On the 5th and 6th of June 2024, we had a fruitful INTUE Annual Meeting via teleconference, attended by 60 time-use epidemiologists from 20 countries.
The meeting was chaired by INTUE President, Professor Zeljko Pedisic, and had the following agenda:
1) Welcome (10 minutes)
2) Presentation of the INTUE annual report (15 minutes)
3) Presentation of the INTUE annual financial statement (5 minutes)
4) Adoption of the INTUE annual report and financial statement (5 minutes)
5) INTUE Annual Awards (5 minutes)
6) Research presentations and Q&A (60 minutes)
7) Discussion about future activities of INTUE (10 minutes)
8) Other general business (5 minutes)
9) Closing remarks (5 minutes)
The research presentations included:
1) Kim Meredith-Jones – Validation of actigraphy sleep metrics in children aged 8 to 16 years: considerations for device type, placement and algorithms
2) Iris Willems – Test–retest reliability and internal consistency of a newly developed questionnaire to assess explanatory variables of 24-h movement behaviors in adults
3) Si-Tong Chen – Trends in adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines among US adolescents from 2011 to 2019: Evidence from repeated cross-sectional cycles of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
4) Youngwon Kim and Qiaoxin Shi – Replacing device-measured sedentary time with physical activity is associated with lower risk of coronary heart disease regardless of genetic risk
5) Sean Healy – It’s about time to exercise: development of the Exercise Participation Explained in Relation to Time (EXPERT) model
Many thanks to all INTUE members who contributed to the meeting, and especially to the presenters for their excellent and insightful presentations!
