Congratulations to AHKGA Global Matrix 4.0 Report Card leaders from African countries, Dr. Taru Manyanga (Team Zimbabwe), Chalchisa Abdeta (Team Ethiopia), Dr. Dawn Tladi (Team Botswana) and Dr. Rowena Naidoo (Team South Africa) for publishing an article titled “Children and teens aren’t doing enough physical...
AHKGA Communications Committee Chair Dr. Javier Brazo-Sayavera and Spain Report Card leaders Drs. Blanca Roman Viñas and Susana Aznar wrote an article titled “La paradoja española: los niños cumplen las recomendaciones de actividad física, pero siguen siendo demasiado sedentarios” that was recently published in The Conversation (Spain). Compared...
We are pleased to announce that Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) and the Sleep and Activity Database for the Early Years (SADEY) Leadership Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a partnership. The MOU came into effect on November 21, 2022, and...
New Zealand Report Card leader Dr. Melody Smith wrote an article titled “New Zealand scored C+ for physical activity in children and teens – what’s driving this and what can be done?” that was just published in The Conversation. "C+ – that’s Aotearoa New Zealand’s overall...
Report compares 57 countries across six continents and gives physical activity a “D” grade OCTOBER 24, 2022 – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Children and adolescents around the world are not moving enough to promote healthy growth and development, and the COVID-19 pandemic only made matters...
A new partnership has commenced between the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) and the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA). The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between both organisations came into effect on the 1st September 2022 and will last for five years and...
The AHKGA has recently released the "AHKGA Publications and Data Ownership Policy" document. The purpose of this document is to provide structure and support to the planning of the dissemination of findings/data generated by the AHKGA activities. If you are interested in leading studies/manuscripts/thesis involving a...
We are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) and the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH). The MOU was signed on March 31, 2022 and will remain in force for...
As the AHKGA has secured some financial support, the AHKGA Board of Directors took the decision to launch a new “AHKGA Fellowship” program – one Fellow per Global Matrix to help build capacity and leadership within the sector. The AHKGA Fellow will provide support for the...
On December 15th, Children’s Alliance announced the launch of the report titled “Physical health of children and young people”. This is the second of four reports created for the Children's Alliance on the current state of children's health and wellbeing in the United Kingdom. It...
Congratulations to the Report Card team from France on their recent paper titled “France’s 2020 Report Card on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors in Children and Youth: Results and Progression” that was just published (online ahead of print) in the Journal of Physical Activity and...
AHKGA leaders, Dr. John Reilly (Scotland) and Dr. Mark Tremblay (Canada), wrote an article titled “Rewild your kids: why playing outside should be a post-pandemic priority” that was just published in The Conversation. Congratulations, John and Mark! Please click here to read the article in The...
Thank you to Dr. Salomé Aubert for providing this post. January 25th, 2021: Public Release of France’s 2020 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a very strict lockdown was imposed to slow down the progression of the...
New WHO 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour have just been launched. These guidelines update the previous WHO recommendations released in 2010 and provide evidence-based recommendations for children, adolescents, adults and older adults on the amount of physical activity required for optimal health...
The International Platform on Sport and Development, the Australian Government and Commonwealth Secretariat have collaborated to support the development of a new free online course "Sport for Sustainable Development: Designing effective policies and programmes." The course will be launched this month and aims to help individuals...
OTTAWA, July 7 2020 A national survey commissioned by ParticipACTION shows evidence of collateral damage to the lifestyles of Canadian children and youth consequent to public health restrictions imposed to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Restricted access to playgrounds, schools, childcare, playdates, and instructions to...
The Youth Compendium of Physical Activities from the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) is now available in Spanish! This resource provides a list of 196 common activities in which youth participate and the estimated energy cost associated with each activity. Link: www.nccor.org/elcompendio....
AHKGA leaders, Dr. John Reilly (Scotland) and Dr. Mark Tremblay (Canada), wrote an article titled “Active commuting could make children’s return to school better for their health and the planet” that was just published in The Conversation. The authors use the recent COVID-19 outbreak and...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Each country has a capital city. Some countries, like Bolivia or South Africa for instance, have two. Capital cities are important. This is usually where most of the leaders of many sectors live and work. As of today, Copenhagen and Ottawa have become the new...
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...