Table 4.
The top 10 priority areas identified by both panels
| Ranking | Priority areas | Mean ratinga | Panel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conduct longitudinal studies to assess changes in fitness and associations with health | 4.45 | Both |
| 2 | Use fitness surveillance to inform decision making | 4.25 | Both |
| 3 | Implement regular and consistent international/national fitness surveys using common measures | 4.22 | Both |
| 4 | Implement scalable school-based interventions to improve and promote fitness | 4.21 | Panel 2 only |
| 5 | Develop universal health-related fitness cut-points | 4.17 | Both |
| 6 | Investigate interventions to improve fitness | 4.12 | Panel 1 only |
| 7 | Assess the reliability and validity of fitness measures | 4.12 | Panel 1 only |
| 8 | Develop a common/universal international field-based fitness test battery | 4.12 | Panel 1 only |
| 9 | Investigate and reduce inequalities in fitness | 4.08 | Panel 1 only |
| 10 | Develop an international fitness data repository | 4.04 | Panel 1 only |
The calculated mean rating (i.e., panel 1 mean + panel 2 mean/2) from priorities that overlapped between panels, or single panel mean rating were used to rank the top 10 priorities from the most important to least important
aData are presented as the mean from a 5-point Likert scale