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Development and application of a scoring and visualization approach for 24-hour movement behaviours: an example based on social-emotional development in early years children

Current methods for assessing the healthfulness of 24-hour movement behaviours (sleep, sedentary time, light physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity) use binary classifications that fail to capture their continuous and compositional nature. This study introduces a percentile-based scoring and visualization approach to evaluate the healthfulness of movement behaviour time-use compositions, using social-emotional development in early childhood as an example.

Citation:
Zahran S, Dumuid D, Tremblay MS, …….. Christian H, Burley J, et al. Development and application of a scoring and visualization approach for 24-hour movement behaviours: an example based on social-emotional development in early years children. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2026;23(1).

Keywords:
Compositional data analysis; Early childhood; Physical activity; Sedentary behaviour; Sleep

Abstract:
Current methods for assessing the healthfulness of 24-hour movement behaviours (sleep, sedentary time, light physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity) use binary classifications that fail to capture their continuous and compositional nature. This study introduces a percentile-based scoring and visualization approach to evaluate the healthfulness of movement behaviour time-use compositions, using social-emotional development in early childhood as an example.