Goswami Nandu, Hansen Dominique, Gumze Goran, Brix Bianca, Schmid-Zalaudek Karin, Fredriksen Per Morten
Physiology Division, Otto Loewi Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Health Sciences, Alma Mater Europaea, Maribor, Slovenia.
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Jun 3;9:820827. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.820827. eCollection 2022.
Overweight/obesity in children and adolescents, largely arising due to increased food intake and reduced physical activity, is a major health concern. Physical activity (PA) integrated into learning has been shown to not only lead to improved health outcomes and wellbeing but also positively affect academic performance. The Health and Academic Performance with Happy Children (HAPHC) project aims at enhancing health and academic performance in elementary school children implementation of a daily unit of Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC), which is carried out within the school setting. In this project, PA as an integrated part of learning will be evaluated and the learning material adapted for a large scale implementation across several European countries.
In three European countries (Austria, Slovenia, and Belgium), 12 primary schools in total will be recruited to act as either intervention or control school in a large intervention study, which applies the PAAC pedagogy during lectures. It is estimated that, at least 3,000+ children across the three countries will be recruited in this study. All teachers of intervention schools will receive training and materials/teaching equipment that will allow them to integrate a daily PA unit of 45 min over 3 years across the curriculum. In response to the daily PA intervention, the following primary outcomes will be assessed: changes in health related physiological factors, academic achievement, psycho-social aspects and wellbeing.
The HAPHC project aims at promoting public health by increasing PA at an early age within the school setting and therewith preventing the increasing risk of non-communicable diseases across Europe. HAPHC project aims to develop knowledge and materials, which will ensure that the PAAC can be scalable to other European countries.
ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT04956003.
儿童和青少年超重/肥胖主要是由于食物摄入量增加和身体活动减少，这是一个重大的健康问题。已表明将体育活动融入学习不仅能带来更好的健康结果和幸福感，还能对学业成绩产生积极影响。“快乐儿童的健康与学业成绩”（HAPHC）项目旨在通过在学校环境中实施每日跨课程体育活动单元（PAAC）来提高小学生的健康水平和学业成绩。在该项目中，将评估作为学习一部分的体育活动，并对学习材料进行调整，以便在多个欧洲国家大规模实施。
在三个欧洲国家（奥地利、斯洛文尼亚和比利时），总共将招募12所小学，在一项大型干预研究中作为干预学校或对照学校，该研究在讲座期间应用PAAC教学法。估计该研究将在这三个国家招募至少3000多名儿童。干预学校的所有教师将接受培训，并获得材料/教学设备，使他们能够在三年内将每天45分钟的体育活动单元融入整个课程。针对每日体育活动干预，将评估以下主要结果：与健康相关的生理因素、学业成绩、心理社会方面和幸福感的变化。
HAPHC项目旨在通过在学校环境中从小增加体育活动来促进公共卫生，从而降低欧洲范围内非传染性疾病日益增加的风险。HAPHC项目旨在开发知识和材料，以确保PAAC能够扩展到其他欧洲国家。
ClinicalTrials.gov，标识符：NCT04956003。
