Editorial: Building health through physical activity in schools, volume II

Front Sports Act Living. 2026 Jan 20:8:1770693. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2026.1770693. eCollection 2026.

Luís Branquinho^{1

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4}, Pedro Forte^{4

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7}, Ricardo Ferraz^{3

8}, José E Teixeira^{9

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11}, Andrew Sortwell^{3

8}

¹ Biosciences School of Elvas, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Elvas, Portugal.
² Life Quality Research Center (LQRC-CIEQV), Santarem, Portugal.
³ Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, Covilhã, Portugal.
⁴ CI-ISCE, Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro, Penafiel, Portugal.
⁵ Department of Sports, Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro, Penafiel, Portugal.
⁶ Department of Sports Sciences, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.
⁷ Research Center for Active Living and Well-Being (Livewell), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.
⁸ Sport Sciences Department, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.
⁹ Sport Department, Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal.
¹⁰ Department of Sports Sciences, Polytechnic of Cávado and Ave, Guimarães, Portugal.
¹¹ SPRINT-Sport Physical Activity and Health Research & Inovation Center, Rio Maior, Portugal.

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Keywords: active methodologies; healthy behaviors; motivation; pedagogy; physical education.

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