Physical Activity of Children: A Global Matrix of Grades Comparing 15 Countries

Tremblay, Mark S.; Gray, Casey; Akinroye, Kingsley; Harrington, Deirdre M.; Katzmarzyk, Peter T.; Lambert, Estelle V.; Liukkonen, Jarmo; Maddison, Ralph; Ocansey, Reginald T-A.; Onywera, Vincent; Prista, António; Reilly, John J.; Martinez, María del Pilar Rodriguez; Sarmiento, Olga L.; Standage, Martyn; Tomkinson, Grant R.

doi:10.1123/jpah.11.s1.s113

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“…The 2016 Portuguese Report Card is the first assessment of PA and includes 9 indicators of PA as suggested in the Canadian model 5 : Overall Physical Activity Levels, Organized Sport Participation, …”

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“…5 The sources and availability of evidence were discussed. The group decided that there was sufficient evidence to proceed with the report card.…”

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“…Grades were assigned to each PA indicator based on estimates of the proportion of children and adolescents that were meeting a specified benchmark or guideline as described elsewhere. 5 The steering committee developed an idea for the cover of the Portuguese Report Card. Potential ideas were presented at the indicator and grade assignment meetings, and a decision was made during the last meeting.…”

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“…16 However, this indicator is very difficult to examine based on a lack of empirical data adhering to the grading framework. 5 Indeed, familial determinants and correlates of sport and physical activity were not systematically studied in national representative surveys. Available data were obtained from the Eurobarometer 2014, 3 where it was pointed out that 9% of adults in Portugal reported that they engaged in vigorous-intensity PA on at least 4 days, with 23% of those doing so for < 30 minutes, 40% for 31 to 60 minutes, and 23% for 91 to 120 minutes per day.…”

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“…5 The Portuguese Report Card on Physical Activity has not been evaluated to date. A systematic evaluation of the factors that affect physical activity behaviors in Portuguese youngsters is essential and can be useful for public health strategies targeting enhanced PA levels.…”

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Results From Portugal’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

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Raimundo³

et al. 2016

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Physical Activity, Fitness, and Executive Functions in Youth: Effects, Moderators, and Mechanisms

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Mavilidi

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When does it all go wrong? Longitudinal studies of changes in moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity across childhood and adolescence

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2016

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Objective/BackgroundThere is a widespread belief that moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) declines markedly in adolescence, particularly in girls. This belief has led to substantial research and policy effort aimed at reducing the perceived decline in MVPA during adolescence. The main aim of this review is to critically examine the belief that MVPA declines during adolescence.MethodsReview of evidence from studies with objective measures of physical activity, systematic reviews of longitudinal studies, insights from recent longitudinal studies, and evidence from the International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD).ResultsExisting systematic review evidence, four recent longitudinal studies from England, and ICAD data all failed to support the hypothesis that MVPA declines particularly markedly during adolescence, or that an MVPA decline begins at adolescence, or that declines in MVPA during adolescence are greater in girls than in boys. Systematic reviews, longitudinal studies, and ICAD data in fact suggest that MVPA begins to decline, and sedentary behavior begins to increase, from around the age of school entry. Recent longitudinal studies also suggest that increasing sedentary behavior during adolescence displaces light-intensity physical activity. An emerging body of evidence from longitudinal studies that use trajectory analysis is providing important new insights into marked between-individual differences in the trajectories of MVPA across childhood and adolescence.ConclusionAlthough gaps in the evidence remain, particularly from low- to middle-income countries, and additional longitudinal studies are required, this review suggests that efforts to promote and/or maintain MVPA should begin well before adolescence.

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Physical Activity of Children: A Global Matrix of Grades Comparing 15 Countries

Cited by 61 publications

References 44 publications

Results From Portugal’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

Results From Portugal’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

Physical Activity, Fitness, and Executive Functions in Youth: Effects, Moderators, and Mechanisms

When does it all go wrong? Longitudinal studies of changes in moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity across childhood and adolescence

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