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Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries
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Background : Accumulating sufficient moderate to vigorous physical activity is recognized as a key determinant of physical, physiological, developmental, mental, cognitive, and social health among children and youth (aged 5–17 y). The Global Matrix 3.0 of Report Card grades on physical activity was developed to achieve a better understanding of the global variation in child and youth physical activity and associated supports. Methods : Work groups from 49 countries followed harmonized procedures to develop their Report Cards by grading 10 common indicators using the best available data. The participating countries were divided into 3 categories using the United Nations’ human development index (HDI) classification (low or medium, high, and very high HDI). Results : A total of 490 grades, including 369 letter grades and 121 incomplete grades, were assigned by the 49 work groups. Overall, an average grade of “C-,” “D+,” and “C-” was obtained for the low and medium HDI countries, high HDI countries, and very high HDI countries, respectively. Conclusions : The present study provides rich new evidence showing that the situation regarding the physical activity of children and youth is a concern worldwide. Strategic public investments to implement effective interventions to increase physical activity opportunities are needed.
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Global Matrix 3.0 compiled harmonized physical activity Report Card grades for children and youth from 49 countries, assigning 490 grades across 10 common indicators. Overall grades were low (overall average C-), with concerning physical activity and sedentary behavior levels worldwide and variation by HDI grouping.
Key findings
- A total of 490 grades were assigned: 369 letter grades and 121 incomplete (“INC”) grades. Overall average grade was “C-”; by HDI category, averages were “C-” for low/medium HDI countries, “D+” for high HDI countries, and “C-” for very high HDI countries. Behavioral indicators averaged “C-” and sources of influence indicators averaged “C.”
- Indicator averages ranged from “D” for Overall Physical Activity to “C” for Organized Sport and Physical Activity, Active Transportation, School, Community and Environment, and Government; Active Play, Sedentary Behaviors, and Family and Peers averaged “D+,” and Physical Fitness averaged “C-.” Overall Physical Activity was the lowest-graded indicator; Slovenia was the only country with an “A-” for Overall Physical Activity, while most other countries had “D-F” grades (n = 38).
- Rankings showed Slovenia first and China 49th for overall score; Nepal first and Estonia last for behavioral score; Slovenia first and Venezuela last for sources of influence score.
- Correlational analyses found Overall Physical Activity negatively associated with HDI (r = -.30, P < .05) and gross national income per capita (r = -.33, P < .05); Community and Environment was positively associated with HDI (r = .73, P < .001) and GNI per capita (r = .80, P < .001); School was positively associated with HDI (r = .53, P < .001) and negatively with the Gini index (r = -.66, P < .001).
Methods
- Work groups from 49 countries/regions followed harmonized procedures to grade 10 common indicators using the best available data; countries were divided by United Nations HDI classification into low/medium (9), high (10), and very high (30) HDI groups.
- Each country work group gathered published and unpublished evidence, national surveys, official reports, and expert opinion for school-aged children and youth (∼5-17 y); draft grades and rationales were audited by AHKGA Executive Committee members.
- Letter grades were converted to interval values, “INC” grades were treated as missing, and descriptive statistics, overall/behavioral/sources-of-influence scores, and Spearman rank correlations were calculated in R version 3.4.1.
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- The paper states a major limitation was missing data: 121 “INC” grades of 490 total, plus great variability across countries in benchmarks, measurement instruments, age range, sample size, quality, and quantity of data; translating prevalence data into letter grades also lost information, so comparisons and correlations should be interpreted with caution.
- The paper states the sample was not globally representative: most countries worldwide were missing, including South Pacific island nations, Central Asia, and North Africa; children and youth with disabilities were not explicitly included, and disparities by gender, socioeconomic status, or urban versus rural dwelling were not analyzed.
- The paper states Overall Physical Activity was not statistically related to 8 other indicators except a positive moderate correlation with Sedentary Behaviors, possibly due to limitations, unmeasured physical activity dose, absence of choice, child labor, and cultural values not evaluated; evident from the text, the grades rely on available surveillance data and expert opinion rather than standardized primary measurement, and the analyses are cross-sectional and correlational.
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“In some countries, because of the modifications of the benchmarks from previous Global Matrices, grades for some indicators have changed while in fact, the situation was relatively the same.”
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“A total of 52 countries responded to the AHKGA and showed interest in participation in the Global Matrix 3.0, but only 51 fully registered on time, and later on 2 countries withdrew.”
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“Between April 2017 and January 2018, 49 countries from 6 different continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America) registered and paid a registration fee based on their HDI classification to cover costs associated with the Global Matrix 3.0 initiative.”
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“but this is not corroborated with results presented in Table 6 where the overall averages were the same for the low and medium HDI countries and the very high HDI countries.”
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“the Global Matrix 3.0 allowed us to present physical activity-related indicators for children and youth assembled across 49 countries with varying levels of human development (9 low or medium HDI, 10 high HDI, and 30 very high HDI countries).”
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“Overall Physical Activity grade and the other core indicator grades with the exception of Sedentary Behaviors for which a statistically significant positive moderate correlation was observed (r = .39,P < .05).”
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“on average for the low and medium HDI countries, the high HDI countries, and the very high HDI countries, respectively.”
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“In comparison with the previous Report Card in Zimbabwe, the grades for School, Community and Environment, and Government, have improved due to recent policy implementations and commitments made by the government to promote physical activity and nutritional status among Zimbabwean children and youth.50”
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“Slovenia, where more than 80% of children and youth aged between 6 and 19 years (according to subjective self-reported data), 88% of the 11-year-olds, and 66% of the 14-year-olds (according to objective data) were meeting the physical activity guidelines, was the only country reporting a high grade for this indicator (”
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“In the very high HDI countries, with an average grade of”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Organized Sport and Physical Activity
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“The average grade for this indicator was D+ and ranged from”
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“(Chile) to”
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“(Japan, Nepal, and Zimbabwe).”
