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Authors: Mark S. Tremblay* Silvia A. Gonzalez* Peter T. Katzmarzyk* Vincent O. Onywera* John J. Reilly* Grant Tomkinson.
Introduction to the Global Matrix 2.0: Report Card Grades on the Physical Activity of Children and Youth Comparing 38 Countries
Active Healthy Kids Canada prepared and released a Report
Card on the Physical Activity of Children and Youth
every year
between 2005 and 2014 in an effort to “power the movement to
get kids moving” in Canada. This instrument was shown to be very
effective at stimulating efforts to improve childhood physical activ
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ity
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and requests were received from many countries to replicate the
Report Card in other jurisdictions. To facilitate this, in 2014 Active
Healthy Kids Canada hosted a
Global Summit on the Physical
Activity of Children
in Toronto, Canada.
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The Summit welcomed
more than 750 delegates from 32 countries. The highlight of The
Summit was the release of the 10
th
Anniversary Active Healthy
Kids Canada Report Card
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that compared grades on 9 report card
indicators (overall physical activity; organized sport participation;
active transportation; active play; sedentary behavior; family and
peers; school; community and the build environment; government
strategies and investments) across 15 countries (Australia, Canada,
Colombia, England, Finland, Ghana, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico,
Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Scotland, South Africa, United
States of America) using a harmonized data gathering and grading
framework.
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The resulting
Global Matrix
provided a compre-
hensive overview of the “state of the nation” of each participating
country, assessing how they were succeeding in providing physical
activity opportunities for children and youth, while also providing
a forum for international comparisons and shared learning.
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