​​Making Sense of Physical Literacy
  • ​Physical Literacy - A Parent’s Perspective
  • Physical Literacy - Common Asked Questions​
  • Physical Literacy Toolkit
  • ​Physical Literacy Resources
  • ​You Never Know When Physical Literacy Will Come in Handy
  • ​What is Physical Literacy?
  • What is Physical Literacy and Why is it Important for Children Today?
MOTOR COMPETENCE AND SELF EFFICACy - Research Articles
  1. Additional Articles from Google Scholar
  2. A Developmental Perspective on the Role of Motor Skill Competence in Physical Activity: An Emergent Relationship
  3. A Narrative Review of Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out
  4. Does Motivation in Physical Education Have an Impact on Out-of-School Physical Activity over Time? A Longitudinal Approach
  5. Early Motor Skill Competence as a Mediator of Child and Adult Physical Activity
  6. Effects of Physical Activity on Mathematical Computation among Young Children
  7. Investigating Motor Competence in Association with Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in 7- to 11-Year-Old Children
  8. Motor Competence, Perceived Physical Competence, Physical Fitness, and Physical Activity Within Finnish Children
  9. Motor Competence and its Effect on Positive Developmental Trajectories of Health
  10. Motor Skill Competence and Perceived Motor Competence: Which Best Predicts Physical Activity Among Girls?
  11. The Association Between Motor Skill Competence and Physical Fitness in Young Adults
  12. The Relationship Between Fundamental Movement Skills and Self-reported Physical Activity During Finnish Junior High School
  13. The Relationship Between Physical Literacy Scores and Adherence to Canadian Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines
  14. The Role of Efficacy Cognitions in the Prediction of Exercise Behavior in Middle-aged Adults
​National Guidelines and Recommendations for Physical Education
​"SHAPE America recommends that schools provide 150 minutes of instructional physical education for elementary school children, and 225 minutes for middle and high school students per week for the entire school year. A quality physical education program provides learning opportunities, appropriate instruction, meaningful and challenging content and student and program assessment" (Physical Education Position Statements).

ESSA Guide for Health and Physical Educators
**According to the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act, physical education is recognized as part of a "well-rounded education."**
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  • ​​CDC - Physical Education and Physical Activity
  • CDC - School Health Guidelines​
  • CDC - Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child​
  • Health.gov - Physical Activity Guidelines
  • ​HHS.gov - Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth​​
  • SHAPE America - Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program​

  • Guidelines for Australia​​
  • Guidelines for Canada​
  • Guidelines for the UK
Position STATEMENTS on PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Active Living Research 
School Policies on Physical Education and Physical Activity
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American Academy of Pediatrics
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Physical Fitness and Activity in Schools
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American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, 
​and American Heart Association

Learning for Life: Physical Education in Public Schools
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American Heart Association and American Stroke Association
Physical Education in Schools: Both Quality and Quantity are Important
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​Aspen Institute 
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​​​Association for Physical Education
Health Position Paper
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Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs: A Guide for Schools
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Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education
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​International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education
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International Position Statement on Physical Education
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National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
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School-Based Physical Fitness & the Link to Student Academic Outcomes & Improved School Climate​
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​​Physical and Health Education Canada:
Why Do Our Children Need Quality Daily Physical Education?
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​SHAPE America:
2016 SHAPE of the Nation Report
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SHAPE America:
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Physical Education is Essential for All Students: No Substitutions,
​Waivers or Exemptions for Physical Education
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​The Australian Council for Health,
​Physical Education and Recreation:
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Position Paper
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​United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization:
Quality Physical Education - Guidelines for Policy Makers​
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​United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization:
International Charter of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport​
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 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth​
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DATA ON HEALTH and Health Policies
​PHIT America - Inactivity Pandemic 2018 Report
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  • ​ActiveSchools.org - Status of State-Level PE Accountability Policy and Systems February 2019
  • ActiveSchools - The Movement Disparity: Parent and Principal Perspectives on Physical Activity in Schools | Spring 2019
  • ​CDC - Healthy Schools Across the United States
  • CDC - Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity: Data, Trends, and Maps
  • ​CDC - Physical Education Profiles 2012​
  • CDC - School Health Policies and Practices Study 2016​​
  • National Physical Activity Plan - 2018 Report Card
  • ​Physical Activity Council - 2020 Overview Report on US Participation
  • ​​SHAPE America - 2016 Shape of the Nation Report​
  • The Fit Study (2020)
  • TheStateOfObesity.org - Obesity Rates & Trends​
  • WHO - Global Trends in Insufficient Physical Activity Among Adolescents...