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“Although there were no physical activity data available for those under 15 years of age, the work group found that the majority of adolescents older than 15 years do not engage in physical activity regularly.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Least Successful Countries
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“Among the 9 low and medium HDI countries, 5 assigned a letter grade to this indicator, which ranged from”
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“, with an average of”
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“Overall Physical Activity was the indicator with the lowest average grade”
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“The small proportions of 9-to 17-year-old children in China meeting the physical activity guidelines (13.1%) or the sedentary behavior guidelines (7.1%) are alarming.51”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Least Successful Countries
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“High to very high grades for this indicator were also reported in several developing countries: Colombia (”
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“), Nepal (”
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“), Nigeria (”
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“In the remaining countries, the grade for Physical Fitness ranged from”
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“Among the 10 high HDI countries, only 4 had a letter grade reported for this indicator: Brazil (”
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“This indicator ranged from”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Sedentary Behaviors
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“The very high HDI countries obtained an average grade of”
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“The grades for this indicator ranged from”
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“only 2 of the 8 countries had a low grade: Ethiopia”
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“A letter grade was assigned to 17 of the 30 very high HDI countries, ranging from”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Physical Fitness
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“Regardless, the Sedentary Behaviors grades were not significantly related to HDI or to the other sociodemographic indicators except the mean years of schooling (r = .31,P < .05)and the summer Olympic medal count (r = -.57,P < .05) in the correlational analysis presented in the Supplementary Material 1 (available online).”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Sedentary Behaviors
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“This amount of”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Family and Peers
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“whereas poor grades were reported for 16 of the 30 very high HDI countries (with grades between”
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“and”
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“).”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Active Transportation
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“| Active Play | 20 | 29 | 6.5 | 2.7 | D+ |”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“The correlation analyses showed that the Overall Physical Activity grade had a moderate positive association with Sedentary Behaviors and was not statistically related with the 8 remaining indicators (Supplementary Material 1 [available online]).”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“building capacity within participating countries”
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“the development of a national Report Card of physical activity for children and youth and the participation in the Global Matrix initiative were found to contribute to raising awareness on the childhood physical inactivity issue nationally and internationally”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“whereas lower behavioral grades and higher source of influence grades were observed for the very high HDI countries”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“With an average of”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Government
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“| Government | 41 | 8 | 8.6 | 3.1 | C |”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“Higher behavioral grades and lower source of influence grades were generally observed in the low and medium HDI countries, whereas the opposite was observed for the very high HDI countries, and generally low average grades were reported for each indicator in the high HDI countries.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Integrated Discussion
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“| Behavioral indicators | 49 | 0 | 7.0 | 1.6 | C- |”
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“| School | 41 | 8 | 8.8 | 3.0 | C |”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“Higher behavioral grades and lower source of influence grades were generally observed in the low and medium HDI countries”
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“| Community and Environment | 36 | 13 | 8.9 | 3.0 | C |”
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“More diversity was observed between the 3 HDI groupings, between the countries, and within each country.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Integrated Discussion
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“Overall, the average grades obtained for each indicator were low, and a small variation was observed within the 10 indicators (”
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“| All indicators | 49 | 0 | 7.5 | 1.6 | C- |”
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“| Sedentary Behaviors | 46 | 3 | 6.4 | 2.8 | D+ |”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“showing that every country is facing unique challenges and can learn from the successes or difficulties experienced by others.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Discussion
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“Fifteen countries in 2014 (Global Matrix 1.0) and 38 countries in 2016 (Global Matrix 2.0) developed and launched Report Cards presenting grades for 9 physical activity indicators, allowing for international comparisons and offering insights from global data.16,19”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Abstract
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“A draft of each country Report Card grades were submitted along with their rationale by Report Card leaders and were audited by members of the AHKGA Executive Committee to ensure that the grades were consistent with the harmonized benchmarks and grading scheme.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Harmonized Report Card Development
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“This audit process led to minor changes of the grades or rationale for most of the countries.”
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“To achieve a better understanding of the global variation in child and youth physical activity and its correlates, the Global Matrix of Report Card grades on physical activity was launched for the first time in 2014.16”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Abstract
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“consensus was reached among the AHKGA Executive Committee that the 10 indicator grades should only be informed by data from school-aged children and youth (∼5-17 y old) for the Global Matrix 3.0 to ensure consistency across countries.”
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“This is alarming given that physical inactivity among school-aged children and youth has been found to be associated with adverse physical, mental, social, and cognitive health outcomes, 5,8,12,13 lower physical fitness, 14 and lower physical activity levels in later life.15”
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“Also, a paradox of higher physical activity and lower sedentary behavior in countries reporting poorer infrastructure, and lower physical activity and higher sedentary behavior in countries reporting better infrastructure was highlighted.16,19”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Abstract
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“For over a decade, the Canadian Report Card has been successful in raising awareness and influencing policies for childhood physical activity promotion.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Abstract
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“New Report Card leaders and teams were paired with an experienced Report Card leader from a country who participated in the Global Matrix 2.0.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Creating the Global Matrix 3.0
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“China's Report Card work group developed a national surveillance protocol to collect nationally representative data for China's 2018 Report Card.51”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Least Successful Countries
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“For such reasons, the comparability of these results among the countries should be interpreted with caution.”
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“This finding is consistent with the results from the previous Global Matrices 16,19 and recent global estimates.11”
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“The grade for this indicator depends on the availability of organized sport opportunities and the availability of data reporting the prevalence of children and youth who have taken advantage of these opportunities.”
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“the high level of air pollution in China represents a major threat to the promotion of physical activity 53 and is a potential barrier stopping the Chinese children and youth from exercising.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Least Successful Countries
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“A specific policy in Japan (limiting the distance between the children and youth homes and the public elementary and junior high schools) 77 and the high density of Hong Kong, Japanese, and South Korean cities, allow children and youth to live a short trip away from their school, which can minimize the use of cars or other forms of motorized vehicles, and promote active travel.25,78,79”
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“Due to the concurrent economic development in recent years in Nepal, the number of motorized vehicles is increasing rapidly with the expansion of road networks in rural areas, 49 and potentially more people have access to screen devices.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Most Successful Countries
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“The benchmark recommended for this indicator was the”
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“(Table 1), meaning that this indicator did not provide any information on the dose (ie, duration, frequency, intensity) of physical activity while participating in sport and organized physical activities, because few countries have such data.”
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“Quality school policies and programs related to physical activity for the 3 European countries leading this indicator (Finland, Portugal, and Slovenia) have already been highlighted elsewhere.19,25”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > School
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§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Family and Peers
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“Support from parents and peers is recognized as a correlate of physical activity in children and youth 90 ; however, the nature of this relationship is complex and no valid and internationally recognized instrument exists to measure the influence of family and friends on children and youth's physical activity at present.”
