Dr. Anuradha Khadilkar
A paediatrician with 25+ years in growth, nutrition and paediatric endocrinology. Has conducted many community-based studies in growth, nutrition and endocrine disorders in children and adolescents.

Dr. Chidvilas More, Ph.D. in Anthropology, has over 15 years of research experience with rural and tribal communities. His ability to connect effortlessly with people, build trust, and engage in their local language allows him to form meaningful bonds and truly understand their way of life.

This week’s spotlight for GAC-PAQ project: Dr. Tom Loney, full professor of public health and epidemiology in the College of Medicine at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences. His research interests include physical activity and well-being within children and adults.

Dr. Diego Silva, Associate Professor at the Sports Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil, focuses on population studies in Physical Activity Epidemiology, leads the Brazil team in the GAC-PAQ project, and works to promote healthy, physically active children.

Dr. Javier Brazo-Sayavera, associate professor at the University Pablo de Olavide (Seville) and full invited professor with the Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Leads the Spanish team of the GAC-PAQ project, and research interests are physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents.

Check out this video for an overview of our project!! Learn more in just 2 minutes!

Are you wondering why kids are less active nowadays? Here's what we know...

- Most children do not meet the recommended amount of physical activity each day
- Physical activity tends to decline with age
- Use of electronics and computer use have increased, contributing to physical in-activity

Check out this infographic to learn more about accelerometers!

Wondering what is happening next?

The main study has begun!

Each country will recruit 500 children/adolescent and a parent or caregiver to...
i) Fill out our questionnaire twice, 8 days apart
ii) The child will wear an accelerometer during this time to measure their physical activity

📱 Our questionnaire will be in the form of an app that...
- Will be freely available to be used and tailored to different countries
- Is designed for smart phones and tablets with or without internet access

Check out what we have completed so far! Use the links below to access our updated systematic review and content validity paper!
Systematic Review: doi.org/10.1007/s402...
Content Validation: doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

Who are we? Here are the GAC-PAQ participating countries!

We currently have 16 participating countries for our project to ensure our app can be used in all regions of the world! We are collaborating with low, middle, and high-income countries from each continent!

NEW GLOBAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY STUDY!

We are launching the Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire (GAC-PAQ) project to develop the FIRST global tool that will measure all domains of physical activity!