CSPAP

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Why CSPAP?

Children and adolescents should participate in 60 minutes or more of physical activity daily. The resources below provide expanded information on this recommendation.

National Recommendations for Physical Activity & Physical Education

Children and adolescents should participate in 60 minutes or more of physical activity daily. The resources below provide expanded information on this recommendation.

• Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs: Helping All Students Achieve 60 Minutes of Physical Activity Each Day
  SHAPE America recommends that all schools implement a comprehensive school physical activity program (CSPAP).
• Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School
  The Institutes of Medicine establishes that school physical activity programs are needed so that schools can ensure they are providing students with 60 minutes or more of vigorous or moderate-intensity physical activity per day.
• Evidence-Based Physical Activity for School-Aged Youth
  Research supports national recommendations that youth should be active for 60 minutes per day.
• School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
  CDC guidelines for promoting healthy eating and physical activity that are based on an in-depth review of research, theory, and best practices in healthy eating and physical activity promotion in school health, public health, and education.
• Youth Physical Activity: The Role of Schools
  This document provides the rationale for engaging youth in physical activity throughout the school day.
• Supporting Quality Physical Education and Physical Activity in Schools brief
• Supporting Recess in Elementary Schools
• Springboard Data Briefs (Strengthen PE in Schools and Keep Recess in Schools)
• Increasing Physical Education and Physical Activity: A Framework for Schools
• More CDC resources

National Data

Physical Activity/Physical Education and Academic Achievement

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