COH416

Read Chapters 1 and 2 (pp. 13-16, pp. 41-44)
Garcia-Hermoso, A. (2024). Promotion of physical activity and health in the school setting (1st ed.). Springer.
Chapter 1 provides a brief overview of how physical activity correlates to mental and social health among adolescents.
Chapter 2 focuses on the influence physical activity has on other positive behaviors.

Read Chapter 2 (pp. 27-40)
National Academies of Sciences & Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, & Committee on Strategies for Implementing Physical Activity Surveillance. (2019). Implementing strategies to enhance public health surveillance of physical activity in the United States. National Academies Press.
This chapter explores the physical activity guidelines for children. It addresses the state and national level systems for monitoring physical activity policies in childhood education settings.