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Data were compared against established benchmarks, and a grade between 0 and 10 was assigned to each indicator.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>For Daily Behaviors, we found 34.5% of Mexican children and adolescents meet Physical Activity recommendations (Grade 3), 48.4% participate in Organized Sports (Grade 5), 35\u201375.8% engage in Active Play outdoors (Grade 4), 54.1% use Active Transportation (Grade 5), 43.6% spend &amp;lt;2\u2009h in Sedentary Behavior per day (Grade 4), and 65\u201391% meet Sleep recommendations (Grade 7). Girls have lower physical activity levels and sports participation than boys of the same age. For Physical Fitness, we found 56.2\u201361.8% of children and adolescents have an adequate body mass index for their age (Grade 6). For Sources of Influence, we found 65\u201367% of parents engage in physical activity or sports in a week (Grade 7), 32.2\u201353.3% of basic education schools have a physical education teacher (Grade 6), and 37% of neighborhoods in Mexico have sidewalks with trees (Grade 4). Regarding Government, several policies and programs aimed at improving children physical activity were launched but their impact and allocated implementation budget are unknown (Grade 6).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mexican children and adolescents engage in low levels of movement behaviors and have limited opportunities to perform such behaviors. 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