“Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth
Background Most research focuses on the relationship of individual movement behaviours, neglecting how different compositions throughout the day associate with cardiometabolic health outcomes.Aim The aim of this study was to explore the optimal awake movement behaviour composition associated with pr...
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| author | Joey Murphy Charlotte Lund Rasmussen Javier Brazo-Sayavera Ademola Victor Damilola Nastja Podrekar Loredan Aoko Oluwayomi Luís Bettencourt Sardinha Niels Wedderkopp Elaine Murtagh |
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| description | Background Most research focuses on the relationship of individual movement behaviours, neglecting how different compositions throughout the day associate with cardiometabolic health outcomes.Aim The aim of this study was to explore the optimal awake movement behaviour composition associated with predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth.Subjects and methods The study included participants (N = 1,310 participants; 11.1 ± 2.5 [range = 7.98–17.1 years]; 55.9% female; 100% European) from the International Children’s Accelerometry Database. Accelerometer measured sedentary behaviour (SB), light-(LPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) defined the awake movement behaviour composition. Four cardiometabolic health outcomes (lipid profile, blood pressure, glucose metabolism, and body mass) were assessed through nine parameters. These were regressed against the awake movement behaviour composition, adjusting for relevant covariates to estimate the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for each predicted cardiometabolic health outcome (i.e. “Goldilocks Day”).Results The final models found a significant relationship between the awake movement behaviour composition and cardiometabolic health outcome, excluding lipid profile indicators. For indicators of glucose metabolism, blood pressure and body mass, the Goldilocks Day consisted of less SB (–12 to −39 min), LPA (–8 to −32 min) and more MVPA (+44 to 47 min) when compared to the sample mean.Conclusion These findings concur with current guidelines that more MVPA and less SB are better, but the optimal time youth should spend in each behaviour depends on the health outcome of interest. This indicates that one size does not fit all when making recommendations for multiple cardiometabolic health outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ceb1851a03424ce98b07fc684bca0c7f2025-08-20T03:28:55ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Human Biology0301-44601464-50332025-12-0152110.1080/03014460.2025.2523764“Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youthJoey Murphy0Charlotte Lund Rasmussen1Javier Brazo-Sayavera2Ademola Victor Damilola3Nastja Podrekar Loredan4Aoko Oluwayomi5Luís Bettencourt Sardinha6Niels Wedderkopp7Elaine Murtagh8Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKSchool of Allied Health, Curtin University, Bentley, AustraliaDepartment of Sports and Computer Science, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, SpainDepartment of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Lagos, NigeriaFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Izola, SloveniaDepartment of Human Kinetics and Health Education, University of Lagos, Lagos, NigeriaExercise and Health Laboratory, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalThe Paediatric Research Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, IrelandBackground Most research focuses on the relationship of individual movement behaviours, neglecting how different compositions throughout the day associate with cardiometabolic health outcomes.Aim The aim of this study was to explore the optimal awake movement behaviour composition associated with predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth.Subjects and methods The study included participants (N = 1,310 participants; 11.1 ± 2.5 [range = 7.98–17.1 years]; 55.9% female; 100% European) from the International Children’s Accelerometry Database. Accelerometer measured sedentary behaviour (SB), light-(LPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) defined the awake movement behaviour composition. Four cardiometabolic health outcomes (lipid profile, blood pressure, glucose metabolism, and body mass) were assessed through nine parameters. These were regressed against the awake movement behaviour composition, adjusting for relevant covariates to estimate the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for each predicted cardiometabolic health outcome (i.e. “Goldilocks Day”).Results The final models found a significant relationship between the awake movement behaviour composition and cardiometabolic health outcome, excluding lipid profile indicators. For indicators of glucose metabolism, blood pressure and body mass, the Goldilocks Day consisted of less SB (–12 to −39 min), LPA (–8 to −32 min) and more MVPA (+44 to 47 min) when compared to the sample mean.Conclusion These findings concur with current guidelines that more MVPA and less SB are better, but the optimal time youth should spend in each behaviour depends on the health outcome of interest. This indicates that one size does not fit all when making recommendations for multiple cardiometabolic health outcomes.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2025.2523764Physical activitysedentary behaviourchildrenadolescentsICAD |
| spellingShingle | Joey Murphy Charlotte Lund Rasmussen Javier Brazo-Sayavera Ademola Victor Damilola Nastja Podrekar Loredan Aoko Oluwayomi Luís Bettencourt Sardinha Niels Wedderkopp Elaine Murtagh “Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth Annals of Human Biology Physical activity sedentary behaviour children adolescents ICAD |
| title | “Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth |
| title_full | “Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth |
| title_fullStr | “Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth |
| title_short | “Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth |
| title_sort | goldilocks day identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth |
| topic | Physical activity sedentary behaviour children adolescents ICAD |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2025.2523764 |
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