BMI: additional data | ||||||
Study | Study population | Intervention group | Control Group | Measurement period | Overall effect | Comment |
Before or after school programme | ||||||
Carlin 2018 | Female students, aged 11 to 13 years old | Brisk walking intervention | Continued with normal PA habits | 12 weeks | No between group differences | BMI values not reported |
6 months | No between group differences | |||||
Enhanced PE | ||||||
Ardoy 2011 | Students age 12 to 14, enrolled in first year of secondary school | I1: 4 sessions/week of PE I2: 4 sessions/week of PE with emphasis on increasing intensity |
2 sessions/week of PE | 16 weeks | No between group differences | BMI values not reported |
Multi‐component intervention | ||||||
Burke 1998 | — | I1: standard PA and nutrition program including classroom lessons, fitness sessions daily, and nutrition program I2: I1 plus a PA enrichment program for higher‐risk children |
No program | 9 months | Significant difference between I1 and control group in boys only, P = 0.016 No significant difference between I1 and control in girls, or I2 and control |
No BMI values reported |
15 months | No significant differences between groups for boys or girls | |||||
Ickovics 2019 | Grades 5 and 6 students | I1: PA school wellness policy I2: PA + nutrition school wellness policy |
C1: Nutrition school wellness policy C2: delayed control |
3 years | No significant group by time interaction P = 0.94 | No BMI values reported |
Salmon 2008 | Grade 5 students (approximately 10 to 11 years old) | I1: behavioral modification group I2: fundamental motor skills group I3: combined behavioral modification and fundamental motor skills group |
Usual classroom lessons | 1 school year | Adjusted BMI/sex‐age population median I1: MD ‐0.40 (95% CI ‐1.11, 0.30) kg/m2 I2: MD ‐0.50 (95% CI ‐1.25, 0.25) kg/m2 I3: MD ‐1.30 (95% CI ‐2.29, ‐0.31) kg/m2 |
BMI/sex‐age population median not kg/m2 or z‐score |
Suchert 2015 | Students age 12 to 17 years | Multilevel intervention targeting students, classrooms, schools, and parents | No intervention | 12 weeks | — | BMI percentile, not kg/m2 or z‐score |
1 year | BMI percentile: MD 1.09 (95% CI −0.64, 2.82), P = 0.215 | |||||
Schooltime PA | ||||||
Donnelly 2017 | Grades 2 and 3 students | Academic Achievement and Physical Activity Across the Curriculum lessons, 160 min/week of MVPA | Traditional classroom instruction and typical PE schedule | 3 years | BMI percentile (change from baseline): MD ‐2.3, 95% CI: ‐4.8, 0.2 | BMI percentile, not kg/m2 or z‐score |
Kobel 2014 | Pupils at primary school, grades 1 and 2 | Teacher training, PA education, and active breaks | No intervention | 1 year | Adjusted BMI percentile (change from baseline): MD 0.5, 95% CI: ‐0.5, 1.5 | BMI percentile, not kg/m2 or z‐score |
Williamson 2007 | Students in grades 2 to 6 | Healthy Eating and Exercise program to increase PA during the school day and at home | Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco abuse prevention program | 2 years | No between group differences, P = 0.5458 | BMI values not reported |