Active Healthy Kids Slovenia 
Active Healthy Kids Slovenia was established in 2015 as an initiative to facilitate its involvement with the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance and global efforts to quantify physical activity levels in children worldwide.
The Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) is an international body that aims to better understand, report and harmonise how nation states determine the physical activity levels of children and youth. To this end, countries are invited to participate in this 'Global Matrix' to create national Report Cards reflecting the state of play of their own child and youth populations. In 2015, Dr. Shawnda A. Morrison established the research working group Active Health Kids Slovenia whose mandate is to create the Slovenian National Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and Youth, and engage with public stakeholders advocating for greater physical activity opportunities for children at the national level. Global comparisons of child physical activity are led by Dr. Mark Tremblay, Director of the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (HALO-CHEO) through the AHKGA website here.
Today, the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance includes working groups of researchers from 57 countries and six continents, who produce reports on the state of physical activity based on 10 indicators. These include: 1. physical activity, 2. organized physical activity, 3. active play, 4. physically active arrival and departure from school, 5. sedentary lifestyle, 6. family and friends, 7. school, 8. community and environment, 9. government and 10. Physical fitness. Slovenia has participated in three Global Matrix initiatives thusfar (2016, 2018, 2022). At the International Conference on Physical Activity #Movementtomove in Adelaide, Australia, Slovenia won the prize for the best poster presentation (Global Matrix 2018). In 2021, Slovenia placed first in Overall Physical Activity amongst the 57 countries who were included in the research initiative.
2021 Report Card on physical activity of children and adolescents
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Children and adolescents around the world have not been getting enough exercise to promote healthy growth and development for some time, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made the situation worse, according to a global report by the World Association for Child Health (Active Healthy Kids or AHKGA). Click on the press release statement and infographic to read more.
Estimates of physical activity indicators in Slovenia for 2021 
Slovenia was assessed in individual areas with the following grades:
- Overall Physical activity (A-)
- Organized physical activity (C)
- Active Play (C)
- Active Transport (C)
- Sedentary Behaviour (C+)
- Physical Fitness (A)
- Family and Peers (B+)
- School (A)
- Community and the Built Environment (A+)
- Government (D)
- Sleep (D-)
- Seasonal Variation (D+)
Report on the physical activity of children and adolescents for 2018
At the international conference in Adelaide (Australia), compared to the other 48 countries in the world, the Republic of Slovenia was singled out as the country in which, along with Denmark and Finland, the area of physical activity for children and adolescents is the most regulated. Prof. Mark Tremblay, head of the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, emphasized: "Countries with the most active children and adolescents, such as Slovenia, New Zealand and Zimbabwe, encourage children to move in different ways, but what they have in common is that physical activity in these countries driven by dominant cultural norms - being physically active here is not just a choice but a way of life."
Estimates of physical activity indicators in Slovenia for 2018
Slovenia was assessed in individual areas with the following grades: 
- Overall Physical activity (A-)
- Organized physical activity (C+)
- Active Play (D)
- Active Transport (C)
- Sedentary Behaviour (B+)
- Physical Fitness (A-)
- Family and Peers (B+)
- School (A)
- Community and the Built Environment (B)
- Government (A)
- Sleep (D)
Slovenia won the 2018 award for Best Research Poster. You can find the full 2018 Report Card on our Country Profile Page on the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance page HERE.
Report on the physical activity of children and adolescents for 2016
At the International Conference on Physical Activity and Public Health, 38 reports on the physical activity of children and youth were presented in Bangkok on November 16, whereby Slovenia was highlighted as the country with the most physically active children, along with Denmark and the Netherlands.
Estimates of physical activity indicators in Slovenia for 2016
Slovenia was assessed with the following grades for our inaugural Report Card: 
- Overall Physical activity (A-)
- Organized physical activity (B-)
- Active Play (D)
- Active Transport (C)
- Sedentary Behaviour (B+)
- Family and Peers (INC)
- School (A)
- Community and the Built Environment (INC)
- Government (B+)
Working group of Active Healthy Kids Slovenia
The following organisations and entities have participated in the working group of Active Healthy Kids Slovenia:
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sports
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Biotechnology
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
- National Olympic Committee of Slovenia
- National Institute of Public Health Slovenia
- Elementary School Ivan Grohar Škofja Loka
- Pediatric Clinical Centre, Ljubljana
- Ministry of Education, Science and Sports
If you or someone you know is interested in becoming involved with Active Healthy Kids Slovenia, we encourage you to contact us directly, or reach out to the principle investigators of the project:
