Table 3.

Governmental actions linked to the surveillance systems identified

Surveillance system	Acronym	Country	Governmental actions and/or related system information
National Standard of Physical Fitness of Students	NSPFS	China	Internal report is written based on findings from NSPFS and submitted to the Ministry of Education of China annually. The Ministry of Education summarized some key messages and provided them to the State Council of China. Public policies were subsequently released in response. This system includes the “Physical Activity and Fitness in China—The Youth Study” (PAFCTYS) that started in 2016
Japan Fit Survey for All Ages	-	Japan	Conducted by the Japan Sports Agency (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology until 2015) to provide data for public policies
National surveillance system for physical and motor development of children and youth in Slovenia	SLOfit	Slovenia	Slovenian educational policy, informed by the SLOfit data, managed to develop the systems of physical education and extracurricular sports programs: https://www.gov.si/en/policies/education-science-and-sport/ (accessed 06/09/2023) National strategy for nutrition and physical activity 2015–2025. Available at http://pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=RESO101# (accessed 06/09/2023) National program of sport 2014–2023. Available at http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=RESO93# and https://e-uprava.gov.si/drzava-in-druzba/e-demokracija/predlogi-predpisov/predlog-predpisa.html?id=4362 (accessed 06/09/2023)
Sport Brazil Project	PROESP-Br	Brazil	Linked to government agencies: Second time program (Programa Segundo Tempo). Available at https://www.ufrgs.br/proesp/historico.php (accessed 06/09/2023)
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	NHANES	USA	The NHANES can inform the development and implementation of policies aimed at promoting physical activity and improving the health and fitness of children and adolescents. For example, the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nnyfs/index.htm and https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02_163.pdf (accessed 06/09/2023)
Canadian Health Measures Survey	CHMS	Canada	CHMS data support the development of recommendations and guidelines to promote physical fitness and physical activity in children and adolescents in Canada. Participaction: https://www.participaction.com/the-science/children-and-youth-report-card/ (accessed 06/09/2023). Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/H11-009 (accessed 06/09/2023)
National System of Evaluation of Learning Outcomes of the Ministry of Education of Chile on Physical Education	SIMCEEF	Chile	The SIMCEEF national surveillance system was designed to improve the quality of physical education classes and assess the physical fitness of students in the eighth cycle as part of Chile’s national education quality control policy. The system is associated with the Chilean Education Quality Agency. By utilizing SIMCEEF, it can strive to enhance the overall quality of physical education classes and promote better physical fitness among students. Available at https://www.agenciaeducacion.cl/informar/estudios/estudios-nacionales/ (accessed 06/09/2023)
French national program to assess the physical fitness, organized by IRFO	DIAGNOFORM	France	As part of the IRFO, DIAGNOFORM provides information on the physical fitness of the French population, which is used for the development of actions to promote physical activity. Available at https://irfo.fr/decouvrez-lirfo/ (accessed 06/09/2023)
National Fitness Award	NFA and NFA for early years	South Korea	It is operated by the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation under the Citizen’s Health Promotion Act (Sect. 16.2), a government welfare program aimed at accomplishing two main goals: (1) encouraging higher engagement in physical activity and (2) providing tailored physical activity programs based on scientific evaluation. Additionally, FA serves as one of the employment criteria for physically demanding occupations. Today, NFA has its own social media channels for knowledge translation efforts (e.g., Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/national_fitness_award/; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpjBiFyCh3f5bDU99Izt8Fw). Available at https://nfa.kspo.or.kr/main.kspo (accessed 06/09/2023)
Physical Activity Promotion System	PAPS	South Korea	Not reported
Hungarian National Student Fitness Test	NETFIT	Hungary	Annually collected data serves as a foundation for planning physical education classes and guiding actions at a national level. Available at https://www.netfit.eu/public/pb_about.php (accessed 06/09/2023) and https://net.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=a1200020.emm (accessed 06/09/2023)
A national physical functional capacity monitoring and feedback system for Finnish students in grades 5 and 8	Move!	Finland	The Move! system was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the National Institute for Health and Welfare, and the Trade Union of Education in Finland. On the national level, Move! produces objective information about children’s and adolescents’ physical functional capacity, for example, to support political decision-making. Available at https://www.oph.fi/en/education-and-qualifications/move-monitoring-system-physical-functional-capacity and https://www.oph.fi/en/education-and-qualifications/move-what-it-why-it (accessed 06/09/2023)
FitEscola	FitEscola	Portugal	FitEscola contributes to the National Strategy for the Promotion of Physical Activity, Health, and Well-Being, which provides for the preparation of an intersectoral action plan, which includes the possibility of monitoring the levels of physical fitness of children and young people. Available at https://www.cns.min-saude.pt/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/GERACOES-MAIS-SAUDAVEIS.pdf (accessed 06/09/2023)
Serbian surveillance system	-	Serbia	Not reported
Lithuanian physical fitness monitoring system	-	Lithuania	It is part of the public policy of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania. Available at https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/d43a6300ebf211e99ab7ff5a9ea34fcc (accessed 06/09/2023)

FA Fitness Award, IRFO Institut des Rencontres de la Forme