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“Evidence showed that adding more time to academic or curricular subjects by taking time away from physical education programs was found not to enhance academic achievement in the corresponding academic subjects and to be potentially detrimental to health.98”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > School
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“These findings are consistent with international estimates reporting that at least two-thirds of the children exceed 2 hours of recreational screen time per day, 83 although comparison may be limited by the heterogeneity in Sedentary Behaviors across countries.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Sedentary Behaviors
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“Conversely, allocating more time to physical activity from other subjects can improve the time children spend engaging in MVPA without the risk of”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > School
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“Several Sedentary Behaviors grades were partially or totally informed by data reporting time spent sitting or doing other sedentary activities that did not involve screens, and screen time cutoff points differing from the one in the benchmark (ie, ≤1 h/d, <2 used hours/day, ≤3 h/d) were also used by some countries because of available data.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Sedentary Behaviors
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“Therefore, cardiorespiratory fitness is an important indicator of current and future health among school-aged children and youth and can be used as a holistic indicator of population health in this age group.88”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Physical Fitness
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“Although the new 2018 Korean national curriculum requires schools to provide mandatory physical education, it is regarded as a minor subject and, with progressing school grades, it is devalued and neglected.97”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > School
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“In particular, the South Pacific islands nations, where the average body mass indices for child and youth were estimated to be the highest of the world, 103 are missing, as well as countries from Central Asia and North Africa.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“the AHKGA Executive Committee for modifying and standardizing the benchmarks and grading rubric and leading this international initiative.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Acknowledgements
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“The behavioral score was adjusted for missing and incomplete grades.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“Moreover, this phenomenon may get worse with the economic growth and development of low, medium, and high HDI countries, and very high rates of noncommunicable diseases can be anticipated when the current generation of children and youth reaches adulthood unless a major shift to a more active lifestyle happens soon.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Integrated Discussion
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“As a result, the grades were informed by very different types of data across countries, and the Report Card work groups did not always have access to relevant quantitative data and, therefore, graded this indicator mostly based on expert opinion when required.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Government
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“In addition, the absence of choice (ie, children who have no other options than using active transportation regardless of safety and any other characteristics of the source of influence), child labor, and the cultural values attributed to physical activity and sports were not evaluated in this study.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“With the 49 countries participating and the 10 common indicators being graded by each participating country, the Global Matrix 3.0 represents the most comprehensive and meaningful comparison of the contexts of the physical activity of children and youth.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“In addition, the great variability of the data (eg, in terms of benchmark, measurement instrument, age range, sample size, quality, quantity) that were used to inform the grades was observed between the countries for each indicator, and in many cases, the available data did not permit the Report Card work groups to align strictly with the recommended benchmarks.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“The involvement of governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the development of some of the national Report Cards is a potential sign of a growing interest in the childhood physical inactivity crisis”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“Another limitation of the Global Matrix 3.0 was the lack of representativeness of some areas of the world and some specific child and youth populations.Indeed, the participation of a total of 49 countries or nations meant that most of the countries around the world were still missing.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“Furthermore, the disparities and inequities across gender, socioeconomic status, or urban versus rural dwelling were mentioned in only a handful of Report Card articles; thus, they were not analyzed or discussed in this study.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“The absence of statistically significant correlations between Overall Physical Activity and Organized Sport and Physical Activity, Active Play, and Active Transportation may have resulted from the fact that the physical activity dose related to these indicators was not measured.”
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“and potentially influencing the creation of physical activity opportunities in the future.23”
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“These findings aligned with the results of the previous Global Matrices 16,19 and reinforce the importance of income and gender equity for the physical activity and overall population health.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Community and Environment
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“The overall score was adjusted for missing and incomplete grades.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“Consequently, all the comparisons, correlations, and interpretations involving the grades are limited and should be interpreted with caution, as 2 identical grades for the same indicator can capture 2 very different contexts from one country to another.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“Internationally collaborative and collective efforts are needed to redirect the persisting trend of low physical activity and high sedentary behavior among children and youth worldwide.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“It is important to highlight that the overall concerning levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior among children and youth may be indicative of a global crisis.”
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“International research and surveillance gaps were also identified by the Global Matrix 3.0 and the Report Card initiatives.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“The source of influence score was adjusted for missing and incomplete grades.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“These estimates of sources of influence score are interpreted with a high degree of caution as they are likely imprecise estimates of sources of influence due to the level of missing data used to determine this score.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Conclusions
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“The absence of a relation between the source of influence indicators and Overall Physical Activity may suggest that a favorable physical and social environment is not enough to induce individual engagement in sufficient amounts of MVPA.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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“The low behavioral grades that were reported broadly in the Global Matrix 3.0 suggest that the government's efforts and physical activity policies are not reflected in an increase in the prevalence of MVPA among children and youth, and/or that there is an implementation gap between the strategy level (source of influence indicators) and individual level (behavioral indicators).”
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“The available evidence from this indicator suggests that the characteristics of the built environment potentially influencing the physical activity of children and youth are already favorable in the very high HDI countries, and that an increase of the grades for this indicator is expected with the further development of low, medium, and high HDI countries.”
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“Major strengths of this work include the large number of countries who adopted the harmonized Report Card development process and the quantity of data used to inform an international, comprehensive, and meaningful comparison of physical activity behaviors of children and youth.”
§ Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: Results and Analysis From 49 Countries > Strengths and Limitations
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The 49 participating countries are sufficiently representative of countries worldwide for the conclusion that child and youth physical activity is a global concern.
“The present study provides rich new evidence showing that the situation regarding the physical activity of children and youth is a concern worldwide.”
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The country-specific grades are sufficiently comparable across countries to support cross-country and HDI-group comparisons.
“The average grade for the low and medium HDI countries was”
“whereas both the high and very high HDI countries obtained an average of”
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HDI groupings are a meaningful basis for comparing physical activity grades across countries.
“A distinction was observed between the low and medium HDI countries and the 2 other HDI groupings.”
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No valid, internationally recognized instrument currently exists to measure how family and friends influence children's and youth's physical activity.
“however, the nature of this relationship is complex and no valid and internationally recognized instrument exists to measure the influence of family and friends on children and youth's physical activity at present.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Government can influence children's and youth's physical activity in multiple ways.
“Similar to the Community and Environment indicator, a government can potentially influence the physical activity level of children and youth in multiple ways.”
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A large number of built-environment characteristics could potentially influence children's and youth's physical activity.
