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Physical Activity Policies for Children and Adolescents in Brazil: Analysis for the Report Card Brazil on Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents

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  • Diego Augusto Santos Silva

    (Sports Center, Physical Education Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil)

  • Carolina Fernandes da Silva

    (Sports Center, Physical Education Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate physical activity (PA) policies in Brazil through current actions/programs to promote PA for children and adolescents. All 23 official websites of federal government agencies in Brazil [eighteen ministries, two secretariats (linked to ministries) and three ministry equivalent agencies] were visited. All programs/actions were analyzed according to indicators of the Global Matrix project from the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) and the Health Enhancing PA Policy Audit Tool, version 2, recommended by the World Health Organization. Furthermore, we used the analysis of “Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats” (SWOT) for the policies. Seventeen programs/actions included the promotion of PA for children and adolescents in Brazil, however, none of them had this as their main objective, and none were planned as a public policy action aimed at the promotion of PA. The overall score of the assessment instrument was 37 (out of a total of 100), which classifies Brazil as having a D+ grade according to AHKGA criteria. Brazil needs to define PA as a state policy so that the actions identified in this study can have positive effects on children and adolescents.

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  • Diego Augusto Santos Silva & Carolina Fernandes da Silva, 2022. "Physical Activity Policies for Children and Adolescents in Brazil: Analysis for the Report Card Brazil on Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-11, August.
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