Table 1.

Study inclusion and exclusion criteria for systematic review and meta‐analysis of school‐based physical activity interventions

	Included	Excluded
Population	•school‐aged children and adolescents, 6‐18 y of age at baseline	•preschool populations of children (5 y of age and younger)
		•children selected on the basis of having a specific disease or special needs (including obesity at a 95 percentile cut off point)
Intervention	•school‐based single or multicomponent interventions of at least 4 wk duration aimed at increasing physical activity	•interventions with a duration less than 4 wk
		•interventions implemented solely within community and home environments
Study design	•cluster‐randomized (at the classroom or school level) controlled trials	•interventions randomized at the individual level
		•interventions described as pilot or feasibility studies
Comparator	•trials with a minimal intervention or no intervention comparison group	•trials comparing two active intervention arms
Outcomes	•Acclerometery‐assessed physical activity across the whole day at baseline and follow‐up, in the same participants	•subjectively measured physical activity outcomes (eg, self‐report questionnaires)
		•nonaccelerometer forms of objective physical activity outcomes (eg, pedometers and heart rate)
		•physical activity outcome data not collected in the same children at baseline and follow up
		•physical activity outcomes examining only part of the day activity (eg, recess or breaktime)
Publication type	•peer reviewed journal article	•conference abstract, study protocol, report, dissertation, and book