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The problem
Intervention: Before-school physical activity programs and breaks for children up to 12 years old
Who it was tested with: Preschool-aged and school-aged children up to 12 years old (2,361 children across 16 studies).
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, five databases were searched for articles published before September 11, 2025. The PICOS framework (population; intervention; control; outcomes and study design) targeted children up to 12 years of age who had participated in before-school PA programs." This represents a systematic synthesis of evidence from multiple studies using established methodology to evaluate before-school physical activity interventions.
The review abstract does not provide specific effect sizes, confidence intervals, or detailed quality assessment of included studies. The variability in outcomes across different domains suggests heterogeneity that may not be fully explained.
Across countries and designs
2 studies · 1 country
