title: Results From Spain's 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.
abstract: The first Active Healthy Kids Spanish Report Card aims to gather the most robust information about physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior of children and adolescents.
  
  
  
  A Research Working Group of experts on PA and sport sciences was convened. A comprehensive data search, based on a review of the literature, dissertations, gray literature, and experts' nonpublished data, was conducted to identify the best sources to grade each indicator following the procedures and methodology outlined by the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card model.
  
  
  
  Overall PA (based on objective and self-reported methods) was graded as D-, Organized Sports Participation as B, Active Play as C+, Active Transportation as C, Sedentary Behavior as D, School as C, and Family and Peers as Incomplete, Community and the Built Environment as Incomplete, and Government as Incomplete.
  
  
  
  Spanish children and adolescents showed low levels of adherence to PA and sedentary behavior guidelines, especially females and adolescents. There is a need to achieve consensus and harmonize methods to evaluate PA and sedentary behavior to monitor changes over time and to evaluate the effectiveness of policies to promote PA.
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roman-Viñas
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.forename: Mairena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sánchez-López
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aznar
authors.forename: Rosaura
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leis
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aparicio-Ugarriza
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schroder
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ortiz-Moncada
authors.forename: German
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González-Gross
authors.forename: Lluís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Serra-Majem
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D058028:Research Report; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D013030:Spain; D013177:Sports
keywords: active transportation; adolescents; child health; exercise; sedentary lifestyle