“Given that a great number of characteristics could potentially influence the physical activity of children and youth, numerous benchmarks were proposed to evaluate this indicator.”
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There is no official standardized method for evaluating government influence on physical activity.
“As there is no official standardized method to evaluate this influence, the recommended benchmark for this indicator focused on evidence of leadership and commitment, allocated funds and resources, and demonstrated progress for the promotion of physical activity opportunities for all children and youth (Table 1).”
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The 49 countries included in the Global Matrix 3.0 are representative of children and youth worldwide.
“Internationally collaborative and collective efforts are needed to redirect the persisting trend of low physical activity and high sedentary behavior among children and youth worldwide.”
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“a large proportion of children and youth, including those living in low and middle-income countries, are either sedentary or not achieving recommended levels of physical activity.8–11”
From Physical activity and health in Chinese children and adolescents: expert consensus statement (2020) (2020) · cites this paper as [10]
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Four fee tiers are described as three
MinorThe sentence says there were three registration-fee tiers but lists four distinct fees, one for each HDI classification.
“Three different tiers of registration fees”
“($500 USD for the low HDI countries, $750 USD for the medium HDI countries, $1000 USD for the high HDI countries, and $1500 USD for the very high HDI countries)”
Community and Environment range excludes reported F grades
MinorThe section states that D- was the lowest Community and Environment grade, but the paper also says China received F for that indicator.
“The grades ranged from "D-" (Venezuela) to "A" (Sweden).”
“An "F" was assigned to 4 indicators (Overall Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors, Community and Environment, and Government)”
Botswana is not the highest on the reported Gini index
MinorThe text names Botswana's 60.5 as the highest Gini index, but Table 3 reports 63 for South Africa.
“The lowest Gini index (least income inequality) was observed in Slovenia (25.4) and the highest (greatest income inequality) in Botswana (60.5).”
“South Africa 0.666 12,087 8.5 0.394 57.7 10.3 63 64 62.4 91 46 86 3382”
Active Transportation average is reported as both D+ and C
MinorThe discussion calls the average D+, whereas Table 5 reports C, with a mean number grade of 8.3 that maps to C under the grading rubric.
“The average grade for this indicator was D+ and ranged from "F" (Chile) to "A-" (Japan, Nepal, and Zimbabwe).”
“| Active Transportation | 47 | 2 | 8.3 | 2.5 | C |”
The nonletter grades cannot all be INC
MinorThe reported 369 letter grades and 121 INC grades account for all 490 grades, but Qatar's Active Transportation grade is separately identified as "not applicable," not INC.
“A total of 490 grades, including 369 letter grades and 121 "INC" grades, were assigned by the 49 Report Card work groups.”
“A "not applicable" grade was assigned to Active Transportation by Qatar's Report Card work group because of unsafe road conditions and a hot climate during most of the year.45”
Qatar is not the highest on the reported gender inequality index
MinorThe text names Qatar's 0.542 as the highest gender inequality index, but the sociodemographic data give Ghana a higher value of 0.547.
“Qatar scored highest in the growth national income per capita ($129,916 USD) and the gender inequality index (0.542).”
“Ghana 0.579 3839 4.8 0.547 61.5 6.9 42.4”
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Pedišić, Ž., Strika, M., Matolić, T., Sorić, M., Šalaj, S. Š., Dujić, I., Rakovac, M., Radičević, B., Podnar, H., Greblo, Z., et al. (2023) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.2022-0500 · Cited by 16
Agyeman, S., & Alimo, P. K. (2024) · Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research · doi:10.1016/j.jcmr.2024.100033 · Cited by 7
Deslocamento ativo em adolescentes: prevalência e preditores associados ao trajeto casa-escola
Thuany, M., dos Santos, F. K., de Almeida, M. B., & Gomes, T. N. (2021) · Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde · doi:10.12820/rbafs.26e0203 · Cited by 7
da Costa, B. G. G., Bruner, B., Raymer, G. H., Benson, S. M. S., Chaput, J., McGoey, T., Rickwood, G., Robertson‐Wilson, J., Saunders, T. J., & Law, B. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1025444 · Cited by 7
“Although children are normally depicted with low PA levels in large, survey-based studies (Hallal et al., 2012; Aubert et al., 2018; Guthold et al., 2020), research with accelerometry has also observed MVPA levels above 60 min per day among pediatric populations (Camiletti-Moirón et al.”
BackgroundProtocol for national mental health guidelines for community sport in Australia
Liddelow, C., Schweickle, M. J., Sutcliffe, J., Swann, C., Keegan, R. J., Rice, S., Okely, A. D., & Vella, S. A. (2022) · BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine · doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001426 · Cited by 7
Benavente‐Marín, J. C., Barón-López, F. J., Barcenilla, B. G., Abril, G. L., Aguirre, J. M. R., Pérez‐Farinós, N., & Wärnberǵ, J. (2024) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.16990 · Cited by 9
Cassar, S., Salmon, J., Timperio, A. F., Powell, B. J., Gatta, J. D., Ma, J., & Koorts, H. (2024) · Translational Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1093/tbm/ibae042 · Cited by 7
“Despite the numerous health [1], financial [2], and environmental [3] benefits of physical activity in childhood, the majority of children worldwide are not meeting physical activity recommendations [4].”
BackgroundPhysical fitness as a predictor of reaction time in soccer-playing children
Santos, V., Casanova, N., Marconcin, P., Willig, R., Conti, J. V., Soares, D. P., & Flôres, F. S. (2025) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0320147 · Cited by 8
Abdeta, C., Teklemariam, Z., Deksisa, A., Abera, E., Ocansey, R. T.-A., & Okely, A. D. (2019) · Sports Medicine - Open · doi:10.1186/s40798-019-0229-5 · Cited by 7
“Active transportation % of children and youth who actively travel to and from places including school, friend’s house, mall, and park [6, 13] 2018”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialSelf-citationResults from Nepal’s 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
Subedi, N., Paudel, S., Nepal, S., Karki, A., Magar, M., Mehata, S., & Lee, E. (2020) · Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness · doi:10.1016/j.jesf.2020.02.001 · Cited by 7
Parker, K. E., Timperio, A. F., Salmon, J., Villanueva, K., Brown, H. L., Esteban‐Cornejo, I., Cabanas‐Sánchez, V., Castro‐Piñero, J., Sánchez‐Oliva, D., & Veiga, Ó. L. (2021) · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · doi:10.1111/sms.13927 · Cited by 6
“(3) consistently higher MVPA (18%); and (4) stable low MVPA and slight increase”
BackgroundMethodSpeer, K. E., McKune, A. J., Telford, R. M., Semple, S., Naumovski, N., OLIVE, L. S., & Telford, R. D. (2021) · Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism · doi:10.1139/apnm-2021-0207 · Cited by 7
Stracciolini, A., Berbert, L., Nohelty, E., Zwicker, R. L., Weller, E. A., Sugimoto, D., Myer, G. D., & Faigenbaum, A. D. (2022) · PM&R · doi:10.1002/pmrj.12794 · Cited by 9
“Furthermore, 49 working groups from countries throughout the world have assigned a grade of C +/D- to physical activity patterns for children worldwide.(27) Data from the United States indicate that only 24% of children 6 to 17 years of age participated in 60 minutes of physical activity every day.”
