La escuela como espacio saludable

Bearing in mind the scientific evidence of the key relationship between physical activity and health, schools should be a focal point for promoting health, given that they are teenagers’ commonest source of physical activity. This consideration gives rise to a number of strategies from institutions such as health-promoting schools and the European Network of Health Promoting Schools and the Spanish Government’s Strategy for Nutrition, Physical Activity and Prevention of Obesity (NAOS), which gives indications for improving school dinners. If all these strategies are to succeed in promoting physical activity and health, schools need to follow an active classroom methodology and make time within the school day for non-structured physical activity.