New Research Shows Benefits of School-Based Physical Activity on Academic Achievement

Kids Who Are Active and Fit Tend to Perform Better in the Classroom
As schools and school districts struggle with the challenge of providing enough time for physical activity and physical education, an updated brief by Active Living Research provides strong evidence that physically active and fit children tend to have better academic achievement. 

Key Findings from Active Education: Physical Education, Physical Activity and Academic Performance include:

• Academic performance does not improve when physical education is sacrificed.
• Kids who are more physically active tend to perform better academically.
• Kids who are physically fit are likely to have stronger academic performance.
• Activity breaks can improve cognitive performance and classroom behavior.

Active Living Research is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

• Read the research brief.

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