Physical activity and other lifestyle behaviors in a Portuguese sample of adults: results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health StudyRute Santos
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health, and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
J Phys Act Health 6:750-9. 2009
..The aims of this study were to describe physical activity (PA) prevalence and compare it with other countries and to investigate possible associations between PA and other lifestyle behaviors in Azorean adults...
- Sitting time and body mass index, in a Portuguese sample of men: results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health Study (APAHS)
Rute Santos
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Portugal
Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:1500-7. 2010
..Although the cross sectional design precludes us from establishing causality, our findings emphasize the importance of reducing sedentary behavior to decrease the risk of obesity...
- Prevalence of overweight and obesity in a Portuguese sample of adults: results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health Study
Rute Santos
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health, and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal
Am J Hum Biol 20:78-85. 2008
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- Physical activity and perceived environmental attributes in a sample of Portuguese adults: results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health study
Rute Santos
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Rua Dr Placido Costa, 91, 4200 450 Porto, Portugal
Prev Med 47:83-8. 2008
..The aim of the present study was to determine whether the relation of perceived neighbourhood attributes to reported Physical Activity (PA) levels in Azorean adults varied by gender and body mass index (BMI)...
- Socio-demographic and perceived environmental correlates of walking in Portuguese adults--a multilevel analysis
M S Rute Santos
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Rua Dr Placido Costa, 91, 4200 450 Porto, Portugal
Health Place 15:1094-9. 2009
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- Walking and body mass index in a Portuguese sample of adults: a multilevel analysis
R Santos
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Eur J Clin Nutr 63:1260-2. 2009
..Nevertheless, among Azoreans walking should be encouraged, as walking has other health benefits, beyond controlling obesity...
- Benefits of achieving vigorous as well as moderate physical activity recommendations: evidence from heart rate complexity and cardiac vagal modulation
Luísa Soares-Miranda
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
J Sports Sci 29:1011-8. 2011
..These findings suggest that vigorous physical activity is more closely associated with high heart rate complexity than moderate physical activity in young adults...
- Metabolic risk factors, physical activity and physical fitness in Azorean adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Carla Moreira
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal
BMC Public Health 11:214. 2011
..This study analyzed the relationships between metabolic risk factors (MRF) and physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) in a sample of Azorean adolescents...
- Comparison of different VO(2max) equations in the ability to discriminate the metabolic risk in Portuguese adolescents
Carla Moreira
Research Centre for Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal
J Sci Med Sport 14:79-84. 2011
..The VO(2max) values found require further testing in other populations as well as in longitudinal studies; the identification of adolescents who have low CRF levels can help detect youth with an increased risk of metabolic disease...
- Association of perceived environmental characteristics and participation in organized and non-organized physical activities of adolescents
Jorge Mota
Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports Science and Physical Education, University of Porto, 4200 450 Porto, Portugal
Pediatr Exerc Sci 21:233-9. 2009
..05) and social environment (p -/+ .05) were associated to girls' PA participation in nonorganized activities (NOPA). Our findings suggested that some environmental characteristics might play an important role in girls' NOPA participation...
- Metabolic syndrome and physical fitness in a sample of Azorean adolescents
Carla Moreira
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Metab Syndr Relat Disord 8:443-9. 2010
..This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components and to analyze the relationship between metabolic syndrome and overall physical fitness levels in a sample of Azorean adolescents...
- Relationship of objective measurement of physical activity during school hours and BMI in preschool children
Susana Vale
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Plácido Costa no 91, Portugal
Int J Pediatr Obes 6:37-8. 2011
..Most of the time spent at school is related to SB, which is central to childhood obesity risk. Early interventions to increase PA in preschool children are needed...
- Relationships between physical activity, obesity and meal frequency in adolescents
Jorge Mota
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports, Porto University, Portugal
Ann Hum Biol 35:1-10. 2008
..The purpose of this study was to assess the associations and impact of increased meal frequency, physical activity and 'skipping' breakfast on obesity levels in a sample of urban adolescents, aged 13-17 years old, from Porto, Portugal...
