Background, rationale, and methodological overview of the REACT project-return-to-action on growth, motor development, and health after the COVID-19 pandemic in primary school children.
Sara PereiraPeter Todd KatzmarzykDonald HedekerTiago V BarreiraRui GargantaCláudio FariasFernando G Dos SantosGo TaniJean-Philippe ChaputDavid F StoddenJosé António Ribeiro MaiaPublished in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2023)
Results from REACT will provide school administrators and teachers with novel and far-reaching information related to children's growth and motor development as well as health behaviors after the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also provide city-hall education officials with insight regarding children's physical fitness, fundamental movement skills, and sports practices that will be of great importance in devising novel intervention programs to increase health-enhancing physical activity, and combat sedentariness and obesity. Finally, it will offer parents a wealth of information regarding their children's growth, motor development, and health.