BackgroundValle-Muñoz, V. M., Vanaclocha-Amat, P., & Villa‐González, E. (2022) · Sportis Scientific Journal of School Sport Physical Education and Psychomotricity · doi:10.17979/sportis.2022.8.2.8955 · Cited by 10
Kalma, M., Mägi, K., Mäestu, E., Mooses, K., & Kull, M. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su14095484 · Cited by 7
Sheldrick, M. P. R., Maitland, C., Mackintosh, K. A., Rosenberg, M., Griffiths, L. J., Fry, R. J., & Stratton, G. (2022) · Pediatric Exercise Science · doi:10.1123/pes.2021-0174 · Cited by 7
Sugimoto, D., Stracciolini, A., Berbert, L., Nohelty, E., Kobelski, G. P., Parmeter, B., Weller, E. A., Faigenbaum, A. D., & Myer, G. D. (2023) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph20032552 · Cited by 8
“Physical inactivity is a global health concern [1,2], especially among children and adolescents [3,4], as it most often sets the trajectory of inadequate motor development [5,6] as well as other undesirable physical developments in adulthood [7–10].”
BackgroundA cross-sectional study of Canadian children's valuation of literacies across social contexts
Bremer, E., Jefferies, P., Cairney, J., & Kriellaars, D. J. (2023) · Frontiers in Sports and Active Living · doi:10.3389/fspor.2023.1125072 · Cited by 7
Clark, A. F., Thomas, M. K., Buttazzoni, A. N., Adams, M. D., Coen, S. E., Seabrook, J. A., Tobin, D., Tucker, P., & Gilliland, J. (2023) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph20105874 · Cited by 6
“Increased childhood physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are growing public health concerns in many countries across the globe [1,2].”
BackgroundValentini, N. C., de Souza, P. S., de Souza, M. S., & Nobre, G. C. (2023) · Frontiers in Pediatrics · doi:10.3389/fped.2023.1202488 · Cited by 7
Godoy-Cumillaf, A. E. R., Fuentes-Merino, P., Giakoni-Ramírez, F., Bastías, D. M. D., Bruneau-Chávez, J., & Merellano-Navarro, E. (2024) · Children · doi:10.3390/children11010137 · Cited by 11
“In this sense, physical activity interventions applied from an early age are a means of preventing childhood obesity and are more effective when implemented in a school setting [27–29].”
BackgroundKehoe, S. H., Krishnaveni, G. V., Veena, S. R., Kiran, K. N., Karat, S. C., Dhubey, A., Coakley, P., & Fall, C. H. D. (2019) · BMC Pediatrics · doi:10.1186/s12887-019-1855-2 · Cited by 7
Jimenez-Garcia, J. A., Hong, C. K., Miller, M. B., et al. (2020) · Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science · doi:10.1080/1091367x.2020.1793344 · Cited by 7
“Levels of PA in youth decreased over the past decade, and epidemiological data show that more than 80% of adolescents aged 11–17 years worldwide do not meet the minimum daily PA recommendations (Aubert et al., 2018).”
BackgroundEditorial: Monitoring and Promoting Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Children
Popovic, S. R., Sarmento, H., Demetriou, Y., & Marques, A. (2021) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.633457 · Cited by 6
“However, a high percentage of children and adolescents in industrialized countries lead a sedentary lifestyle (4).”
BackgroundSelf-citationAn, M., Tanaka, R., Hirota, N., Sasai, T., Takahashi, H., Ogawa, Y., Horai, S., Inoue, M., Rakwal, R., & Kato, T. (2023) · International Journal of Developmental Disabilities · doi:10.1080/20473869.2022.2161987 · Cited by 6
“According to the Global Matrix 2.0 and 3.0 (Aubert et al. 2018, Tremblay et al. 2016), there is ‘ new evidence showing that the situation regarding the PA of children and youth is a concern worldwide ’ .”
InfluentialTransformEd: an innovative model to support professional growth of pre-service teachers
Lander, N., Mazzoli, E., Orr, J., Verswijveren, S. J. J. M., Ayala, A. M. C., Brown, T. D., & Muir, T. (2025) · Teaching Education · doi:10.1080/10476210.2025.2462312 · Cited by 5
“Despite the benefits, many children worldwide do not meet the recommendation of an average of 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day (Aubert et al., 2018; Bull et al., 2020; Guthold et al., 2020).”
López-Pérez, M., Pávez-Adasme, G., Olate-Pastén, Y., & Gómez-Álvarez, N. (2024) · Ciencias de la actividad física · doi:10.29035/rcaf.25.1.12 · Cited by 10
Demchenko, I., Aubert, S., & Tremblay, M. S. (2025) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.2024-0513 · Cited by 6
Self-citationMahendra, A., Budiman, D., Stephani, M. R., Suntoda, A., Budiana, D., Lubay, L. H., Slamet, S., Sumarno, G., Wibowo, R., Putri, W. E., et al. (2020) · TEGAR Journal of Teaching Physical Education in Elementary School · doi:10.17509/tegar.v4i1.28971 · Cited by 6
Gundersen, H. S., Harris, A., Grendstad, H., et al. (2022) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0273472 · Cited by 6
“Organized sport is one of the most popular forms of leisure-time activities worldwide, and at least one-third of children and adolescents are participating in one or more sports in most countries [1].”
