The Copenhagen Consensus Conference 2016: Children, youth, and physical activity in schools and during leisure time
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From 4 to 7 April 2016, 24 researchers from 8 countries and from a variety of academic disciplines gathered in Snekkersten, Denmark, to reach evidence-based consensus about physical activity in children and youth, that is, individuals between 6 and 18 years. Physical activity is an overarching term that consists of many structured and unstructured forms within school and out-of-school-time contexts, including organised sport, physical education, outdoor recreation, motor skill development programmes, recess, and active transportation such as biking and walking. This consensus statement presents the accord on the effects of physical activity on children's and youth's fitness, health, cognitive functioning, engagement, motivation, psychological well-being and social inclusion, as well as presenting educational and physical activity implementation strategies. The consensus was obtained through an iterative process that began with presentation of the state-of-the art in each domain followed by plenary and group discussions. Ultimately, Consensus Conference participants reached agreement on the 21-item consensus statement.
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- Authors
- Bangsbo, J., Krustrup, P., Duda, J., Hillman, C., Andersen, L. B., Weiss, M., Williams, C. A., Lintunen, T., Green, K., Hansen, P. R., Naylor, P.-J., Ericsson, I., Nielsen, G., Froberg, K., Bugge, A., Lundbye-Jensen, J., Schipperijn, J., Dagkas, S., Agergaard, S., von Seelen, J., Østergaard, C., Skovgaard, T., Busch, H., & Elbe, A.-M.
- Affiliations
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- University of Jyväskylä (FI)
- University of Chester (GB)
- Gentofte Hospital (DK)
- University of Victoria (CA)
- Malmö University (SE)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Metropolitan University College (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Krustrup, Peter
- ORCID
- Venue
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2016-06-27
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- 1177-1178
- ISSN
- 0306-3674 (ISSN-L)
- 1473-0480
- PMC
- PMC5036221
- OpenAlex
- W2462716302
- Cited by
- 149
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 14.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- British Journal of Sports Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- UEL Research Repository (University of East London) (acceptedVersion)
- Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Malmö University Publications (Malmö University) (submittedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Scopus (Elsevier) (submittedVersion)
- UEL Research Repository (University of East London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Sports and Physical Education Studies
- Keywords
- physical activity, children, youth, school-based physical activity, physical education, organized sport, outdoor recreation, recess, active travel, physical fitness, child health, cognitive function, motivation, psychological well-being, social inclusion
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Cognition, Congresses as Topic, Denmark, Health Promotion, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Leisure Activities, Mental Health, Schools, Exercise, Consensus
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