Promotion, Analysis and Evaluation of Healthy Behaviors within the School Environment

Dear Colleagues,

Opportunities for children to be physically active have declined in many countries in recent decades due to environmental factors, parental rules, and school policies. Since physical activity behaviors are developed early in life and may persist throughout childhood and adolescence, adequate physical activity levels in childhood may also be essential for the prevention of obesity and chronic diseases. Regular physical activity is associated with reduced rates of obesity, improved academic and cognitive achievement, better sleep health and improved health-related quality of life. A reasonable way to assist school-age children to increase their physical activity levels is to help them take every opportunity to be active throughout the day and especially in the school environment.

Papers on all methods and approaches involving the following topics are welcome for this Special Issue in Sustainability:

• Development of strategies in order to increase physical activity levels at school context (i.e., active transportation, school recess, active PE lessons, active breaks, sports at school, gamification through new technologies, etc.).
• Development of school strategies to promote healthy behaviors from different areas of health (nutrition, medicine, nursing, early childhood education, etc.).
• Identification of psycho-environmental determinants from physical activity, sedentary behaviors and health-related physical fitness in the school environment.
• Assessment of physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and health-related fitness on physical, psychological, and emotional health indicators in the school environment.
• Association between physical activity and sedentary behaviors with cardiovascular disease risk factors and metabolic syndrome in youth.

Dr. Emilio Villa-González
Guest Editor

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