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Published on in Vol 12 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/85998, first published .
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

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

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

Ameneh Baghestani   1, 2 , MBBS ;   Lina Majed   3 , PhD ;   Merilyn Lock   3 , PhD ;   Ali Alrahma   4, 5 , PhD ;   Patrick Abi Nader   6 , MS, MPH, PhD ;   Suzan Sayegh   7, 8 , MPH ;   Abdulla Saeed Al-Mohannadi   9 , BSc, MPH ;   Javaid Nauman   5, 10 , PhD ;   Salomé Aubert   11 , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Mark S Tremblay   11, 12 , MSc, PhD ;   Tom Loney   1 , PhD

1 College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2 Department of Sports and Computer Science, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Andalusia, Spain

3 College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

4 School of Health and Environmental Studies, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

5 Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

6 Faculté des sciences de l'activité physique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

7 Modern University for Business and Science, Beirut, Lebanon

8 Shift Wellness Institute, Vancouver, WA, United States

9 World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

10 Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway

11 Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Ottawa, ON, Canada

12 Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Tom Loney, PhD
  • College of Medicine
  • Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Dubai Health
  • Dubai
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Phone: 971 43838737
  • Email: tom.loney@dubaihealth.ae