Los programas de salud en educación física

Resumen

This article highlights the need for health-centred Physical Education programmes to be duly assessed to monitor results, since otherwise we may have plenty of good intentions yet no real results. Consequently, we analysed a number of PE programmes which aimed to improve the health of Primary and Secondary schoolchildren. From this analysis, we identified which factors played a particularly determining role in achieving certain health-related goals. Based on these findings, in this article we present a proposal containing a series of methodological components to be borne in mind when designing effective PE programmes to promote healthy habits and lifestyles amongst schoolchildren.