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Richards AB, Mackintosh KA, Swindell N, Ward M, Marchant E, James M, Edwards LC, Tyler R, Blain D, Wainwright N, Nicholls S, Mannello M, Morgan K, Evans T, Stratton G. WALES 2021 Active Healthy Kids (AHK) Report Card: The Fourth Pandemic of Childhood Inactivity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19138138. [PMID: 35805795 PMCID: PMC9266096 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19138138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
Abstract
This is the fourth Active Healthy Kids (AHK) Wales Report Card. The 2021 card produced grades on children and young people’s physical activity (PA) using pre-COVID-19 data that were not used in previous versions. Eleven quality indicators of PA were graded through expert consensus and synthesis of the best available evidence. Grades were assigned as follows: Overall PA—F; Organised Sport and PA—C; Active Play—C+; Active Transportation—C−; Sedentary Behaviours—F; Physical Fitness—C−; Family and Peer Influences—D+; School—B−; Community and the Built Environment—C; National Government and Policy—C; and Physical Literacy—C−. All but three grades remained the same or decreased from the 2018 AHK-Wales Report Card (Active Play increased from C− to C+; Active Transportation, D+ to C−; Family and Peers, D to D+). This is concerning for children’s health and well-being in Wales, particularly given recent evidence that PA has further decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results from the Report Card should be used to inform the decision making of policy makers, practitioners and educators to improve children and young people’s PA levels and opportunities and decrease PA inequalities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amie B. Richards
- Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) Research Centre, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK; (K.A.M.); (N.S.); (M.W.); (G.S.)
- Correspondence:
| | - Kelly A. Mackintosh
- Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) Research Centre, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK; (K.A.M.); (N.S.); (M.W.); (G.S.)
| | - Nils Swindell
- Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) Research Centre, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK; (K.A.M.); (N.S.); (M.W.); (G.S.)
| | - Malcolm Ward
- Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) Research Centre, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK; (K.A.M.); (N.S.); (M.W.); (G.S.)
| | - Emily Marchant
- Population Data Science, Medical School, Singleton Campus, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK; (E.M.); (M.J.)
| | - Michaela James
- Population Data Science, Medical School, Singleton Campus, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK; (E.M.); (M.J.)
| | - Lowri C. Edwards
- Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff CF23 6XD, UK;
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- Health Research Institute and Movement Behaviours, Nutrition, Health, Development, and Wellbeing Research Group, Department of Sport and Physical Activity, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk L39 4QP, UK;
| | - Dylan Blain
- Institute of Management and Health, Carmarthen Campus, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen SA31 3EP, UK; (D.B.); (N.W.)
| | - Nalda Wainwright
- Institute of Management and Health, Carmarthen Campus, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen SA31 3EP, UK; (D.B.); (N.W.)
| | - Sarah Nicholls
- Department of Business, School of Management, Bay Campus, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK;
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- DECIPHer, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, SPARK, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK;
| | - Tim Evans
- Sport Wales, Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff CF11 9SW, UK;
| | - Gareth Stratton
- Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) Research Centre, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK; (K.A.M.); (N.S.); (M.W.); (G.S.)
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