Physical Activity Indicators Among Children and Adolescents in Lebanon, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates: Comparative Synthesis of Active Healthy Kids Report Card Data From 1998 to 2022

Data from a 25-year period show consistently low levels of PA and high levels of sedentary behavior among children and adolescents from these 3 Arab Middle Eastern countries. Despite governmental investments in implementation of PA initiatives, there seems to be a lag in eliciting increases in PA at the population level. Evidence points to a critical need for behavioral and lifestyle modifications among children and adolescents. These concerns are exacerbated by a lack of national surveillance systems and evidence-based policy interventions to improve PA levels.

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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
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2026-01-02
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https://doi.org/10.2196/85998
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Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
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Abstract

Data from a 25-year period show consistently low levels of PA and high levels of sedentary behavior among children and adolescents from these 3 Arab Middle Eastern countries. Despite governmental investments in implementation of PA initiatives, there seems to be a lag in eliciting increases in PA at the population level. Evidence points to a critical need for behavioral and lifestyle modifications among children and adolescents. These concerns are exacerbated by a lack of national surveillance systems and evidence-based policy interventions to improve PA levels.

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Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (AE), Université de Sherbrooke (CA), United Arab Emirates University (AE), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA), Modern University for Business and Science (LB), Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (AE), Hamad bin Khalifa University (QA), Shift (United Kingdom) (GB), Active Healthy Kids (CA), Digital Research Alliance of Canada, Qatar Foundation (QA), Universidad Pablo de Olavide (ES)
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