WALES 2021 Active Healthy Kids (AHK) Report Card: The Fourth Pandemic of Childhood Inactivity

Richards, Amie; Mackintosh, Kelly; Swindell, Nils; Ward, Malcolm; Marchant, Emily; James, Michaela; Edwards, Lowri; O., Richard P.; Blain, Dylan; Wainwright, Nalda; Nicholls, Sarah; Mannello, Marianne; Morgan, Kelly; Evans, Tim; Stratton, Gareth

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WALES 2021 Active Healthy Kids (AHK) Report Card: The Fourth Pandemic of Childhood Inactivity

Amie Richards

, Kelly Mackintosh

, Nils Swindell

, Malcolm Ward, Emily Marchant

, Michaela James

, Lowri Edwards

, Richard P. O. Tyler

, Dylan Blain

, Nalda Wainwright, Sarah Nicholls

, Marianne Mannello, Kelly Morgan

, Tim Evans, Gareth Stratton

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume: 19, Issue: 13, Start page: 8138

Swansea University Authors: Amie Richards , Kelly Mackintosh , Nils Swindell , Malcolm Ward, Emily Marchant , Michaela James , Lowri Edwards , Richard P. O. Tyler , Sarah Nicholls , Gareth Stratton

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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 t...

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WALES 2021 Active Healthy Kids (AHK) Report Card: The Fourth Pandemic of Childhood Inactivity

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