Physical Activity and Academic Performance among Adolescents – An impact study using Active Science Mobile Application
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2018, Vol 11, Issue 5
Abstract
Purpose: Obesity has been a significant problem in the United States and the availability for adolescent to participate in physical activity is limited by the reduction in physical education programs. In this study, we will evaluate the effectiveness of Active Science on academic performance and (PA) within a Physical Education (PE) program. Methods: Twenty-five 6th grade students 10 years of age were recruited to participate in the intervention. Baseline activity levels were collected on all participants utilizing 3 days of PA. Prior to intervention participants took a pre-and post-assessments that measured attitude and science knowledge. The 3-week intervention included use of the Active Science mobile application. Participants wore accelerometers throughout the intervention and they performed PA within a PE program. At the end of the session participants imputed accelerometer data into AS app and completed science questions that were based of the Massachusetts STEM. Data Analysis: Paired t-test will be performed to measure difference among groups Results: There were improvements in average steps for both groups combined baseline steps were 966 and accumulated average was 1438. There was no significant finding among groups in PA. Improvements in science knowledge and attitudes were found for both groups (Group 1, 7% and 6% increase; Group 2, 22% and 14%) but there were no significant findings. Conclusion: Although, the aforementioned research did not have significant data it is a great leading step to improve and validate the effectiveness of PE and its effectiveness on academic performance.Childhood obesity is significant problem in the United States. Since 1960, the rate of obesity and overweight has tripled and effects 33% of our children and youth [1]. It is currently affecting approximately 12.7 million youth aged 2-19 years of age [1]. Although we have made positive steps at reducing childhood obesity; it still remains a fairly stable prevalence of 17% of obese children. Obesity has been linked to early mortality, hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, sleep apnea and breathing problems, some cancers, Low quality of life, mental illness such as clinical depression, anxiety, and other mental disorders [1]. The cost of obesity among adults and children in the United States was estimated to be nearly 210 billion dollars in medical care [2]. It is important that we find ways to prevent childhood obesity and decrease their risk of other complication. A major modifiable behavior that is associated with obesity is physical activity (Huffman FG et al. [3]). It has been found that physical activity improves brain structure, brain function, cognition, and school achievement.
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Andres Lopez, Manju Natarajan
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- EP ID EP586161
- DOI 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.11.002169
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