Fig. 2

Percentage of supporting findings on the association between PA and SRH (%, # of positive/negative/null findings noted on the right-hand side). Notes: PA, physical activity; LPA, light physical activity; MPA, moderate physical activity; VPA, vigorous physical activity; MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity; M, male; F, female; 0–33%: no association; 34–59%: inconclusive; 60–100%: positive association. “++”, “– –”, “??”, or “OO” was coded when four or more samples supported one same direction associations. Not all studies reported findings between genders, and two only reported girls’ results [22, 47]. Fourteen samples represented out-of-school VPA, school-based organized sports, sports outside of school, or organized leisure time sports activity were only counted once in the final calculation of total PA to avoid double-counting, as they overlap in categories such as VPA, out-of-school PA, for detailed information please see Supplementary Table 1