Editorial: Sport, health and physical education special edition

Abstract

This special edition of the Journal of Student Wellbeing emerges out of the Sport, Health and Physical Education (SHAPE) conference held at Flinders University in 2010. The conference was organised and run by the SHAPE research group, which is located within the School of Education at Flinders University. It was designed to bring together national and international academics to share their research and knowledge around children’s health and wellbeing within the context of sport, health and physical education settings. Approximately 150 delegates attended. The conference themes were divided into four key areas: (i) physical activity research, (ii) physical activity programs in schools, (iii) nutrition education and (iv) physical education. The papers within this special edition are indicative of the presentations conducted by a number of the presenters at the conference.