Results from the Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 2018 Report Card on physical activity for children and youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Taiwan is facing a high prevalence of physical inactivity in children and adolescents, which has led to rising obesity and morbidity levels in young people. Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) joined the Global Matrix 3.0 to share the local information on childhood physical activity and related factors with the international community. This study reports the grades for 10 indicators endorsed by the Global Matrix 3.0.

Methods

The local data for school-aged children and youth (∼5-17 year-olds) from 2010 to 2018 were used to determine the grades. The highest priority was given to the national survey data released by the government or academic institutions, followed by academic publications using nationally representative samples. Government or academic publications rel

SUBMITTER: Wu CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6323190 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature