This marks an exciting milestone as Malta participates in the Global Matrix for the first time, releasing its inaugural Report Card as part of the Global Matrix 5.0 initiative. The Report Card evaluated Global Matrix 5.0 indicators related to physical activity and health among Maltese...
The Global Matrix 5.0 launch at the Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity (ASPA) Conference is fast approaching! Taking place in Hong Kong from December 2-4, 2026, the launch symposium will bring together global perspectives on physical activity among children and adolescents. Led by the Active Healthy...
Children and adolescents with disabilities (CAWD) have long been overlooked (i.e. often treated as an after-thought) in global physical activity research—not because of a lack of need or interest, but often due to confusion around fragmented definitions, a lack of proactive and integral involvement, including...
The AHKGA presented the Global Matrix 5.0 Publication Plan at the recent webinar. All Report Card leaders are invited to contribute to the main Global Matrix/Overall Physical Activity paper, as in the past. If you are interested in contributing to one of the 10 proposed global...
Registration for participation in the Global Matrix 5.0 is open until December 31, 2024. To register, please visit the registration page (www.activehealthykids.org/register). If you are experiencing any difficulties with the registration of your country, please contact us (info@activehealthykids.org). If you have contacts in countries/jurisdictions that have...
The Communications Committee is now called "The Communication and Knowledge Translation Committee" to emphasize the inclusion of knowledge translation. Knowledge translation helps to provide diverse tools for researchers and decision-makers to promote evidence-based information and practices (WHO, 2023). The World Health Organization defines knowledge translation as...
Congratulations to the United States Report Card Team for releasing the "US Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth"! The Report Card gave the indicator Overall Physical Activity a D- as only 20%-28% of 6-17-year-olds met the 60 minutes of daily physical activity guideline....
The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee is the newest committee formed ahead of the Global Matrix 5.0 Initiative. Its mission is to stay current on emerging evidence, trends, and best practices from equity-deserving/-denied/-seeking groups. The Committee aims to advise the AHKGA Board of Directors...
This is a reminder that registration for the Global Matrix 5.0 is open! Registration will be open until December 31st, 2024. The Global Matrix initiative involves creating and comparing country-specific Physical Activity Report Cards for children and adolescents. This includes a standardized process to assign letter...
We are pleased to share that the Philippines' 2022 Report Card has been cited in the Department of Health's National Health Objectives Philippines 2023-2028. “A high prevalence of insufficient physical activity exists among male and female adolescents, as well as rural and urban adolescents. From the...
Report Card team from Region of Murcia has published a paper titled "Region of Murcia’s 2022 report card on physical activity for children and youth" in the Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness. Citation details and a summary of the paper are below. Congratulations, Region...
Report Card team from Germany has published a paper titled "Germany’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents" in the German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research. Citation details and a summary of the paper are below. Congratulations, Team Germany! ABSTRACT The German Report...
Professor Yolanda Demetriou (Germany) recently gave an invited talk about the 2022 German Report Card at the 11th MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORT CONFERENCE in Düsseldorf, Germany. Congratulations, Yolanda! Demetriou, Y. Findings of Germany’s 2022 report card on physical activity for children and adolescents. 11th MEDICA...
Scotland Report Card Team published a paper titled "A systematic evaluation of physical activity and diet policies in Scotland: results from the 2021 Active Healthy Kids Report Card" in the Journal of Public Health (early online). Citation details and a summary of the paper are...
Report Card team from Mexico has published a paper titled "Results from the 2022 Mexican report card on physical activity for children and adolescents" in Frontiers in Public Health. Citation details and a summary of the paper are below. Congratulations, Team Mexico! ABSTRACT Introduction: The Mexican Report Card...
Report Card team from Slovakia has just published a paper titled "First report card on physical activity for children and adolescents in Slovakia: a comprehensive analysis, international comparison, and identification of surveillance gaps" in Archives of Public Health. Citation details and a summary of the...
Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) is excited to announce that registration for the Global Matrix 5.0 is now open! The Global Matrix initiative involves the production and subsequent comparison of country-specific Physical Activity Report Cards for children and adolescents, using a harmonized process to assess...
Scotland Report Card Co-Leader Professor John J Reilly has recently delivered an oral presentation at the Euro Cities Network Conference held in Glasgow, Scotland on October 24-25, 2023. The presentation was titled “Inequalities in child & adolescent obesity and physical activity in Glasgow” and included...
Report Card team from Extremadura (Spain) has published a paper titled "A regional Report Card on physical activity in children and adolescents: The case of Extremadura (Spain) in the Global Matrix 4.0" in the Exercise Science and Fitness (online ahead of print). Citation details and...
To inform the conversation on how to build healthy children and communities through sport, the Aspen Institute’s Project Play has recently conducted an evaluation of the sport governance structures in the United States and 11 peer countries. The choice of countries for comparison was influenced...
Team Montenegro recently delivered a poster presentation titled "The Montenegrin 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth" at 19th IUAES-WAU World Anthropology Congress 2023, held on 14th – 20th October 2023 in New Delhi, India. Citation details and an image of the...
AHKGA Vice President Dr. Salomé Aubert has recently made an online guest presentation titled “AHKGA Global Matrices and Report Cards lessons learned from successful countries” at the Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity (MASO) 2023 Scientific Conference (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). A summary of the...
Slovak Report Card Country Leader Ass. Professor Peter Bakalár recently delivered an oral presentation titled “Physical Activity in Childhood and Adolescence: The Experiences from Global Matrix 4.0 Project and HBSC Study in Slovakia” at 2nd Symposium of the Active Healthy Kids Spanish Network (REIAS) at...
President of the AHKGA Professor Mark Tremblay recently delivered a poster presentation titled "Impact of the AHKGA Global Matrix 1.0 to 4.0 - Building a Legacy of Success" at 33rd Pediatric Work Physiology Conference in Chepstow, Wales. Citation details and an image of the poster...
Report Card team from Estonia has just published a paper titled "Results from Estonia’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Research Gaps and Five Key Messages and Actions to Follow" in Children. Citation details and a summary of the paper are...