@article{ref1,
title="Results From England's 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth",
journal="Journal of physical activity and health",
year="2014",
author="Standage, Martyn and Wilkie, Hannah J. and Jago, Russell and Foster, Charlie and Goad, Mary A. and Cumming, Sean P.",
volume="11",
number="",
pages="S45-50",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The Active Healthy Kids 2014 England Report Card aims to provide a systematic assessment of how England is performing in relation to engaging and facilitating physical activity (PA) in children and young people. <br><br>METHODS: The systematic methods and processes that underpin the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card were used and adapted. Data and evidence were consolidated, reviewed by a panel of content experts, and used to inform the assignment of letter grades (A, B, C, D, F) to 9 core indicators related to PA. <br><br>RESULTS: Children's Overall Physical Activity received a grade of C/D. Active Transportation and Organized Sport Participation received grades of C and C-, respectively. The indicators of School and Community and the Built Environment were graded favorable with grades of A- and B, respectively. Active Play, Sedentary Behaviors, Family and Peers, and Government Strategies and Investments were graded as INC (incomplete) due to a lack of nationally representative data and/or as a result of data not mapping onto the benchmarks used to assign the grades. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Substantial provision for PA opportunities in England exists. Yet more effort is required to maximize use of these resources to increase PA participation.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-3080",
doi="10.1123/jpah.2014-0165",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0165"
}