On October 28, 2024, the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance held the Global Matrix 5.0 Preparation Workshop at the International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress 2024 (Paris, France). The session covered a variety of important topics, including a discussion about indicator definitions and benchmarks,...
The University of Costa Rica invited Dr. Javier Brazo-Sayavera (AHKGA Communications Committee Chair and Uruguay's Report Card leader) to deliver in-person lessons/lectures on physical activity in children and adolescents to their students and professors on 19-31.03.2023. Dr. Brazo-Sayavera's talks included information about the Global Matrix project and were for...
Australia's Report Card team has recently published an editorial titled "Reimagining physical activity for children following the systemic disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia " in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. This work was partially informed by their 2014 Report Card and highlights...
Today, April 6, is the World Day for Physical Activity! “Physical activity has significant health benefits for hearts, bodies and minds Physical activity contributes to preventing and managing non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes Physical activity reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety Physical activity...
The AHKGA Communications Committee, Dr. Javier Brazo-Sayavera, Dr. Aleš Gába, Dr. Eun-Yuong Lee, Dr. Riaz Uddin, Dr. Salomé Aubert and Dr. Taru Manyanga wrote an article titled “La pandemia ha aumentado la inactividad física en los jóvenes: esta red global quiere solucionarlo” that was just published...
Today, April 22nd marks the 52nd Earth Day! This year it is based on the theme “Restore Our Earth“. Our planet is an amazing place to live, but it needs our support to thrive! Let’s raise awareness about environmental issues and demonstrate our support for...
April 6th is the World Day for Physical Activity! Make sure to be active today and every day to achieve optimal health benefits! Learn more about how much physical activity is needed for good health: WHO guidelines on physical activity Today is also the International Day...
This blog provides a brief introduction of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy – Second Edition (CAPL-2) tool. Thank you to Angelica Blais for providing this post. Physical literacy is a comprehensive concept which describes the combined affective, cognitive, physical and behavioural components of overall physical...
AHKGA leaders are among the authors on a new commentary, “Promoting healthy movement behaviours among children during the COVID-19 pandemic”, that was recently published online ahead of print in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. Panel’s recommendations for promoting healthy movement behaviour include: Parents and carers should incorporate physical activity...
Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance President Professor Mark Tremblay was in Beijing China on April 16 to deliver an invited talk titled “Global Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth” at the Conference on Physical Activity and Health in China 2019 (Beijing, China)....
The Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) had a very busy, productive and successful year in 2018. While many achievements were made, and are captured in the AHKGA Executive Committee Record of discussion and subsequently in the Board Minutes, below is a brief summary of...