Background/objectives To explore and describe the comparability between the surveys of
the UK home nations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales) that monitor compliance …

Public health guidelines on physical activity (PA) establish national policy agendas and
provide the basis for setting goals and targets. Advances in measurement and resulting new …

Background: Physical activity (PA) is a key performance indicator for policy documents in
both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Building on baseline grades set in 2014 …

Objective: Public health surveillance of physical activity in children in the UK depends on a
parent-reported physical activity questionnaire which has not been validated. We aimed to …

Background: The Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Card aims to consolidate existing
evidence, facilitate international comparisons, encourage more evidence-informed physical …

Aim The aim of this review is to summarise issues surrounding the measurement of physical
activity (PA) by self-report and accelerometry in youth (2–18 years old). Current levels and …

Background: Physical activity (PA) levels are a key performance indicator for policy
documents in Ireland. The first Ireland Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and …

Objectives To describe the objectively measured levels of physical activity (PA) and
sedentary time in a nationally representative sample of 10–11-year-old children, and …

Background Physical inactivity has been recognised as a global public health problem that
requires concerted action. This calls for systematic physical activity (PA) surveillance as a …

A decades worth of high quality surveillance sources have consistently shown that
Australian kids are not meeting the physical activity (PA) guidelines of at least 60 min …