A systematic review of the effect of The Daily Mile^™ on children’s physical activity, physical health, mental health, wellbeing, academic performance and cognitive function

• Gavin Breslin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland

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• Medbh Hillyard ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: m.hillyard@ulster.ac.uk

  Affiliations Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-1409

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• Noel Brick ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Noel Brick, Stephen Shannon

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland

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• Stephen Shannon ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Noel Brick, Stephen Shannon

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing, School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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• Brenda McKay-Redmond ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ BMR and BM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Early Childhood Studies Department, Stranmillis University College, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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• Barbara McConnell

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ BMR and BM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Early Childhood Studies Department, Stranmillis University College, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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