Science Daily: Physical activity can promote learning and wellbeing at secondary school News Medical: Physical activity can improve learning and wellbeing in adolescents, study finds A study suggests that adolescents who engage in active school transport and leisure-time physical activity perform better at secondary school than their inactive peers. Regular leisure-time physical ... A study led by the University of Eastern Finland suggests that adolescents who engage in active school transport and leisure-time physical activity perform better at secondary school than their ...

Understanding the Context

The Badger Herald: Breaking a sweat isn’t easy: Mental health barriers to physical activity On World Health Day, Sport Ireland published the findings of an evaluation of its Physical Activity for Health programme, showing that it has successfully helped almost 5,000 people living with ... Age & Opportunity has announced €10,020 in grants to support sport and physical activity for 36 groups in Meath. And if you’ve been away from sports for decades, is it too late to start again? The short answer is an emphatic no — it’s never too late to take up sports or physical activity in your 50s or 60s … or ...

Key Insights

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Mental Health, a group of researchers investigated how physical activity serves as a compensatory mechanism for the adverse effects of social ...