BackgroundMeerits, P.-R., Tilga, H., & Koka, A. (2022) · Methods and Protocols · doi:10.3390/mps5050083 · Cited by 9
Silva, D. A. S., & da Silva, C. F. (2022) · Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly · doi:10.1123/apaq.2022-0057 · Cited by 6
2022 Para Report Card on Physical Activity of Israeli Children and Adolescents With Disabilities
Hutzler, Y. S., Tesler, R., Gilad, A., et al. (2022) · Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly · doi:10.1123/apaq.2022-0070 · Cited by 6
“Grading was based on percentage ranges proposed in the Global Matrix rubric (Aubert et al., 2018).”
MethodMental Health Literacy Workshop for Youth Sport Coaches: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study
Drew, B. J., Sutcliffe, J., Liddle, S. K., Bruner, M. W., McLaren, C. D., Swann, C., Schweickle, M. J., & Vella, S. A. (2022) · International Sport Coaching Journal · doi:10.1123/iscj.2021-0086 · Cited by 9
Ricour, M., Bosscher, V. D., & Shibli, S. (2023) · International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics · doi:10.1080/19406940.2022.2161595 · Cited by 6
López-Morales, J., Solano, M. E. U., García-Taibo, O., & Baena‐Morales, S. (2023) · Retos · doi:10.47197/retos.v48.93287 · Cited by 7
Wongsingha, N., Widyastari, D. A., Chokthananukoon, B., Rasri, N., & Katewongsa, P. (2023) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-023-16690-9 · Cited by 6
“In the final stage, we developed a grading scheme ( A to F ) and adopting the Global Matrix 3.0 [28] as overall investment evaluation.”
MethodInfluentialMendoza-Muñoz, M., Castillo-Paredes, A., Bermejo, L. M., Pérez‐Gómez, J., Adsuar, J. C., Brazo‐Sayavera, J., & Pastor-Cisneros, R. (2023) · Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness · doi:10.1016/j.jesf.2023.10.005 · Cited by 6
Self-citationJin, Y., Carson, V., Pabayo, R., Spence, J. C., Tremblay, M. S., & Lee, E. (2019) · Journal of Transport & Health · doi:10.1016/j.jth.2019.100588 · Cited by 6
Physical activity and screen time among children and adolescents in Kazakhstan
Ng, K., Abdrakhmanova, S., & Adayeva, A. (2019) · Exercise and Quality of Life · doi:10.31382/eqol.191202 · Cited by 6
“Despite these detrimental health consequences from physical inactivity and excessive TV viewing, between 27- 33% of children globally are physically active and 34- 39% spend less than 2h of recreational screen time per day (Aubert et al., 2018).”
BackgroundInfluentialMosha, M., Kasagama, E., Ayieko, P., Todd, J., Msuya, S. E., Grosskurth, H., & Filteau, S. (2020) · AAS Open Research · doi:10.12688/aasopenres.13118.1 · Cited by 6
Expectancy-Value Model Related to Physical Activity Behaviors in Chilean and Spanish Adolescents
Gallardo, L. O., Sos, A. A., & Doña, A. M. (2020) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph17218219 · Cited by 6
“[3], in a large global study conducted in 49 countries with young people aged 5 to 17, indicated that PA levels had a “low/poor” average value, which corresponds to between 27% and 33% of compliance with the recommendations for children and adolescents.”
BackgroundGråstén, A., Huhtiniemi, M., Hakonen, H., & Jaakkola, T. T. (2021) · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · doi:10.1111/sms.14056 · Cited by 6
“Contrary to expectations, 1,5 the stable development of MVPA in all three fitness profiles over three years was clearly a positive finding, especially as the data collection period included the transition from elementary to secondary school.”
BackgroundAssociations of muscular fitness and body composition in children
Slotte, S., Kukkonen-Harjula, K. T., Rinne, M. B., Valtonen, J. O., & Rintala, P. (2021) · Early Child Development and Care · doi:10.1080/03004430.2021.1982928 · Cited by 6
“Furthermore, declines in physical activity (PA) and physical fitness have also been observed (Aubert et al., 2018; Fühner, Kliegl, Arntz, Kriemler, & Granacher, 2021; Tomkinson & Olds, 2007; Tremblay et al., 2010).”
BackgroundBizzozero‐Peroni, B., Fernández-Giménez, S., Pintos-Toledo, E., Hidalgo, C. A. C., Goñi, V. D., & Brazo‐Sayavera, J. (2022) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.954621 · Cited by 5
Self-citationParent-Reported Changes in Ontario Children’s Physical Activity Levels during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Szpunar, M., Bourke, M., Vanderloo, L. M., Bruijns, B. A., Truelove, S., Burke, S. M., Gilliland, J., Irwin, J. D., & Tucker, P. (2023) · Children · doi:10.3390/children10020221 · Cited by 6
“These low levels of physical activity are not unique to Canada; globally, approximately only one-third of children between the ages of 5–17 years are achieving their respective national physical activity guidelines [14].”
BackgroundResults from Lebanon’s 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
Nader, P. A., Majed, L., Sayegh, S., Hadla, R., Borgi, C., Hawa, Z., Mattar, L., Fares, E.-J., Chamieh, M. C., Habib-Mourad, C., et al. (2018) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.2018-0461 · Cited by 6
Self-citationVirgara, R., Maher, C. A., Lewis, L. K., Phillips, A., Wolfenden, L., Okely, A. D., Beets, M. W., Richardson, M., & Baldock, K. L. (2019) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd013380 · Cited by 6
Health-Related Factors in Rural and Urban Mexican Adolescents: The HELENA-MEX StudyPreprint
Rivera-Ochoa, M., Brazo‐Sayavera, J., Vizmanos-Lamotte, B., et al. (2020) · Preprints.org · doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0052.v1 · Cited by 6
“International initiatives like the HELENA study [7], developed in Europe, or the more recent one, Global Matrix [8], that integrates an important © 2020 by the author(s).”
