“We need objective data about physical fitness as an essential part of promoting adequate physical literacy in the population. Having a solid grasp of one’s own physical fitness ensures that children and adolescents can choose to engage in, and maintain, purposeful physical activities throughout their lifetime, including benefitting from all the healthy outcomes associated with engaging in an active lifestyle.”

- Prof. Dr. Gregor Jurak, head of FitBack project and SLOfit® research group, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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“Is the brain of fitter individuals different from that of less fit individuals? Yes, several investigations support that there are indeed important structural differences in the brain in people with different physical fitness levels.”

- Prof. Dr. Francisco B. Ortega, Co-director of the PROFITH research Group, School of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Spain

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“Measuring the direct long-term response of an individual child to physical activity – their physical fitness – is a more reliable indicator of habitual physical activity, as well as providing a more stable factor in assessment of health risks.”

- Prof. Dr. Luis B. Sardinha, Co-founder of the FITescola®, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Portugal

To establish fitness monitoring system, it is vital to engage in the public health mechanisms of government to make child physical fitness a national health priority.

Check out the SLOfit team’s approach to engaging the public and government sectors in prioritising children and youth physical activity levels, especially during the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic.

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