Interventions to Improve Child Physical Activity in the Early Childhood Education and Care Setting: An Umbrella Review

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are a key setting to support improvements in the physical activity of young children. This umbrella review gathered and synthesised systematic review evidence of the effectiveness of interventions in the ECEC setting on the physical activity levels of children aged 0–6.

Citation:
Lum M, Wolfenden L, Jones J, Grady A, Christian H, Reilly K, et al. Interventions to Improve Child Physical Activity in the Early Childhood Education and Care Setting: An Umbrella Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(4).

Keywords:
Early childhood education and care; Intervention strategies;
Physical activity; Policies and practices; Umbrella review;
education; human experiment; preschool child; review

Abstract:
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are a key setting to support improvements in the physical activity of young children. This umbrella review gathered and synthesised systematic review evidence of the effectiveness of interventions in the ECEC setting on the physical activity levels of children aged 0–6.