Effect of nationwide school policy on device-measured physical activity in Danish children and adolescents: a natural experiment

Kenneth Palmer

Summary Background A new Danish school policy with a requirement for 45 min physical activity daily during school hours was introduced in 2014. The objective of this natural experiment was to evaluate the effect of this nationwide school policy on physical activity in Danish children and adolescents. Methods Four historical studies […]

Effectiveness of an adapted physical activity intervention on health-related physical fitness in adolescents with intellectual disability: a randomized controlled trial

Kenneth Palmer

Ortega, F. B., Ruiz, J. R., Castillo, M. J. & Sjöström, M. Physical fitness in childhood and adolescence: A powerful marker of health. Int. J. Obes. 32, 1–11 (2008). Article  Google Scholar  Hurtig-Wennlöf, A., Ruiz, J. R., Harro, M. & Sjöström, M. Cardiorespiratory fitness relates more strongly than physical activity […]