  • CDC - Unfit to Serve​​
  • StrongNation.org - Unhealthy and Unprepared: National Security 2018​
WHAT ABOUT COURSE SUBSTITUTIONS/waivers?​
Since physical education is standards based and much more than just physical activity (see What Does Quality Physical Education Look Like?), it should NOT be substituted (or waived) UNLESS the replacing course addresses the same standards. 
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  • Art, Music, Physical Education: All are Important in our Schools
  • JROTC as a Substitute for PE: Really?
  • ​Physical Education Course Substitutions: Are They Comparable?​
  • Physical Education is Essential for All Students: No Substitutions, Waivers or Exemptions for Physical Education
  • ​Should Marching Band Be Allowed to Replace Physical Education Credits
  • The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Is Not a Substitute for Education
Infographic on physical education waivers
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the benefits of physical education - Research Articles
​Active Education: Physical Education, Physical Activity and Academic Performance: This research (review) shows that children who are physically active and fit tend to perform better in the classroom and that daily physical education does not hurt academic performance. Here is an additional study that was not included in the review.

  1. A Systematic Review of the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Happiness
  2. A Physical Education Trial Improves Adolescents' Cognitive Performance and Academic Achievement: The EDUFIT Study
  3. ​Active Education: Physical Education, Physical Activity and Academic Performance
  4. Adolescents’ Physical Activity Levels on Physical Education and Non-Physical Education Days According to Gender, Age, and Weight Status
  5. ​An Evaluation of the Relationship between Academic Performance and Physical Fitness Measures in California Schools
  6. ​Daily Physical Education Improves Motor Skills and School Performance A Nine-Year Prospective Intervention Study
  7. ​Do the Duration and Frequency of Physical Education Predict Academic Achievement, Self-Concept, Social skills, Food consumption, and Body Mass Index?
  8. Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School
  9. Enrollment in Physical Education is Associated with Health-Related Behavior Among High School
  10. ​​Is There a Long-Term Health Legacy of Required Physical Education?
  11. ​Modeling The Economic And Health Impact Of Increasing Children’s Physical Activity In The United States
  12. Not Academic Enough? Enjoyment of Physical Education and the Arts and School Engagement in Early and Middle Adolescence
  13. ​Physical Activity Opportunities Associated With Fitness and Weight Status Among Adolescents in Low-Income Communities
  14. Physical Education and Academic Achievement in Elementary School: Data From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
  15. ​Physical Education and Academic Performance in Urban African American Girls
  16. Physical Education and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Youth Are Both Important for Adulthood Activity, Physical Performance, and Health
  17. ​Physical Education and Sport in Schools: A Review of Benefits and Outcomes
  18. Physical Education in Kindergarten Promotes Fundamental Motor Skill Development
  19. ​Physical Education, Obesity, and Academic Achievement: A 2-Year Longitudinal Investigation of Australian Elementary School Children
  20. ​Physical Fitness in Children with High Motor Competence is Different from that in Children with Low Motor Competence
  21. ​Positive Effects on Bone Mineralisation and Muscular Fitness after 10 Months of Intense School-Based Physical Training for Children Aged 8-10 Years
  22. ​​​Sixty Minutes of What? A Developing Brain Perspective for Activating Children with an Integrative Exercise Approach
  23. The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance
  24. ​The Contribution of Physical Education to Physical Activity Within a Comprehensive School Health Promotion Program
  25. ​The Educational Benefits Claimed for Physical Education and School Sport: An Academic Review
  26. The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity among Elementary School Children
  27. ​The Relationship Between School Performance and the Number of Physical Education Classes Attended by Korean Adolescent Students 
THE BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION - Editorials
Top 10 Reasons for Quality Physical Education
"This article presents the reasons that account for the need for quality physical education given the current trends of obesity and physical inactivity among youths and adults. The reasons presented are intended for physical educators to use when communicating the profession's scientific base to the general public."
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1. Regular Physical Activity Helps Prevent Disease
2. Regular Physical Activity Promotes Lifetime Wellness
3. Quality Physical Education Can Help Fight Obesity
4. Quality Physical Education Can Help Promote Lifelong Physical Fitness
5. Quality Physical Education Provides Unique Opportunities for Activity
6. Quality Physical Education Teaches Self-Management and Motor Skills
7. Physical Activity and Physical Education Promote Learning
8. Regular Physical Activity Participation Makes Economic Sense
9. Physical Education Is Widely Endorsed
10. Quality Physical Education Helps to Educate the Total Child

