Health associations with meeting the Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines for adults and older adults: Mini-Oral Presentation C3.10
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background: The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults aged 18-64 years and Adults aged 65 years or older (24hrMG) provide evidence-based recommendations for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and sleep. Purpose: To examine whether meeting the overall 24hrMG, and different combinations of guideline recommendations, were associated with health indicators in a representative sample of Canadian adults. Methods: Participants were 8,297 adults aged 18-79 years from the Canadian Health Measures Survey. They were classified as meeting or not meeting each of the 24hrMG recommendations: MVPA (≥150 minutes/week), SB (≤9 hours/day of sedentary time including ≤3 hours/day of recreational screen time), and sleep duration (adults 18-64 years: 7-9 hours/day, adults aged ≥65 years: 7-8 hours/day). A combination of self-reported and device-based measures were used. Indicators of adiposity (n=2), aerobic fitness (n=1), and cardiometabolic health (n=7) were measured. Results: A total of 19.1% of the sample met none, 43.9% met one, 29.8% met two, and 7.1% met all three recommendations. Compared to meeting no recommendations, meeting one, two and all three recommendations was associated with better health for one, six and seven health indicators, respectively (p<.05). Compared to adults meeting two or fewer recommendations, those who met all three recommendations had more favourable BMI, waist circumference, aerobic fitness scores, and triglyceride, insulin, C-reactive protein, and serum glucose levels (p<.05). Conclusions: These findings provide support for the 24hrMG and show that less than one in ten Canadian adults are meeting the overall 24hrMG. Funding: None.
Language: English
Topic: Physical Activity and Health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7218237206