In primary schools, the most popular school-based physical activity intervention is The Daily Mile, which involves 15 minutes per day where children go outside and walk, jog or run laps of the school playground or playing field. Our work has shown that completing The Daily Mile, every day for six weeks, enhanced executive function in primary school children. Executive function is our ability for complex and higher-order thinking, and has been shown to affect academic outcomes. Thus, by prioritizing physical activity and completing The Daily Mile every day, school children can boost their cognition and learning.
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