Global Matrix 4.0 physical activity report card grades for children and adolescents: Results and analyses from 57 countries

on behalf of Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance; Salomé Aubert; Joel D. Barnes; Iryna Demchenko; Myranda Hawthorne; Chalchisa Abdeta; Patrick Abi Nader; José Carmelo Adsuar Sala; Nicolas Aguilar-farias; Susana Aznar; Peter Bakalár; Jasmin Bhawra; Javier Brazo-sayavera; Mikel Bringas; Jonathan Y. Cagas; Angela Carlin; Chen-kang Chang; Bozhi Chen; Lars Breum Christiansen; Candice Jo-anne Christie; Gabriela Fernanda De Roia; Christine Delisle Nyström; Yolanda Demetriou; Visnja Djordjic; Arunas Emeljanovas; Liri Findling Endy; Aleš Gába; Karla I. Galaviz; Silvia A. González; Kylie D. Hesketh; Wendy Yajun Huang; Omphile Hubona; Justin Y. Jeon; Danijel Jurakić; Jaak Jürimäe; Tarun Reddy Katapally; Piyawat Katewongsa; Peter T. Katzmarzyk; Yeon-soo Kim; Estelle Victoria Lambert; Eun-young Lee; Sharon Levi; Pablo Lobo; Marie Löf; Tom Loney; José Francisco López-gil; Juan López-taylor; Evelin Mäestu; Agus Mahendra; Daga Makaza; Marie H. Murphy

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Global Matrix 4.0 physical activity report card grades for children and adolescents: Results and analyses from 57 countries

on behalf of Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Salomé Aubert, Joel D. Barnes, Iryna Demchenko, Myranda Hawthorne, Chalchisa Abdeta, Patrick Abi Nader, José Carmelo Adsuar Sala, Nicolas Aguilar-farias, Susana Aznar, Peter Bakalár, Jasmin Bhawra, Javier Brazo-sayavera, Mikel Bringas, Jonathan Y. Cagas, Angela Carlin, Chen-kang Chang, Bozhi Chen, Lars Breum Christiansen, Candice Jo-anne ChristieGabriela Fernanda De Roia, Christine Delisle Nyström, Yolanda Demetriou, Visnja Djordjic, Arunas Emeljanovas, Liri Findling Endy, Aleš Gába, Karla I. Galaviz, Silvia A. González, Kylie D. Hesketh, Wendy Yajun Huang, Omphile Hubona, Justin Y. Jeon, Danijel Jurakić, Jaak Jürimäe, Tarun Reddy Katapally, Piyawat Katewongsa, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Yeon-soo Kim, Estelle Victoria Lambert, Eun-young Lee, Sharon Levi, Pablo Lobo, Marie Löf, Tom Loney, José Francisco López-gil, Juan López-taylor, Evelin Mäestu, Agus Mahendra, Daga Makaza, Marie H. Murphy

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Background: The Global Matrix 4.0 on physical activity (PA) for children and adolescents was developed to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the global variation in children’s and adolescents’ (5–17 y) PA, related measures, and key sources of influence. The objectives of this article were (1) to summarize the findings from the Global Matrix 4.0 Report Cards, (2) to compare indicators across countries, and (3) to explore trends related to the Human Development Index and geo-cultural regions. Methods: A total of 57 Report Card teams followed a harmonized process to grade the 10 common PA indicators. An online survey was conducted to collect Report Card Leaders’ top 3 priorities for each PA indicator and their opinions on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted child and adolescent PA indicators in their country. Results: Overall Physical Activity was the indicator with the lowest global average grade (D), while School and Community and Environment were the indicators with the highest global average grade (C+). An overview of the global situation in terms of surveillance and prevalence is provided for all 10 common PA indicators, followed by priorities and examples to support the development of strategies and policies internationally. Conclusions: The Global Matrix 4.0 represents the largest compilation of children’s and adolescents’ PA indicators to date. While variation in data sources informing the grades across countries was observed, this initiative highlighted low PA levels in children and adolescents globally. Measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, local/international conflicts, climate change, and economic change threaten to worsen this situation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	700-728
Number of pages	29
Journal	Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Volume	19
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2022-0456
Publication status	Published - 22 Oct 2022

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physical education
active transport
sedentary behaviors
surveillance
sport
youth
Health Promotion/methods
humans
pandemics/prevention & control
COVID-19/epidemiology
exercise
adolescent
research report
health policy
child

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Alliance, O. B. O. A. H. K. G., Aubert, S., Barnes, J. D., Demchenko, I., Hawthorne, M., Abdeta, C., Abi Nader, P., Adsuar Sala, J. C., Aguilar-farias, N., Aznar, S., Bakalár, P., Bhawra, J., Brazo-sayavera, J., Bringas, M., Cagas, J. Y., Carlin, A., Chang, C., Chen, B., Christiansen, L. B., ... Murphy, M. H. (2022). Global Matrix 4.0 physical activity report card grades for children and adolescents: Results and analyses from 57 countries. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 19(11), 700-728. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2022-0456

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Global Matrix 4.0 physical activity report card grades for children and adolescents: Results and analyses from 57 countries. / Alliance, on behalf of Active Healthy Kids Global; Aubert, Salomé; Barnes, Joel D. et al.
In: Journal of Physical Activity and Health, Vol. 19, No. 11, 22.10.2022, p. 700-728.

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AU - Alliance, on behalf of Active Healthy Kids Global

AU - Aubert, Salomé

AU - Barnes, Joel D.

AU - Demchenko, Iryna

AU - Hawthorne, Myranda

AU - Abdeta, Chalchisa

AU - Abi Nader, Patrick

AU - Adsuar Sala, José Carmelo

AU - Aguilar-farias, Nicolas

AU - Aznar, Susana

AU - Bakalár, Peter

AU - Bhawra, Jasmin

AU - Brazo-sayavera, Javier

AU - Bringas, Mikel

AU - Cagas, Jonathan Y.

AU - Carlin, Angela

AU - Chang, Chen-kang

AU - Chen, Bozhi

AU - Christiansen, Lars Breum

AU - Christie, Candice Jo-anne

AU - De Roia, Gabriela Fernanda

AU - Delisle Nyström, Christine

AU - Demetriou, Yolanda

AU - Djordjic, Visnja

AU - Emeljanovas, Arunas

AU - Findling Endy, Liri

AU - Gába, Aleš

AU - Galaviz, Karla I.

AU - González, Silvia A.

AU - Hesketh, Kylie D.

AU - Huang, Wendy Yajun

AU - Hubona, Omphile

AU - Jeon, Justin Y.

AU - Jurakić, Danijel

AU - Jürimäe, Jaak

AU - Katapally, Tarun Reddy

AU - Katewongsa, Piyawat

AU - Katzmarzyk, Peter T.

AU - Kim, Yeon-soo

AU - Lambert, Estelle Victoria

AU - Lee, Eun-young

AU - Levi, Sharon

AU - Lobo, Pablo

AU - Löf, Marie

AU - Loney, Tom

AU - López-gil, José Francisco

AU - López-taylor, Juan

AU - Mäestu, Evelin

AU - Mahendra, Agus

AU - Makaza, Daga

AU - Murphy, Marie H.

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