Response to Daly-Smith et al.’s commentary on ‘The Daily Mile makes primary school children more active, less sedentary and improves their fitness and body composition: a quasi-experimental pilot study’

BMC Medicine

Trish Gorely¹  Gemma C. Ryde²  Colin N. Moran²  Emma L. Sweeney²  Naomi E. Brooks²  Ross A. Chesham²  Josephine N. Booth³ 

[1] 0000 0001 2189 1357, grid.23378.3d, Centre for Health Sciences, School of Health, Social Care and Life Sciences, University of the Highlands and Islands, Old Perth Road, IV2 3JH, Inverness, UK;0000 0001 2248 4331, grid.11918.30, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK;0000 0004 1936 7988, grid.4305.2, Institute of Education, Community and Society, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, EH8 8AQ, Scotland, UK;

关键词: The Daily Mile™;    Children;    Primary school;    Physical activity;    MVPA;    Sedentary;    Fitness;    Body composition;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12916-019-1336-3

来源: publisher

【 摘 要 】

We thank Daly-Smith et al. for taking the time to read the results of our pilot research study, describing it as an important and welcome contribution. Nonetheless, the authors argue six points against our conclusion. We contend that we addressed three of these points in our original discussion and disagree with their remaining points. Overall, their Commentary adds little to the topic of research into the Daily Mile™ that we had not already raised in our discussion. Additionally, they attribute statements to us that we did not make and ignore the raising of key issues in our original article. Given this, we stand by our original peer-reviewed conclusion that introducing the Daily Mile™ to the primary school day appears to be an effective intervention for increasing levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity, reducing sedentary time, increasing physical fitness and improving body composition, and that these findings have relevance for teachers, policy-makers, public health practitioners and health researchers.

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