Physical activity of children: a global matrix of grades comparing 15 countries Tremblay, Mark S., Gray, Casey E., Akinroye, Kingsley, Harrington, Diedre M., Katzmarzyk, Peter T., Lambert, Estelle V., Liukkonen, Jarmo, Maddison, Ralph, Ocansey, Reginald T., Onywera, Vincent O., Prista, Antonio, Reilly, John J., Rodríguez Martínez, Maria del Pilar, Sarmiento Duenas, Olga L., Standage, Martyn and Tomkinson, Grant 2014, Physical activity of children: a global matrix of grades comparing 15 countries, Journal of physical activity and health, vol. 11, no. 4 Supp 1, pp. S113-S125, doi: 10.1123/jpah.11.s1.s113. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Physical activity of children: a global matrix of grades comparing 15 countries Author(s) Tremblay, Mark S. Gray, Casey E. Akinroye, Kingsley Harrington, Diedre M. Katzmarzyk, Peter T. Lambert, Estelle V. Liukkonen, Jarmo Maddison, Ralph orcid.org/0000-0001-8564-5518 Ocansey, Reginald T. Onywera, Vincent O. Prista, Antonio Reilly, John J. Rodríguez Martínez, Maria del Pilar Sarmiento Duenas, Olga L. Standage, Martyn Tomkinson, Grant Journal name Journal of physical activity and health Volume number 11 Issue number 4 Supp 1 Start page S113 End page S125 Total pages 13 Publisher Human Kinetics Publishers Place of publication Champaign, Ill. Publication date 2014 ISSN 1543-3080 Keyword(s) active transportation comparison international play policy sedentary behavior sport Summary The Active Healthy Kids Canada (AHKC) Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth has been effective in poweringthe movement to get kids moving by influencing priorities, policies, and practice in Canada. The AHKC Report Card process wasreplicated in 14 additional countries from 5 continents using 9 common indicators (Overall Physical Activity, Organized SportParticipation, Active Play, Active Transportation, Sedentary Behavior, Family and Peers, School, Community and Built Environment,and Government Strategies and Investments), a harmonized process and a standardized grading framework. The 15 ReportCards were presented at the Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children in Toronto on May 20, 2014. The consolidatedfindings are summarized here in the form of a global matrix of grades. There is a large spread in grades across countries for mostindicators. Countries that lead in certain indicators lag in others. Overall, the grades for indicators of physical activity (PA) aroundthe world are low/poor. Many countries have insufficient information to assign a grade, particularly for the Active Play and Familyand Peers indicators. Grades for Sedentary Behaviors are, in general, better in low income countries. The Community and BuiltEnvironment indicator received high grades in high income countries and notably lower grades in low income countries. There wasa pattern of higher PA and lower sedentary behavior in countries reporting poorer infrastructure, and lower PA and higher sedentarybehavior in countries reporting better infrastructure, which presents an interesting paradox. Many surveillance and researchgaps and weaknesses were apparent. International cooperation and cross-fertilization is encouraged to tackle existing challenges,understand underlying mechanisms, derive innovative solutions, and overcome the expanding childhood inactivity crisis. Language eng DOI 10.1123/jpah.11.s1.s113 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified 1106 Human Movement And Sports Science 1302 Curriculum And Pedagogy Socio Economic Objective 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, Human Kinetics Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30081668 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 24 Feb 2016, 13:54:40 EST Thu, 25 Feb 2016, 04:01:02 EST Thu, 25 Feb 2016, 05:09:35 EST Fri, 09 Sep 2016, 10:27:05 EST Fri, 09 Sep 2016, 10:31:16 EST Fri, 09 Sep 2016, 10:32:19 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:43:01 EST Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 01:51:13 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 174 times in TR Web of Science Cited 193 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 287 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 24 Feb 2016, 13:54:40 EST

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