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Editorial
. 2024 Nov;13(6):743-748.
doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2024.05.003. Epub 2024 May 9.

Towards precision 24-hour movement behavior recommendations-The next new paradigm?

Mark S Tremblay  1 , Markus J Duncan  2 , Nicholas Kuzik  2 , Diego Augusto Santos Silva  3 , Valerie Carson  4
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Editorial

Towards precision 24-hour movement behavior recommendations-The next new paradigm?

Mark S Tremblay et al. J Sport Health Sci. 2024 Nov.
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Fig 1
Fig. 1
Ternary plot illustrations of a personalized “Movement Index” as a function of movement behavior composition. Axes are the percentage of the 24-hour period in each movement behavior. In this illustration, the movement behavior composition is simplified to include just physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep to facilitate communication of a Movement Index score in a 2-dimensional diagram. Further disaggregation between intensities of physical activity (e.g., light, moderate, or vigorous), types of sedentary behavior (e.g., active vs. passive, screen time vs. non-screen), and/or sleep (e.g., sleep quality; naps/short bouts vs. nighttime/long bouts) is, however, possible. The heat map in each diagram represents the distribution of behaviors associated with Movement Index scores that could range from 1 to 100. Movement Index scores are determined as yellow/lighter for better scores and purple/dark for worse scores. The depicted Movement Index scores are hypothetical and not based on real data. (A–C) Examples of persons with a different combination of hypothetical traits (e.g., age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, underlying health conditions, ability/disability, socioeconomic status), which modify the association between movement behavior combinations and Movement Index score (see how the Goldilocks zone drifts with different underlying characteristics—making it individualized). Plots similar to this illustration, with real data, could be developed for several health indicators and subsequently aggregated to a composite or master plot that would provide the basis for an individualized “precision health” scoring framework for a personalized “Movement Index”. PA = physical activity.
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