Building Your Best Day: Disseminating the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth via an Interactive Website.
Madelaine Gierc, Alexandra Walters, Emily M Tennant and 3 others
PMID 41316725WHAT IT FOUND
Youth reported better understanding of the 24-hour movement guidelines after using the website, but parents did not.
Both groups liked the guidelines but felt they were hard to follow daily due to time constraints. The site helped clarify goals but did not change intention to adopt.
Key findings
01Youth reported a significant increase in their understanding of the guidelines after interacting with the website, whereas parents did not.
02Both parents and youth viewed the guidelines as important and advantageous, but perceived them as aspirational rather than achievable due to barriers like lack of time and parental modeling.
03Participants suggested the website would be more useful if it allowed for self-monitoring of real daily activities rather than just building a hypothetical best day.
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What it does not show
The sample was small (17 youth, 11 parents) and not representative of the broader Canadian population, particularly regarding ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Participants reported relatively high levels of physical activity, which may limit generalizability to more sedentary populations. The study measured perceptions and intentions in a single interview, so it cannot determine if the website led to actual long-term behaviour change. One parent's data was excluded due to an audio recording error.
Declared interests
The study was funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the improved youth understanding as evidence that the website causes children to meet the movement guidelines. The study only measured perceptions and intentions, and both parents and youth explicitly stated they were unlikely to adhere to the guidelines regularly due to practical barriers.
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