Modifying middle school physical education: piloting strategies to increase physical activity.
Two pilot studies were conducted to examine whether 6th grade students can achieve moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) from 1) activity-based physical education (AB-PE) with 585 participants and 2) a curricular-based (CB-PE) program with 1,544 participants and randomly sampled heart rates during lessons. AB-PE participants spent between 54-66% with a heart rate >140 bpm. CB-PE participants spent between 49-58% with a heart rate >140 bpm. Girls' mean heart rate was 3.7 bpm lower than the boys. PE can be readily modified so that students spend more than 50% of time in MVPA.
Jago
Russell
R
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, Centre for Exercise and Health, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TP, UK.
McMurray
Robert G
RG
Bassin
Stanley
S
Pyle
Laura
L
Bruecker
Steve
S
Jakicic
John M
JM
Moe
Esther
E
Murray
Tinker
T
Volpe
Stella L
SL
D002648:Child; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012574:Schools; D040241:Social Marketing; D013334:Students; D014481:United States