The Daily Physical Activity (DPA) Policy in Ontario: Is It Working? An Examination Using Accelerometry-measured Physical Activity Data
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The Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy in Ontario: is it working? an examination using accelerometry-measured physical activity data.
OBJECTIVE In 2005, the Ontario Ministry of Education announced a policy requiring that all elementary students be provided with opportunities to participate in a minimum of 20 minutes of sustained moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) each school day during instructional time. To the authors' knowledge, this policy has never been formally evaluated. In a form of natural experiment with ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0008-4263,1920-7476
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403807