Importance of All Movement Behaviors in a 24 Hour Period for Overall Health
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Physical inactivity and childhood obesity are well-recognized public health concerns that are associated with a range of adverse health outcomes. Historically, the benefits of physical activity (e.g., moderate-to-vigorous physical activity—MVPA) to overall health have dominated discussions and emerging evidence indicates that a broader, more integrated approach is needed to better understand and address current public health crises. Existing guidelines for children and youth around the world only focus on MVPA, and recently sedentary behavior, despite an accumulating body of evidence showing that light-intensity physical activity (LPA) such as walking can provide important health benefits. Furthermore, there is accumulating support for the importance of adequate sleep and that these behaviors moderate the health impact of each other. Ignoring the other components of the movement continuum (i.e., sleep, sedentary time, LPA) while focusing efforts exclusively on MVPA (accounting for <5% of the time in a 24 h period) limits the potential to optimize the health benefits of movement behaviors. In order to address this limitation, experts in Canada are currently developing the world’s first Integrated 24 Hour Movement Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Youth to help advance an integrated healthy active living agenda that has the potential to significantly improve the overall health and well-being of children and youth.
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Adhering to traditional physical activity guidelines accounts for a low proportion of the overall 24-h period.
“However, adhering to such guidelines accounts for a low proportion of the overall 24-h period [2]”
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MVPA only accounts for a small proportion (<5%) of the 24-h period, with the remaining 95% dedicated to sleep, sedentary behavior and light-intensity activities.
“MVPA only accounts for a small proportion (<5%) of the 24-h period, with the remaining 95% dedicated to sleep, sedentary behavior and light-intensity activities [2].”
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Current recommendations and previous research show that MVPA, screen time and sleep duration are the components of the 24-h day that are more strongly associated with obesity and other health outcomes.
“This is in line with current recommendations and previous research showing that MVPA, screen time and sleep duration are the components of the 24-h day that are more strongly associated with obesity and other health outcomes [2, 4, 11, 14].”
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- Authors
- Chaput, J.-P., Carson, V., Gray, C., & Tremblay, M.
- Affiliations
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Chaput, Jean-Philippe
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2014-12-04
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 12575-12581
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4276632
- OpenAlex
- W2129872897
- Cited by
- 444
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 11.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Keywords
- 24-hour movement behaviours, physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, light physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, children and young people, childhood obesity, physical inactivity
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Canada, Child, Child, Preschool, Health Promotion, Humans, Motor Activity, Public Health, Guidelines as Topic
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