Results from Mexico’s 2018 Report Card were presented on April 2, 2019 in Guadalajara, Mexico. A press conference was held in the morning followed by a presentation at the University of Guadalajara School of Medicine in the afternoon. Government officials from the Secretary of Health...
On February 15th, Ecuador successfully released their Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth at the University of Cuenca. Several media outlets covered the release: www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias/cuenca/2/universidad-de-cuenca-investigacion www.facebook.com/UCinvestiga/videos/407434380005851 issuu.com/elmercuriocuenca/docs/el_mercurio-17-02-2019 Congratulations to Report Card Leader Dr. Susana Andrade and the entire team!...
Denmark released their short form Report Card December 2018. The launch created a reasonable amount of media coverage – among other things with short features in national radio and television. The long form Report Card was launched in February 2019 and was the cornerstone in...
An interdisciplinary research team, formed by professors of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), conducted Hong Kong's first comprehensive and systematic synthesis of physical activity related indicators in children and youth in 2016. This led to the “2016 Hong Kong Report Card on Physical...
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....
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...
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 ...
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...
On behalf of Active Healthy Kids Australia (AHKA), I am excited to announce that the 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Young People has now been launched and is available from the AHKA website. The focus of this year's Report Card: Muscular Fitness; It's time for a jump...
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...
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...
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....
The Netherlands released their first ever Physical Activity Report Card+ during the national Fit Kids Day on May 12 2017. The Report Card+ reports about the movement achievements and sedentary behavior of children with a chronic disease or disability in the Netherlands. More information: Super-Lab Utrecht or Dr....
The release of the Dutch Physical Activity Report Card+ will take place during the national Fit Kids Day on May 12 2017. The Report Card+ reports about the movement achievements and sedentary behavior of children with a chronic disease or disability in the Netherlands. After the...
Joel Barnes, Research Manager of the Canadian Report Card, is lead author on a commentary, "Changes in indicators of child and youth physical activity in Canada, 2005–2016," that was published today in the Canadian Journal of Public Health. Citation details and a summary of the commentary are below. Barnes JD, Tremblay MS. Changes...
Today France has released their inaugural French Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents. Leadership for the French Report Card came from former HALO Post-Doc Dr. David Thivel, current HALO PhD student Salomé Aubert, and former HALO visiting PhD student Fabien Rivière. An expert panel...
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...
Yesterday, Kenya released their third Report Card on Physical Activity and Body Weight of Children and Youth at Kenyatta University. “Compared to the previous scores in 2011 and 2014, there is more awareness on the health benefits of active children but this is not translating into action as fast...
Today, Colombia released their second Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Congratulations, Silvia Alejandra Gonzalez Cifuentes and Olga Lucia Sarmiento Dueñas!...
The Active Healthy Kids Australia 2015 Progress Report Card on Active Transport for Children and Young People was launched on November 11, 2015th. With fewer Australian children walking or cycling to school today than ever before, the theme of the 2015 Progress Report Card was "The...