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    Results From Chile’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
    (2016)
    Nicolas Aguilar-Farias
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    Andrea Cortinez-O’Ryan
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    Kabir P. Sadarangani
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    Astrid Von Oetinger
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    Jaime Leppe  
    <jats:sec sec-type="background"><jats:title>Background:</jats:title><jats:p>The 2016 Chilean Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth is a review of the evidence across indicators of behaviors, settings, and sources of influence associated with physical activity (PA) of Chilean children and youth.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type="methods"><jats:title>Methods:</jats:title><jats:p>A Research Work Group reviewed available evidence from publications, surveys, government documents and datasets to assign a grade for 11 indicators for PA behavior based on the percentage of compliance for defined benchmarks. Grades were defined as follows: <jats:italic>A</jats:italic>, 81% to 100% of children accomplishing a given benchmark; <jats:italic>B</jats:italic>, 61% to 80%; <jats:italic>C</jats:italic>, 41% to 60%; <jats:italic>D</jats:italic>, 21% to 40%; <jats:italic>F</jats:italic>, 0% to 20%; <jats:italic>INC</jats:italic>, incomplete data available to assign score.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type="results"><jats:title>Results:</jats:title><jats:p>Grades assigned were for i) ‘Behaviors that contribute to overall PA levels’: Overall PA, <jats:italic>F</jats:italic>; Organized Sport Participation, <jats:italic>D</jats:italic>; Active Play, <jats:italic>INC</jats:italic>; and Active Transportation, <jats:italic>C</jats:italic>-; ii) ‘Factors associated with cardiometabolic risk’: Sedentary Behavior, <jats:italic>D</jats:italic>; Overweight and Obesity, <jats:italic>F</jats:italic>; Fitness, <jats:italic>F</jats:italic>; and iii) ‘Factors that influence PA’: Family and Peers, <jats:italic>D</jats:italic>; School, <jats:italic>D</jats:italic>; Community and Built Environment, <jats:italic>C</jats:italic>; Government Strategies and Investments, <jats:italic>C</jats:italic>.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type="conclusions"><jats:title>Conclusions:</jats:title><jats:p>Chile faces a major challenge as most PA indicators scored low. There were clear research and information gaps that need to be filled with the implementation of consistent and regular data collection methods.</jats:p></jats:sec>
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