El patio escolar, una oportunidad para incrementar la actividad física y mejorar la convivencia

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The WHO recommends that children and young people perform a total of 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity daily. The physical education sessions in the centres are insufficient to reach these recommendations. On the other hand, physical inactivity (aggravated by an increase in exposure to screen hours in young people), along with the alarming levels of obesity that exist in our society, makes recess time an ally to ensure daily minutes recommended for all of them. The objective of this Thesis is to analyse, guide and intervene in various factors that are related to what happens in the minutes of the playground to improve aspects related to the health and well-being of students. The main factors that are derived are related to: health, social relationships, gender inequality and school performance The conclusions that are derived have been: I) there are specific instruments and guidelines that help schools to know what happens in playground time to be to intervene from the point of view of improving health, II) different studies analysed indicate that most of the strategies used have the potential to increase the levels of physical activity during the recess, III) an intervention in the recess time can improve coexistence and reduce the number of conflicts, IV) the main findings affect intervening in: the context conditions, the availability of play equipment, the presence of the adult-supervisor, the brands of games and the amount of equipment and V) physical activity during recess can be increased through a multicomponent intervention: success it depends on the commitment of active and supportive adults and on varied, connected and well-located facilities.