John Reilly (BSc, PhD) is Professor of Physical Activity and Public Health Science at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. He was previously Professor of Paediatric Energy Metabolism at the University of Glasgow. He led the Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Cards in 2013, 2016, and 2018. He is a member of the AHKGA Board, with responsibility for external partnerships and European Report Cards. His research includes work on childhood obesity globally (prevalence, surveillance, aetiology, prevention, treatment); public health surveillance of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents globally; physical activity, obesity, and academic attainment. He has published over 340 peer-reviewed papers with a career average field-weighted citation impact of 2.90, h-index (September 2020) of 65 in Scopus and 83 in Google Scholar. He is a founder member and Executive Member of the SUNRISE International Surveillance Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years (2017-present). His Knowledge Exchange work includes multiple contributions to WHO guidelines and strategies, e.g. the WHO Ending Childhood Obesity Report (ECHO, 2014-2016), Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI, 2016-2017), and the WHO 2019 Guidelines on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep in the Under 5s. He has also contributed to many national physical activity and movement behaviour guidelines: chaired the UK Health Departments Physical Activity Guidelines for the Under 5s (2017-2019); member of Guideline Development Groups for 24-hour Movement Behaviours in Canada (2016-2019) and South Africa (2017-2018).

Taru Manyanga is a licensed physiotherapist who holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa. He is interested in exploring the geographical and cultural differences in relationships among lifestyle behaviors (sleep, sedentary time, diet, physical activity) and body weight. Taru is also interested in expanding his research from apparently healthy children and adolescents to include clinical populations, especially those with movement disorders. Taru is a member of many organizations including but not limited to: Colleges of Physiotherapists of Ontario and Yukon, Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Active Healthy Kids Zimbabwe, African Physical Activity Network, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Sedentary Behavior Research Network, Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research, Outdoor Play Canada.

President and Co-founder, V4 Sport Foundation (Poland)
At V4SPORT we specialize in designing human behaviors, with the aim to get more people more active every day. Our organization has a very specific focus on kids. In order to achieve this, we develop and deliver complex programs that are based on cross sectoral partnerships, where private, public and non-governmental organizations work together to develop new ways of combating inactivity. Over the past 9 years, we have implemented a large number of national and international initiatives, with partners from more than 30 countries, for example MoveWeek project, which is an integral part of the NowWeMOVE campaign. Some of these initiatives involved creation of the new infrastructure (we have built over 60 healthy trails around Poland), but most of them use storytelling (based on stories we have created), involve gamification, new technologies and sometimes during the design thinking process, we change the meaning of things – in a way for example, that physical fitness test becomes a fun activity for kids.

Jakub has also co-founded the first Active Healthy Kids Report Card in Poland. He serves on the Executive Committees of two global organizations: Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance and International Sport and Culture Association and he is the member of the Rural Sport Commission of the Polish Olympic Committee. Jakub is a graduate of International Relations at the Social Studies Department in Wroclaw, Poland. He studied in Poland, France, US and UK. He has over 12 years of experience in developing and leading sport and active healthy lifestyle projects, both on national and international level. He is an experienced coach and trainer. Jakub’s portfolio includes over 2000 hours of training in areas such as: strategic development, project management, fundraising based on Cause-Related Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility.
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John Reilly (BSc, PhD) is Professor of Physical Activity and Public Health Science at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. He was previously Professor of Paediatric Energy Metabolism at the University of Glasgow. He led the Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Cards in 2013, 2016, and 2018. He is a member of the AHKGA Board, with responsibility for external partnerships and European Report Cards. His research includes work on childhood obesity globally (prevalence, surveillance, aetiology, prevention, treatment); public health surveillance of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents globally; physical activity, obesity, and academic attainment. He has published over 340 peer-reviewed papers with a career average field-weighted citation impact of 2.90, h-index (September 2020) of 65 in Scopus and 83 in Google Scholar. He is a founder member and Executive Member of the SUNRISE International Surveillance Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years (2017-present). His Knowledge Exchange work includes multiple contributions to WHO guidelines and strategies, e.g. the WHO Ending Childhood Obesity Report (ECHO, 2014-2016), Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI, 2016-2017), and the WHO 2019 Guidelines on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep in the Under 5s. He has also contributed to many national physical activity and movement behaviour guidelines: chaired the UK Health Departments Physical Activity Guidelines for the Under 5s (2017-2019); member of Guideline Development Groups for 24-hour Movement Behaviours in Canada (2016-2019) and South Africa (2017-2018).