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In recent years, the World Health Organization has declared that physical inactivity is a global problem and all the States associated to the United Nations system have create public policies to solve this issue. In this context, schools have been the key organizational focus to promote physical activity in children and youth population. The aim of this paper is to analyze physical activity policies from a socioecological theoretical model. The results show that emotions, social relationships, gender, economic inequalities, and theoretical foundations are the most important dimensions to considerer when policies will develop. The discussions suggest that these dimensions need to be promote because the biomedical model is the hegemonic discourse and the principal foundation in policies. To conclude, this study could be an argument to all countries who want to construct a real change physical activity of their population.