MethodSelf-citationPinilla-Quintana, I., Martín-Moraleda, E., Romero, C., et al. (2024) · Journal of Transport & Health · doi:10.1016/j.jth.2024.101889 · Cited by 5
Mandic, S., Khan, A., Bengoechea, E. G., Coppell, K. J., Spence, J. C., & Smith, M. (2024) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-024-17688-7 · Cited by 5
“Insufficient physical activity (PA) [3], high screen time (ST) [3], and unhealthy dietary patterns [4, 5] were reported in adolescents from developed countries prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
BackgroundAraújo, R. H. D. O., da Silva, D. R. P., Gomes, T. N., et al. (2021) · Motriz Revista de Educação Física · doi:10.1590/s1980-657420210000159 · Cited by 5
Jackline, N., Reilly, J. J., & Janssen, X. (2020) · African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences (AJPHES) · doi:10.37597/ajphes.2020.26.4.1 · Cited by 5
A realist case study inquiry of English primary school physical activity initiatives
Defever, E., Randall, V., & Jones, M. A. (2021) · Sport Education and Society · doi:10.1080/13573322.2021.1980779 · Cited by 10
“0 study indicated overall PA around the world was graded between D+ and C− (low/poor grade, (Aubert et al., 2018).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialMachado‐Rodrigues, A. M., Rodrigues, D., Gama, A., Nogueira, H. G. D. S. M., Silva, R., Mascarenhas, L. P. G., & Padez, C. M. P. (2021) · Minerva Pediatrics · doi:10.23736/s2724-5276.21.06584-8 · Cited by 5
Akkaya, E. E., Güneş, B., & Mirzeoğlu, A. D. (2022) · TED EĞİTİM VE BİLİM · doi:10.15390/eb.2022.11194 · Cited by 5
Gómez‐Baya, D., Sarmento, H., Nicoletti, J. A., & Moro, F. J. G. (2022) · European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education · doi:10.3390/ejihpe12080075 · Cited by 9
Irish Para Report Card on Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents With Disabilities
Ng, K., Healy, S., O’Brien, W., et al. (2022) · Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly · doi:10.1123/apaq.2022-0074 · Cited by 5
Kemerytė-Ivanauskienė, E., Brandišauskienė, A., Česnavičienė, J., & Daugirdienė, A. (2022) · Physical Education Theory and Methodology · doi:10.17309/tmfv.2022.4.10 · Cited by 7
“Research reveals that only 10 percent of children meet these recommendations for physical activity (Aubert et al., 2018).”
BackgroundBedard, C., Timmons, B. W., & Ferro, M. A. (2023) · Frontiers in Pediatrics · doi:10.3389/fped.2023.920629 · Cited by 5
“Unfortunately, 67%–80% of children worldwide do not meet these recommendations (7, 8).”
BackgroundHomeyer, D., Memaran, N., Kück, M., Grams, L., von der Born, J., Bauer, E., Schwalba, M., Kerling, A., von Maltzahn, N., Albrecht, A. A., et al. (2023) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph20064764 · Cited by 5
“Children and adolescents do not exercise sufficiently [1,2].”
BackgroundUptake of a Universal Sports Subsidy Program for School-Aged Children: A Population Data Analysis
Curtis, R., Crisp, M., Licari, S., Virgara, R., Simpson, C. E. M., & Maher, C. A. (2023) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.2022-0204 · Cited by 5
Hall, A. E., Lane, C., Wolfenden, L., Wiggers, J. H., Sutherland, R., McCarthy, N., Jackson, R., Shoesmith, A., Lecathelinais, C., Reeves, P., et al. (2023) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-023-01498-y · Cited by 4
“International evidence suggests that for many countries less than 65% of children meet such guidelines [2, 3].”
BackgroundMethodResults from the 2022 Mexican report card on physical activity for children and adolescents
Argumedo, G., y Taylor, J. R. L., Brunel, J. O., Gaytán-González, A., González-Casanova, I., Villalobos, ́. F. G., Jáuregui, A., Jáuregui-Ulloa, E. E., Medina, C., Miranda, Y. S. P., et al. (2024) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1304719 · Cited by 5
Self-citationAguilar-Farías, N., Miranda-Marquez, S., Toledo-Vargas, M., et al. (2024) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.2024-0073 · Cited by 5
Self-citationCelebrating a decade of the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance and its Global Matrix initiative
Morrison, S. A., Aubert, S., Brazo‐Sayavera, J., et al. (2024) · British Journal of Sports Medicine · doi:10.1136/bjsports-2024-108984 · Cited by 5
Self-citationBreau, B., Brandes, B., Wright, M. N., et al. (2021) · Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour · doi:10.1123/jmpb.2020-0065 · Cited by 5
Fröberg, A., Kjellenberg, K., Lindroos, A. K., & Nyberg, G. (2021) · Acta Paediatrica · doi:10.1111/apa.16077 · Cited by 5
“This question had the following response alternatives (1) participating in vigorous exercise or sports competition continuously and several times, (2) participating in sports such as soccer, swimming or active games for at least four hours, (3) walking, cycling or other light activities such as games, skateboarding or…”
MethodAre There Common Correlates of Adolescents’ Sport Participation and Screen Time?
Parker, K. E., Brown, H. L., & Salmon, J. (2022) · Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport · doi:10.1080/02701367.2021.1998305 · Cited by 4
A call for action on alarming road traffic injuries in Africa
Alimo, P. K., Agyeman, S., Sumo, P. D., Bouraima, M. B., & Lartey‐Young, G. (2022) · International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion · doi:10.1080/17457300.2022.2067184 · Cited by 5
“Similarly, Zimbabwe has very high physical activity and active transportation (Aubert et al., 2018; Manyanga et al., 2018) but has the highest mortality rate.”
BackgroundGråstén, A., Kolunsarka, I., Huhtiniemi, M., & Jaakkola, T. T. (2022) · Psychology of sport and exercise · doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102279 · Cited by 6
Burton, A. M., Eisenmann, J. C., Cowburn, I. H. J., Lloyd, R. S., & Till, K. (2022) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0277040 · Cited by 8
“Indeed, this could explain poor health and fitness secular trends of youth [16], including increased dropout from organised sports [17, 18], a reduction in youth meeting physical activity guidelines [19] and increasing levels of obesity [20].”
BackgroundResistance training effects on pubertal children with a risk of developing pediatric dynapenia
Ruas, C. V., Ratel, S., Nosaka, K., Castellano, G., & Pinto, R. S. (2024) · European Journal of Applied Physiology · doi:10.1007/s00421-024-05436-z · Cited by 6
“Twelve pubertal children (7 boys and 5 girls) from southern Brazil who had not performed any RT and had never been engaged in any other structured exercise/training program participated in the study.”
