TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Global Matrix 3.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Youth: results and analysis from 49 countries
JO  - Journal of physical activity and health
A1  - Aubert, Salomé
A1  - Barnes, Joel D.
A1  - Abdeta, Chalchisa
A1  - Abi Nader, Patrick
A1  - Adeniyi, Ade F.
A1  - Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas
A1  - Andrade Tenesaca, Dolores S.
A1  - Bhawra, Jasmin
A1  - Brazo-Sayavera, Javier
A1  - Cardon, Greet
A1  - Chang, Chen-Kang
A1  - Delisle Nyström, Christine
A1  - Demetriou, Yolanda
A1  - Draper, Catherine E.
A1  - Edwards, Lowri
A1  - Emeljanovas, Arunas
A1  - Gába, Aleš
A1  - Galaviz, Karla I.
A1  - González, Silvia A.
A1  - Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella
A1  - Huang, Wendy Y.
A1  - Ibrahim, Izzeldin A. E.
A1  - Jürimäe, Jaak
A1  - Kämppi, Katariina
A1  - Katapally, Tarun R.
A1  - Katewongsa, Piyawat
A1  - Katzmarzyk, Peter T.
A1  - Khan, Asaduzzaman
A1  - Korcz, Agata
A1  - Kim, Yeon Soo
A1  - Lambert, Estelle
A1  - Lee, Eun-Young
A1  - Löf, Marie
A1  - Loney, Tom
A1  - López-Taylor, Juan
A1  - Liu, Yang
A1  - Makaza, Daga
A1  - Manyanga, Taru
A1  - Mileva, Bilyana
A1  - Morrison, Shawnda A.
A1  - Mota, Jorge
A1  - Nyawornota, Vida K.
A1  - Ocansey, Reginald
A1  - Reilly, John J.
A1  - Román-Viñas, Blanca
A1  - Silva, Diego Augusto Santos
A1  - Saonuam, Pairoj
A1  - Scriven, John
A1  - Seghers, Jan
A1  - Schranz, Natasha
A1  - Skovgaard, Thomas
A1  - Smith, Melody
A1  - Standage, Martyn
A1  - Starc, Gregor
A1  - Stratton, Gareth
A1  - Subedi, Narayan
A1  - Takken, Tim
A1  - Tammelin, Tuija
A1  - Tanaka, Chiaki
A1  - Thivel, David
A1  - Tladi, Dawn
A1  - Tyler, Richard
A1  - Uddin, Riaz
A1  - Williams, Alun
A1  - Wong, Stephen H. S.
A1  - Wu, Ching-Lin
A1  - Zembura, Paweł
A1  - Tremblay, Mark S.
SP  - S251
EP  - S273
VL  - 15
IS  - S2
N2  - 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. <br><br>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). <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1543-3080
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2018-0472
ID  - ref1
ER  -