Results from New Zealand's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.
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Smith, Melody
Ikeda, Erika https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6999-3918
Hinckson, Erica
Duncan, Scott
Maddison, Ralph
Abstract
In New Zealand (NZ), 88% of health loss is now caused by non-communicable diseases, in part attributed to low levels of physical activity (PA) and high levels of inactivity, and the downstream impacts of these, including suboptimal blood glucose profiles, body size, and blood pressure.1 While the NZ 2016 PA Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth2 revealed relatively high levels of PA, approximately one-third of NZ children and youth did not meet PA recommendations of ≥60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the methods for grade calculation and results of the 2018 update of the PA Report Card for NZ.
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4201 Allied Health and Rehabilitation Science, 42 Health Sciences, 4206 Public Health, 4207 Sports Science and Exercise
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J Phys Act Health
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1543-3080
1543-5474
1543-5474
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15
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Human Kinetics
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