Active Healthy Kids Hong Kong

Welcome to Active Healthy Kids Hong Kong

Latest Announcement

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“We are very excited to finally share publicly the great news! The #GlobalMatrix 4.0 will be released at the 2022 @ISPAH Congress in Abu Dhabi on October 24-27!” https://t.co/fs3KW5T2OW

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International School-Related Sedentary Behaviour Recommendations:
https://www.sedentarybehaviour.org/school-related-sedentary-behaviour-recommendations/

These recommendations followed a rigorous process, and are based on the best available evidence, expert consensus, and stakeholder input.

For details on the process used to develop these recommendations, please see the publication by Saunders et al: https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-022-01259-3

For details on the systematic review used to inform the recommendations, please see the publication by Kuzik et al.: https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-022-01258-4

IMPROVE STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLBEING BY Managing School-Related Sedentary Behaviour

Managing School-Related Sedentary Behaviour Recommendations

Journal publication:

In 2022, "Temporal trends in the physical fitness of Hong Kong adolescents between 1998 and 2015" was published in

International Journal of Sports Medicine: https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/a-1738-2072.pdf

Supported by: Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China CUHK
Publication Date: 12 January 2022 (online)

Introduction

Established in 2015, Active Healthy Kids Hong Kong consists of researchers and practitioners in the area of physical activity and health who have collaborated with stakeholders to produce Hong Kong’s Report Cards on physical activity for children and youth.

The Active Healthy Kids Hong Kong Report Card is an evidence-based synthesis on physical activity behaviors in children and youth, based on the best available evidence across a series of indicators related to individual behaviors, settings and sources of influence, and strategies and investments. The evidence is evaluated and interpreted by an expert consensus panel, resulting in the assignment of a letter “grade”. The report card aims to consolidate existing evidence, facilitate international comparisons, encourage more evidence-informed physical activity and health policies, improve surveillance of physical activity and most importantly, to promote and facilitate opportunities for physical activity among children and youth in Hong Kong.

Indicators

Overall Physical Activity

2018 C-

2016 D

Organized Sport Participation

2018 C

2016 C-

Active Play

2018 INC

2016 INC

Active Transportation

2018 B+

2018 C-

2018 D

2018 C-

2018 D-

2018 C

Community and Environment

2018 B

2016 B

Government

2018 C

2016 INC

Obesity

2018 D-

New Indicator

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The “Global Matrix”

The Hong Kong Report Card is part of a global effort to promote physical activity in children and youth (Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, AHKGA). In November 2016, the results of the first Hong Kong Report Card were published in conjunction with the results from 37 other countries and regions (known as “Global Matrix 2.0”) at an international conference. The update of report card results is usually conducted every two to three years. The Global Matrix 3.0 consisting of Report Cards from 49 countries and regions including Hong Kong was launched at the Movement to Move Conference in November 2018.

Using the Report Card

The report card provides the most recent, relevant and critical information on physical activity and health of children and youth in Hong Kong, and its generated findings can be used in a number of ways:

Government: For policy development and investment decisions.
Researchers/academics: To enhance student learning, identify new research areas and inform grant applications.
Teachers, coaches, and allied health professionals, charitable organizations: For professional development and inform decision making.
Funding bodies: For funding strategy and inform decision making.

The Report Card+

The Active Healthy Kids 2019 Hong Kong Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth with Special Educational Needs (the 2019 Hong Kong Report Card+) is an evidence-based synthesis of physical activity behaviors for children and youth with special educational needs (SEN) in Hong Kong.

The 2019 Hong Kong Report Card+ was developed following a systematic process provided by the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA). It evaluates the best available evidence on nine indicators related to the physical activity of children and youth with SEN: Overall Physical Activity, Organized Sport Participation, Active Play, Active Transportation, Sedentary Behaviors, Family & Peers, School, Community & Environment, and Government Strategies & Investments.

In 2016 and 2018, two Hong Kong report cards for children and youth with typical development were published, whose results can be compared with those of the 2019 Hong Kong Report Card+.

Download 2019 Report Card+ :

2019 Short-form Report Card English version

2019 Long-form Report Card English version

2019 Short-form Report Card Chinese version