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  • Sports Medicine
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  • Global review of physical exercise programs for children and adolescents.
  • Focus on promoting healthy habits from early life stages.

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  • Thematic review of physical exercise programs for children worldwide.
  • Design an activity program structure for schoolchildren based on global best practices and local legislation.

Summary:

  • Searched databases (Redalyc, Scielo, Elsevier, Pubmed, Scopus) and organizational websites (WHO, PAHO) for studies from 2008-2019.
  • Analyzed information to design a structured physical activity program for schoolchildren.
  • Incorporated methodological characteristics like duration, frequency, intensity, and exercise phases (warm-up, stretching, central, cooling down).

Impact:

  • Implementation of these programs fosters healthy habits in children and adolescents.
  • Positively impacts health by reducing risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases.
  • Provides a framework for developing effective, evidence-based physical activity interventions for youth.