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Background: Physical activity (PA) surveillance, policy, and research efforts need to be periodically appraised to gain insight into national and global capacities for PA promotion. The aim of this paper was to assess the status and trends in PA surveillance, policy, and research in 164 countries. Methods: We used data from the Global Observatory for Physical Activity (GoPA!) 2015 and 2020 surveys. Comprehensive searches were performed for each country to determine the level of development of their PA surveillance, policy, and research, and the findings were verified by the GoPA! Country Contacts. Trends were analyzed based on the data available for both survey years. Results: The global 5-year progress in all 3 indicators was modest, with most countries either improving or staying at the same level. PA surveillance, policy, and research improved or remained at a high level in 48.1%, 40.6%, and 42.1% of the countries, respectively. PA surveillance, policy, and research scores decreased or remained at a low level in 8.3%, 15.8%, and 28.6% of the countries, respectively. The highest capacity for PA promotion was found in Europe, the lowest in Africa and low- and lower-middle-income countries. Although a large percentage of the world’s population benefit from at least some PA policy, surveillance, and research efforts in their countries, 49.6 million people are without PA surveillance, 629.4 million people are without PA policy, and 108.7 million live in countries without any PA research output. A total of 6.3 billion people or 88.2% of the world’s population live in countries where PA promotion capacity should be significantly improved. Conclusion: Despite PA is essential for health, there are large inequalities between countries and world regions in their capacity to promote PA. Coordinated efforts are needed to reduce the inequalities and improve the global capacity for PA promotion.

Myrtaj Nazim, Shkodra Mimoza. The impact of physical activities of aerobic type in body mass and volume parameters. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(9):50-57. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3373892 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7311 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.08.2019. Revised: 15.08.2019. Accepted: 20.08.2019. The impact of physical activities of aerobic type in body mass and volume parameters Nazim Myrtaj1, Mimoza Shkodra1 1Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports, AAB College, Pristina, Kosovo Correspondence to: Mimoza Shkodra, PhD, Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports, AAB College, E-mail: mimoza.shkodra@aab-edu.net Nazim Myrtaj, PhD, Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports, AAB College, E-mail: nazim.myrtaj@aab-edu.net Abstract The aim of the paper was to prove the impact of aerobically programmed physical activities on body mass and volume and reducing the ratio of fatty and non-fatty mass to 30-40-year-old females. For this purpose, the research has included a sample of 30 females who have undergone a three months program with 3 training sessions per week. Eight anthropometric variables were applied for the processing of results and the confirmation of the difference between the initial and the final state, it has been applied the t-test for dependent groups within the SPSS statistics 21.0 program. The training program with aerobic exercises applied to this group of women shows that aerobic exercises influence positively weight reduction and passive body mass and so, it should be part of fitness exercises in order to improve the health condition. Keywords: Physical activity, body mass, tested, t-test.

Shkodra Mimoza, Myrtaj Nazim, Bislimi Arben. Changes in some morphological characteristics and motor skills between female volleyball players and female handball players. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(6):121-129. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3238195 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6989 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/915143 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.05.2019. Revised: 25.05.2019. Accepted: 04.06.2019. Changes in some morphological characteristics and motor skills between female volleyball players and female handball players Mimoza Shkodra1, Nazim Myrtaj1, Arben Bislimi1 1Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports, AAB College, Prishtina, Kosovo Correspondence to: Nazim Myrtaj, PhD, Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports, AAB College, E-mail: nazim.myrtaj@aab-edu.net Abstract The population from which the sample is taken for this paper is defined as the population of senior culminating athletes in the game of volleyball and handball, in the Kosovo superleague. The sample for the purposes of this research will include 100 female athletes, respectively, 50 female volleyball players and 50 female habdball players. The variables that are applied in this research are anthropometric and motor variables. 8 anthropometric variables and 7 motor variables were applied. The results obtained from the collection of information and their processing, shows that the gained differencies between female volleyball players and female handball players in the motor variables of the explosive and situational force, indicate that during the preparatory phase in the volleyball game, it was expercised in the right way in the raising of these motor skills, while it was not given enough in the importance to the expercises of the explosive force of lower extremities. Keywords: female volleyball players, female handball players, anthropometric characteristics, motor skills, T-test. &nbsp