  • 10 More Reasons for Quality Physical Education
  • ​Designed to Move Report
  • ​​Fit for Learning - What Research Says about the Benefits of Sports​
  • ​Physical Education and 21st Century Learning
  • ​​Physical Education Is Critical to Educating the Whole Child
  • Physical Education Matters Now More Than Ever
  • ​Promoting Physical Education: The Link to Academic Achievement
  • ​The Case for Daily Physical Education​
  • The Power of PE
  • ​​The Strongest Argument Ever
  • ​The True Argument for PhysEd
  • Top 10 Reasons to Keep Physical Education Teachers/Specialists Teaching PE During Budget Deficits
  • Why PE Should Be Required from Kindergarten to College
  • ​Why We Should not Cut P.E.
WHY PHYSICAL EDUCATION (AND ACTIVITY) IS A SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE - Research articles and editorials
Editorials
  • Civil Rights Groups Demand Gym Class for Obesity-Plagued Kids
  • How the Recession Left Low-Income Children Out of Shape and Out of Options​
  • Kids and the Link Between Exercise and Racial Justice
  • P.E. Is A Social Justice Issue: Kerri Walsh Jennings, Julie Foudy Explain
  • Native Americans Fight Historical Discrimination to Lower Diabetes/Obesity Rates
  • Parks Aren’t Public Unless Black Kids Belong
  • ​Why It's So Terrible That Poor Kids Aren't Getting Enough Playtime
  • Why Low-Income Kids Miss Out On Play

Research
  • Associations Between Neighborhood Resources and Physical Activity in Inner-City Minority Children
  • Barriers to and Facilitators of Healthful Eating and Physical Activity in Low-Income Schools
  • Physical Activity and the Achievement Gap Among Urban Minority Youth
  • Physical Activity Opportunities Associated with Fitness and Weight Status Among Adolescents in Low-Income Communities
  • Physical Education Policy Compliance and Latino Children’s Fitness: Does the Association Vary by School Neighborhood Socioeconomic Advantage?
  • Socioeconomic Disparities in Elementary School Practices and Children’s Physical Activity During School
  • The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bond: Focus on Children in Poverty
The Relationship Between Physical Activity & Academic Performance - Multimedia

PE + Health = Student Success
PE and Health infographic
Exercise & Learning
Exercise and Learning infographic
Exercise and Learning infographic
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE - SPARK by Dr. John Ratey
​SPARK: "A groundbreaking exploration of the connection between exercise and the brain’s performance that shows how even moderate exercise will supercharge mental circuits to beat stress, sharpen thinking, enhance memory, and much more."
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE - ​RESEARCH ARTICLES
Additional Research Lists
  • Action Based Learning​​
  • CDC
  • Dr. Lynne Kenney
  • ​Larry Ferlazzo
  • ​​SPARK

Physical Education and Cognition
  1. An Investigation of the Effects of Daily Physical Activity on the Health of Primary School Students in South Australia
  2. Effect of Physical Education and Activity Levels on Academic Achievement in Children
  3. Physical Education and Academic Achievement in Elementary School: Data From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
  4. Physical Education and Its Effect on Elementary Testing Results

