UPDATE 15/06/2021 - The symposium is CANCELED. The University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport, Slovenia will be hosting the 10th International Symposium “Youth Sport 2021: Experiences and Future Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic” in person in Ljubljana and online on September 26th, 2021. The main goal of the...
Mark your calendars! On April 22nd, AHKGA Director Dr. Mark Tremblay, as well as Drs. Margaret Whitehead and Mark Hanson, will present at a free webinar titled “Physical Literacy and the Health and Well-Being of Populations”. To view the program and to register, please visit en.pl-net.dk/webinar-april-22nd....
The Global Observatory for Physical Activity - GoPA! will launch the Second Set of Country Cards on January 27th, 2021! “In 2015, GoPA! produced the first set of physical activity profiles “Country Cards” for 139 countries worldwide and with data up to 2013. After six years...
Dr. Javier Brazo Sayavera (Uruguay Report Card leader and AHKGA Communications Committee Chair) recently presented at a virtual event, “II International Congress on Physical Activity, Education and Public Health,” organized by the Universidad Autónoma de Chile. In his presentation titled "Research on physical activity in...
Dr. Mark Tremblay (President of the AHKGA and Canada Report Card leader) and Dr. Thomas Skovgaard (Denmark Report Card leader) presented a session at the virtual Symposium on Preventing Childhood Overweight and Obesity hosted by the Novo Nordisk Foundation (Copenhagen, Denmark) on October 23rd, 2020. The...
On September 29, 2020 at 1:30 - 3:30 PM (Indonesian time), Active Healthy Kids Indonesia (AHK-I) together with the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) and Prodi PGSD Penjas FPOK UPI (PETE for Elementary School) will be hosting a virtual event titled "International Webinar for...
Dr. Salomé Aubert, recent Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO) PhD graduate and AHKGA Board member, is invited to deliver a seminar titled “Need for standardization in the global surveillance of physical activity of children and youth”, which will be broadcast live online on...
Let’s all stay active, healthy and make post COVID-19 a more active society! WHO is taking the third Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge virtual this year. In light of COVID-19, Walk the Talk will offer an even more global platform to promote health...
On Wednesday, April 22nd, the whole world united for an on-line PE lesson delivered by a Polish PE teacher. The event was streamed via Facebook and has reached over 50 thousand users. When major sporting events have been cancelled and physical activity as we know...
In an effort to stay active and have some fun the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance has partnered with V4Sport out of Poland, and other groups to try and set a World Record for an Online Physical Education Class which will be Livestreamed on the...
[su_tabs] [su_tab title="English" disabled="no" anchor="" url="" target="blank" class=""] Please note that the information published here is based on current recommendations (date: March 31, 2020). However, the situation surrounding COVID-19 is constantly evolving and recommendations may be subject to change and may differ between jurisdictions. For the most...
The NASPEM (North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine) meeting will be held this summer in beautiful British Columbia at the Silver Star Mountain Resort. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has just celebrated its 30th anniversary and you are invited to attend NASPEM 2020 and...
Professor Mark Tremblay was in Melbourne Australia July 24-25 to participate in the Australian National Sports Convention. In addition to several strategic meetings, Dr. Tremblay made the following presentations: Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance comparisons – insights to steer Australia. Invited keynote address. Reimagining Participation:...
Yesterday afternoon, Uruguay Report Card Leader Javier Brazo Sayavera and his team launched their first physical activity report card. It was an opportunity to share this project with governmental institutions as well as with the Universidad de la República. Learn more about the Uruguay Report Card...
On October 24th, Colombia released their Third Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth at the VII Course of Policies and Programs for the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles. The event was organized by the Administrative Department of Sport, Recreation, Physical Activity and the Use...
Today, Sweden released the Swedish 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. The report card was released at a conference about physical activity in children that was organized at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. Approximately 800 participants were in attendance. Visit the Active Healthy Kids...
Active Healthy Kids Australia, the University of South Australia and the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance are proud to present...
Australian Report Card co-leader Dr. Natasha Schranz was recently at the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) conference for three days and Active Healthy Kids Australia (AHKA) had a stand in the trade exhibition. Natasha discussed the AHKA Report Card and gave out handouts on...
On November 28th, building on momentum from the Australian Report Card and Global Matrix 2.0 launch, Active Healthy Kids Australia (AHKA) and the University of South Australia in partnership with the National Heart Foundation of Australia held the inaugural Forum: A Time to Move. The...