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The Global Matrix 3.0 continues to garner media attention. The French magazine, GEO, published a two-page infographic on the main findings from the Global Matrix 3.0 in its latest issue....

07 February, 2019

On December 12th, Active Healthy Kids Zimbabwe released their 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Congratulations to the Zimbabwe Report Card Leaders Taru Manyanga and Daga Makaza! Please visit www.activehealthykidszimbabwe.com to view Zimbabwe's grades and to download the 2018 Report Card....

19 December, 2018

On December 1st, bdnews24.com - one of the leading newspapers in Bangladesh - ran a story on the 2018 Bangladesh Report Card titled, "Three out of five children ‘physically inactive’ in Bangladesh". From the story: The Report Card published in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health...

18 December, 2018

Congratulations to Active Healthy Kids Scotland on the media splash generated from their recently released report card. A summary of the media coverage is below. Learn more about their 2018 report card at www.activehealthykidsscotland.co.uk and on their Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance country page. Times ...

28 November, 2018

On November 26th, the West Wales Chronicle ran a story on the 2018 Active Healthy Kids Wales Report Card titled, "Majority of teens spending hours every day sitting still". From the story: Eighty per cent of youngsters aged between 11 and 16 spend two or more hours...

28 November, 2018

Report compares 49 countries; says 75% of countries have failing physical activity grades NOVEMBER 27, 2018 - ADELAIDE, Australia – Children around the world are not moving enough to maintain healthy growth and development, according to a global report released today. The report by the Active Healthy...

26 November, 2018

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...

24 November, 2018

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...

29 October, 2018

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...

24 October, 2018

Congratulations to Zimbabwe Report Card leaders Tara Manyanga and Daga Makaza on the successful release of the 2016 Zimbabwe Report Card on the Physical Activity for Children and Youth today. Visit www.activehealthykidszimbabwe.com to download a copy of the Report Card....

16 June, 2017

Taru Manyanga (Report Card Leader for Zimbabwe) and Dr. Mark Tremblay (Report Card Leader for  Canada) recently presented a symposium along with Tarun Katapally (Report Card Leader for India) and Jan Seghers (Report Card Leader for Belgium) at the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical...

14 June, 2017

Dr. Barbara Ainsworth has authored a commentary titled, "How physically active are our children? A global view," that was recently published in the Journal of Sport and Health Science. Click here to read the commentary....

05 January, 2017

Grade maps for the Overall Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour indicators in the Global Matrix 2.0 are available below. These maps are zoom-enabled and can be enlarged to full-screen. Green represents grades in the A to B range. Yellow represents grades in the C range. Red...

25 November, 2016