A Call for States to Level the Playing Field in School Recess

Affiliations

¹ Youth and Young Adult Research Core Director, Hallie Ford Center 249, College of Health, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
² Successful Healthy Children, Cincinatti, Ohio, USA.
³ UW Center for Leadership in Athletics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

William V Massey et al. J Sch Health. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;95(8):668-671.

doi: 10.1111/josh.70032. Epub 2025 Jun 12.

¹ Youth and Young Adult Research Core Director, Hallie Ford Center 249, College of Health, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
² Successful Healthy Children, Cincinatti, Ohio, USA.
³ UW Center for Leadership in Athletics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: child and adolescent health; health policy; physical activity.

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