Health, Sport, Physical Activity and Education: Innovations in Improving the Quality of Life of Children and Adolescents

Dear colleagues,

We are facing a society in which the rates of obesity and overweight are very high, and we are aware of the number of problems regarding both physical and mental health that these conditions bring with them.

However, from the field of education and, more specifically, physical education and extracurricular activities, efforts have been made to reduce sedentary lifestyle rates and increase the intention to perform physical activity, and with it, improve the quality of life of people.

We are pleased to invite any researcher in the field of health or social sciences to contribute to this Special Issue, as well as anyone interested in making their research known in order to contribute to social development and the progress of research.

This Special Issue aims to create a scientific base, particularly one that is experimental in its nature (including field studies and systematic reviews), within the field of child and adolescent health, especially including research that includes physical activity and/or active methodologies in the classroom. Educational psychology studies in which the importance of psychological health is seen are also welcome.

This Special Issue therefore seeks studies that work with a complete paradigm of health, not only physical, but also mental, social and emotional, understood as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not just the absence of conditions or diseases (World Health Organization).

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

Systematic reviews or meta-analyses on physical education or physical activity in children and/or adolescents.

Differentiation studies between gender or age in aspects related to physical activity and psychology.

Interventions with active methodologies.

Interventions with populations in contexts outside of formal education.

Research in extracurricular sports activities.

Any type of research where the health of children and adolescents is addressed with sufficient academic rigor and quality.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. David Manzano-Sánchez
Dr. Manuel Gómez-López
Dr. Jorge Carlos-Vivas
Guest Editors

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