Finland’s Report Card 2018 is a compilation of recent research results on the status and promotion of physical activity among children and adolescents. Finland’s Report Card and its summary can be downloaded at www.likes.fi/reportcard. Physical activity for children and adolescents consists of several different parts throughout the...
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...
With approximately 24% of children 6 to 17 years of age participating in the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity every day, the United States earned a D- in Overall Physical Activity the newly released 2018 U.S. Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. The 2018 U.S....
TORONTO (ONTARIO) June 19, 2018 – ParticipACTION released today its 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, which gave Canadian kids a score of D+ for Overall Physical Activity. This grade is particularly alarming considering that this year’s Report Card also highlights important connections...
Active Healthy Kids Australia, the University of South Australia and the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance are proud to present...
On behalf of Active Healthy Kids Australia, the University of South Australia and the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, I would like to invite you to attend...
In order to take the physical activity conversation to the kids themselves, Active Healthy Kids Australia (AHKA) has established the AHKA Youth Advisory Council (YAC). The YAC, comprising of 16 children and young people from around Australia aged 8 to 16 years, have met with...
ISCA member and ActiveVoice project partner V4Sport in Poland grasped the opportunity to gather data for the Active Healthy Kids Report Card last year. Now it is developing a website to present its findings, which have prompted the organisation to advocate more for collaborative solutions...
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....
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...
The NCD Alliance has published a news piece on the Global Matrix 2.0 titled, "Report cards on physical activity for children and youth confirm global inactivity crisis": Comparisons across 38 countries from 6 continents confirm global childhood inactivity crisis and offer insights for improvement. For the first...
Denmark recently released their Physical Activity Report Card and had an excellent launch that included media pickup on three national television programs: a debate program, an entertainment program and a news broadcast. Click here and scroll to the 55-minute mark to view Danish report card leader Dr. Lisbeth Runge...
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....
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...