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- - - - From 2011 to 2018, Slovenia enacted a nationwide program named Healthy Lifestyle that added two to three additional physical education classes per week for students in more than 200 schools in the country. The researchers found that students who participated in the additional classes had a larger reduction in BMI than nonparticipants, and the BMI decrease grew as students participated in the intervention for a longer time.
      - BMI reductions grow with longer intervention participation
        There were 29,152 children in the intervention group and 34,473 children in the control group at baseline. The overall prevalence of obesity in the 216 participating schools declined after the intervention began for schools that joined before or after 2016.
      - In a generalized estimating equations analysis, the intervention group had an increasingly lower mean BMI compared with the control group. The difference in BMI between the intervention and control groups peaked at 3 years for girls with normal weight (beta = 0.937; 95% CI, 0.845-1.029) and girls with obesity (beta = 1.417; 95% CI, 0.959-1.875) and at 4 years for girls with overweight (beta = 1.151; 95% CI, 0.785-1.517). Among boys, the difference in BMI change between intervention and control participants plateaued at 3 years for those with normal weight (beta = 0.851; 95% CI, 0.766-0.935), overweight (beta = 0.766; 95% CI, 0.542-0.989) and obesity (beta = 0.889; 95% CI, 0.461-1.316).
      - Credibility - This was published in 2023 so is up to date. The relevance of this is primary schools are not getting children doing enough physical activity and the children are developing early on set obesity traits like a high BMI. The author of this is healio who are a website about health and well being for people. The information is backed up by studies and quotes from people. The purpose of this article is to try and raise awareness about how little physical activity young children are doing in schools and how this is developing early on set obesity.
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- - - - Lots of children spend their time using computers or watching television and playing video games, rather than exercising. Try to limit these ‘screen time’ activities. Some experts say children should have no more than two hours of screen time a day.
      - There are guidelines on how much physical activity children need to be healthy.
      - Children under five should be active for at least 180 minutes per day. This includes things like walking, dancing, skipping, jumping and playing in the playground.
      - Children over five need to do at least 60 minutes a day of moderate to physical activity. This includes sports and games, but also walking, running, swimming or any physical activity your child enjoys.
      - Again, it will help to get the whole family involved – find ways to have fun being active with your kids. Remember, exercise can bring many health benefits to your child. Getting children active from an early age can start healthy habits that may last a lifetime.