- Central fat influences cardiac autonomic function in obese and overweight girls
Luísa Soares-Miranda
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Pediatr Cardiol 32:924-8. 2011
..The data of the present study indicate that CF is associated with less favorable indexes of HRV. In addition, our findings suggest that CF might be an important measure to assess the effect of obesity on cANS function in female children...
- Daily differences in patterns of physical activity among overweight/obese children engaged in a physical activity program
Luisa Aires
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Am J Hum Biol 19:871-7. 2007
..Our data point that obese children are less active at weekend than during weekdays...
- Metabolic syndrome, physical activity and cardiac autonomic function
Luísa Soares-Miranda
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal
Diabetes Metab Res Rev 28:363-9. 2012
..We also aimed to identify predictors of 3-year changes in HRV...
- Evaluation of physical activity programmes for the elderly - exploring the lessons from other sectors and examining the general characteristics of the programmes
Ana I Marques
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
BMC Res Notes 4:368. 2011
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- Influence of muscle fitness test performance on metabolic risk factors among adolescent girls
Jorge Mota
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports University of Porto Portugal
Diabetol Metab Syndr 2:42. 2010
..The purpose of this study was to examine the association between muscular fitness (MF), assessed by 2 components of Fitnessgram test battery, the Curl-Up and Push-Ups tests and the metabolic risk score among adolescent girls...
- Compliance with physical activity guidelines in preschool children
Susana Vale
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
J Sports Sci 28:603-8. 2010
..Future research should consider the two constructs of physical activity and sedentary behaviour independently, as they might not necessarily counteract each other...
- Preschool children physical activity measurement: importance of epoch length choice
Susana Vale
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Pediatr Exerc Sci 21:413-20. 2009
..Further, it was found a difference of ?17 min difference between the 2 epoch systems for MVPA. Different epoch times might affect the time spent in MVPA among preschool children...
- The importance of physical education classes in pre-school children
Susana Vale
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
J Paediatr Child Health 47:48-53. 2011
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- Ability of different measures of adiposity to identify high metabolic risk in adolescents
Carla Moreira
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Dr Plácido Costa 91, 4200 450 Porto, Portugal
J Obes 2011:578106. 2011
..Conclusion. All measures of adiposity were significantly associated with metabolic risk factors in a sample of Portuguese adolescents...
- Perceived neighbourhood environmental characteristics and physical activity according to socioeconomic status in adolescent girls
Jorge Mota
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Rua Dr Plácido Costa 91, Porto, Portugal
Ann Hum Biol 38:1-6. 2011
..The purpose of this study was to analyse the associations between physical activity (PA) and several characteristics of the built environment with socioeconomic status (SES) in adolescent girls...
- Evaluation of physical activity programmes for elderly people - a descriptive study using the EFQM' criteria
Ana I Marques
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure Faculty of Sports, Porto University, Portugal
BMC Public Health 11:123. 2011
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- A proposed adaptation of the European Foundation for Quality Management Excellence Model to physical activity programmes for the elderly - development of a quality self-assessment tool using a modified Delphi process
Ana I Marques
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:104. 2011
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- Vigorous physical activity and vagal modulation in young adults
Luísa Soares-Miranda
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 16:705-11. 2009
..Second, to identify the characteristic of PA which most influences the cardiac autonomic nervous system (cANS) function in young adults...
- Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts later body mass index, but not other cardiovascular risk factors from childhood to adolescence
Clarice Martins
Research Centre in Physical Education Activity, Health and Leisure Time, Faculty of Sports, University of Oporto, Portugal
Am J Hum Biol 21:121-3. 2009
..In both models, a significant main effect was found for body mass index (BMI) (P <or= 0.05). Data showed that in children, lower levels of CRF are associated with higher levels of BMI over a 5-year follow-up period...
