Editorial: health and physical literacy interventions in education, sport, and public health settings

Health Literacy (HL) and Physical Literacy (PL) are learning constructs that serve as the foundation for empowering all individuals and societies to adopt, maintain, and enjoy active, healthy, and sustainable lifestyles (1). Until recently, some HL and PL interventions have been applied to the fields of education, sport, and public health however may have been completed with insufficient rigor or oversight. In this context, Cairney and colleagues (2) proposed an evidence-informed conceptual model linking PL, emphasizing the need for empirical research and knowledge advancement. Following intense conceptual discussions on PL definitions (3), it's time to progress in the measurement, practical approaches, and field interventions (4). This was the motivation behind establishing this Research Topic, which includes seven papers that address these issues.