Anne-Maree Parrish

TL;DR: Providing access to school facilities, providing unfixed equipment, and identifying ways to promote encouragement for physical activity have the potential to inform strategies to increase physical activity levels during recess periods.

TL;DR: It is indicated that there is limited available evidence that the total volume or patterns of sedentary behaviour are associated with health in children and adolescents when accounting for moderate‐intensity to vigorous‐intensity physical activity or focusing on studies with low risk of bias.

TL;DR: The levels of evidence were not sufficient to establish conclusive intervention effects on children’s recess PA, and there is a need for higher-quality intervention research to strengthen published findings to inform recess PA interventions.

TL;DR: The main themes generated from the school interviews included the effect of non-fixed equipment, playground markings, playground aesthetics, activity preference, clothing, the amount of break time available for play, teacher playground involvement, gender, bullying, school policies, student confidence in break-time activity and fundamental movement skills.

TL;DR: This review is to provide information to guide evidence-based recommendations that can be used to encourage healthy, active living in apparently healthy children and young people aged 5-17 years, and as a basis for monitoring physical activity on a population level.