BackgroundResultInfluentialZhu, X., Lin, J., Cai, F., & Yan, Y. (2025) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-025-22859-1 · Cited by 10
“Aubert et al. [6, 7] further support this moderating effect by demonstrating that motivational factors strongly influence physical activity levels across various demographic groups.”
Development of a physical literacy consensus statement for Chile: study protocol
Cárcamo-Oyarzún, J., Gutiérrez, C. R., Alvear, L. H., Delgado‐Floody, P., Ferbol, C., Díaz-Alvarado, M., Cumilef-Bustamante, P., Martínez-López, N., Guarda-Saavedra, P., Candia-Cabrera, P., et al. (2025) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1554070 · Cited by 7
Atkin, A. J., Sherar, L. B., Ekelund, U., Hansen, B. H., Andersen, L. B., Anderssen, S. A., Kriemler, S., Kwon, S., Kristensen, P. L., Wedderkopp, N., et al. (2025) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327394 · Cited by 10
“Surveillance data, however, indicate that a substantial proportion of children and adolescents do not attain the minimum recommended levels of physical activity [3–5].”
Araújo, R. H. D. O., Barboni, A. R., da Silva, D. R. P., et al. (2021) · Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População · doi:10.20947/s0102-3098a0174 · Cited by 4
Madsen, E. E., Krustrup, P., Hansen, T., Aggestrup, C. S., Ntoumanis, N., Larsen, C. H., Pfeffer, K., Ivarsson, A., Ryom, K., Larsen, M. N., et al. (2022) · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · doi:10.1111/sms.14236 · Cited by 5
da Silva, J. I., Andrade, A. C. D. S., & Muraro, A. P. (2024) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.2022-0645 · Cited by 10
“18 Income inequalities are associated with lower levels of physical activity 34,35 and the availability of green areas and public spaces.”
BackgroundMalina, R. M., Antunes, A. M., Gouveia, É. R., Marques, G., Thomis, M. A., & Freitas, D. L. (2024) · Annals of Human Biology · doi:10.1080/03014460.2024.2427590 · Cited by 4
“…2001, 2013; Jurbala 2015) and is a component of the internationally applied “physical activity report Card” (tremblay et al. 2014, 2016, 2022; aubert et al. 2018). data addressing the growth and maturity status of youth participants and non-participants in sport 7–10 years of age are…”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Aubert, S., Barnes, J. D., Abdeta, C., Abi Nader, P., Adeniyi, A. F., Aguilar-Farias, N., Andrade Tenesaca, D. S., Bhawra, J., Brazo-Sayavera, J., Cardon, G., Chang, C.-K., Delisle Nyström, C., Demetriou, Y., Draper, C. E., Edwards, L., Emeljanovas, A., Gába, A., Galaviz, K. I., González, S. A., Herrera-Cuenca, M., Huang, W. Y., Ibrahim, I. A. E., Jürimäe, J., Kämppi, K., Katapally, T. R., Katewongsa, P., Katzmarzyk, P. T., Khan, A., Korcz, A., Kim, Y. S., Lambert, E., Lee, E.-Y., Löf, M., Loney, T., López-Taylor, J., Liu, Y., Makaza, D., Manyanga, T., Mileva, B., Morrison, S. A., Mota, J., Nyawornota, V. K., Ocansey, R., Reilly, J. J., Roman-Viñas, B., Silva, D. A. S., Saonuam, P., Scriven, J., Seghers, J., Schranz, N., Skovgaard, T., Smith, M., Standage, M., Starc, G., Stratton, G., Subedi, N., Takken, T., Tammelin, T., Tanaka, C., Thivel, D., Tladi, D., Tyler, R., Uddin, R., Williams, A., Wong, S. H. S., Wu, C.-L., Zembura, P., & Tremblay, M. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Ibadan (NG)
- Universidad de Guadalajara (MX)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- Lithuanian Sports University (LT)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Haramaya University (ET)
- Corresponding author
- Tremblay, Mark S.
- ORCID
- Aubert, Salomé
- Barnes, Joel D.
- Abdeta, Chalchisa
- Adeniyi, Ade F.
- Bhawra, Jasmin
- Cardon, Greet
- Chang, Chen-Kang
- Demetriou, Yolanda
- Draper, Catherine E.
- Edwards, Lowri
- Gába, Aleš
- Galaviz, Karla I.
- González, Silvia A.
- Jürimäe, Jaak
- Kämppi, Katariina
- Katapally, Tarun R.
- Katewongsa, Piyawat
- Katzmarzyk, Peter T.
- Khan, Asaduzzaman
- Korcz, Agata
- Kim, Yeon Soo
- Lambert, Estelle
- Lee, Eun-Young
- Löf, Marie
- Loney, Tom
- Liu, Yang
- Makaza, Daga
- Manyanga, Taru
- Morrison, Shawnda A.
- Mota, Jorge
- Nyawornota, Vida K.
- Reilly, John J.
- Silva, Diego Augusto Santos
- Saonuam, Pairoj
- Seghers, Jan
- Schranz, Natasha
- Skovgaard, Thomas
- Smith, Melody
- Standage, Martyn
- Starc, Gregor
- Stratton, Gareth
- Subedi, Narayan
- Takken, Tim
- Tammelin, Tuija
- Tanaka, Chiaki
- Thivel, David
- Tladi, Dawn
- Tyler, Richard
- Uddin, Riaz
- Wong, Stephen H.S.
- Wu, Ching-Lin
- Zembura, Paweł
- Tremblay, Mark S.
- Venue
- Journal of Physical Activity and Health
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2018-01-02
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- s2
- Pages
- S251-S273
- ISSN
- 1543-3080 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-5474
- OpenAlex
- W2902173239
- Semantic Scholar
- 137a4b4daaee0814f91026b2a8a54c2023e26f9b
- Cited by
- 799
- References
- 86
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 105 · 2023: 72 · 2022: 153 · 2021: 160 · 2020: 157 · 2019: 66 · 2018: 7
- FWCI
- 66.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Physical Activity and Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde) (submittedVersion)
- Repositorio Institucional (Universidad de Cuenca) (submittedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
- Edge Hill University Research Information Repository (Edge Hill University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Pure (University of Bath) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Cardiff Metropolitan Research Repository (Cardiff Metropolitan University) (submittedVersion)
- ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Recreational Sport and Physical Activity
- Keywords
- children's physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, Human Development Index, cross-national comparison, physical activity opportunities, public health interventions
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Exercise, Research Report
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