Pedagogical Concerns in Sports and Physical Education for Child Growth and Health Promotion

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 2;19(13):8128. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19138128.

Luís Branquinho^{1

2

3}, Pedro Forte^{1

2

4}, Ricardo Ferraz^{2

5}

¹ Department of Sports, Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro, 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal.
² Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal.
³ CI-ISCE, ISCE Douro, 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal.
⁴ Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.
⁵ Department of Sports Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal.

Abstract

Participation in physical activities plays an important role in and positively influences health and well-being [...].