Association Between Physical Activity Indicators and Human Development Index at a National Level: Information From Global Matrix 4.0 Physical Activity Report Cards for Children and Adolescents.
Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Salomé Aubert, Kwok Ng, Shawnda A Morrison, Jonathan Y Cagas, Riki Tesler, Dawn Tladi, Taru Manyanga, Silvia A González, Eun-Young Lee, Mark S Tremblay
Author Information
Diego Augusto Santos Silva: Research Center in Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, Physical Education Department, Sports Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC,Brazil. ORCID
Salomé Aubert: Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Ottawa, ON,Canada. ORCID
Kwok Ng: Physical Activity for Health Research Cluster, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick,Ireland. ORCID
Shawnda A Morrison: Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana,Slovenia. ORCID
Jonathan Y Cagas: Department of Sports Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City,Philippines. ORCID
Riki Tesler: Department of Health Systems Management, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel,Israel.
Dawn Tladi: Department of Sports Science, University of Botswana, Gaborone,Botswana.
Taru Manyanga: Division of Medical Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC,Canada. ORCID
Silvia A González: Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Ottawa, ON,Canada. ORCID
Eun-Young Lee: School of Kinesiology & Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON,Canada. ORCID
Mark S Tremblay: Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Ottawa, ON,Canada.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to explore the associations between the 10 key indicators of the Global Matrix 4.0 project and human development index (HDI) at a national level according to sex, age, area of residence, and ability levels. METHODS: Information from the 57 countries/localities included in the Global Matrix 4.0 project was compiled and presented according to the HDI of each country/locality for each of the 10 key indicators. Grades were assigned based on the benchmarks of the Global Matrix 4.0 project ranged between "A+" (best performance) and "F" (worst performance). RESULTS: The population subgroups of females, children, rural residents, with/without disabilities from countries/localities with higher HDI performed better in the organized sport and physical activity indicator than their peers from countries/localities with lower HDI. Children and adolescents living in rural areas of countries/localities with higher HDI showed better performance for active play, and children and adolescents living in urban areas of countries/localities with lower HDI showed better performance for the active transportation. Countries/localities with higher HDI showed better grades for sources of influence than the countries/localities with lower HDI. CONCLUSIONS: Physical activity patterns in some population subgroups of children and adolescents differed according to the development level of countries/localities.