Physical Activity and Cognition
  1. A Longitudinal Examination of the Link Between Youth Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement
  2. A Review of Acute Physical Activity Effects on Brain and Cognition in Children
  3. Active Education: Growing Evidence on Physical Activity and Academic Performance
  4. Aerobic Fitness and Academic Achievement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis​
  5. Associations of Physical Fitness and Academic Performance Among Schoolchildren
  6. ​Be Smart, Exercise Your Heart: Exercise Effects on Brain and Cognition
  7. ​​Before-School Running/Walking club: Effects on Student On-Task Behavior
  8. Beneficial Effects of Acute Exercise on Executive Function in Adolescents
  9. Boost your Brain, While Having a Break! The Effects of Long-Term Cognitively Engaging Physical Activity Breaks on Children’s Executive Functions...
  10. Brief Aerobic Exercise Immediately Enhances Visual Attentional Control and Perceptual Speed
  11. ​​Effect of Classroom-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Academic and Physical Activity Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  12. Health and Academic Achievement
  13. Healthy and Ready to Learn
  14. ​Health-Related Behaviors and Academic Achievement Among High School Students — United States, 2015 (CDC)
  15. ​High-Intensity Training Enhances Executive Function in Children in a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
  16. Independent and Combined Influence of the Components of Physical Fitness on Academic Performance in Youth
  17. Insights on the Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Performance
  18. ​Is There a Relationship Between Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement? Positive Results from Public School Children in the Northeastern United States
  19. ​Justifying Physical Education Based on Neuroscience Evidence
  20. Muscular and Aerobic Fitness, Working Memory, and Academic Achievement in Children
  21. Physically Active Lessons in School and their Impact on Physical Activity, Educational, Health and Cognitive Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  22. Physical Activity and Performance at School: A Systematic Review of the Literature Including a Methodological Quality Assessment
  23. ​​Physical Activity, Fitness, Cognitive Function, and Academic Achievement in Children: A Systematic Review
  24. Physical Activity, Health-Related Fitness, and Classroom Behavior in Children: A Discriminant Function Analysis
  25. ​Physical Activity Promotes Academic Achievement and a Healthy Lifestyle when Incorporated into Early Childhood Education
  26. ​Physical Education, School Physical Activity, School Sports and Academic Performance
  27. ​Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement in Third- and Fifth-Grade Students
  28. Relationship Between Academic Achievement And Healthy School Transformations In Urban Elementary Schools In The United States
  29. ​Relationships of Physical Activity to Brain Health and the Academic Performance of Schoolchildren
  30. ​The Association Between Aerobic fitness and Language Processing in Children: Implications for Academic Achievement
  31. ​​The Effect of Physical Activity on Sleep Quality, Well-Being, and Affect in Academic Stress Periods.
  32. ​The Effect of Physical Activity Interventions on Children's Cognition and Metacognition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  33. The Influence of Daily Structured Physical Activity on Academic Progress of Elementary Students with Intellectual Disabilities
  34. White Matter Microstructure Mediates the Association Between Physical Fitness and Cognition in Healthy, Young Adults
  35. ​​Whole Brain Volumetric Approach in Overweight/Obese Children: Examining the Association with Different Physical Fitness Components and Academic Performance
Additional Benefits of Physical Activity - Research Articles
  1. Advancing Ideas for School Health - Research Archives

  1. ​Association between Increased BMI and Severe School Absenteeism Among US Children and Adolescents
  2. ​​Individual-Level Fitness and Absenteeism in New York City Middle School Youths, 2006–2013
  3. ​The Association of Obesity and School Absenteeism Attributed to Illness or Injury Among Adolescents in the United States

  1. Associations Between Health-Related Physical Fitness, Academic Achievement and Selected Academic Behaviors of Elementary and Middle School Students in the State of Mississppi
  2. Association Between Objectively-Measured Physical Activity and Sleep
  3. Brain Connectivity Fluctuates Based on Exercise Intensity (Cognitive Control, Attention, and Emotional Processing)
  4. Physical Fitness Level Is Related to Attention and Concentration in Adolescents
  5. Systematic Review of the Health Benefits of Physical Activity and Fitness in School-Aged Children and Youth

  1. ​A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Children's Physical Activity and Mental Health
  2. Association Between Physical Exercise and Mental Health in 1.2 Million Individuals in the USA Between 2011 and 2015: A Cross-Sectional Study
  3. Depressive Symptoms and Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour throughout Adolescence: A Prospective Cohort Study
  4. Exercise as a Potential Treatment for Drug Abuse: Evidence from Preclinical Studies
  5. Exercise Therapy Improves both Mental and Physical Health in Patients with Major Depression
  6. Physical Activity, Physical Fitness, and Health-Related Quality of Life in School-Aged Children
  7. ​Physical Activity and Incident Depression: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
  8. Physical Activity and Mental Health: Evidence is Growing
  9. Physical Activity and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: An Updated Review of Reviews and an Analysis of Causality
  10. Physical Activity Improves Mental Health Through Resilience in Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents
  11. Physical Activity in European Adolescents and Associations with Anxiety, Depression and Well-Being
  12. Physical Activity Interventions and Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  13. Physical Activity May Protect Against New Episodes of Depression​
  14. The Relation of Physical Activity and Exercise to Mental Health
  15. The Role of Exercise in Preventing and Treating Depression
  16. Volume and Social Context of Physical Activity in Association with Mental Health, Anxiety and Depression Among Youth
Additional Documentaries promoting physical activity

​Promoting Quality Physical Education through Advocacy and Free Access to Information and Resources