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Anelise Reis Gaya

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ID210349
NAMEAnelise Reis Gaya
GIVEN NAMESAnelise Reis
FAMILY NAMEGaya
SIGNATUREGAYA A R
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
ORCID0000-0002-8335-6947
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS31
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT31
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1
  • Components of 24-hour movement behavior and self-reported physical fitness in Ibero-American preschoolers, children, and adolescents during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open Access•Letícia De Borba Schneiders, José Francisco López‐gil et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Public Health•2026

    Objective: To evaluate the association between the component of 24-h movement behaviors (24HMB) (physical activity-PA; screen time-ST; sleep) and self-reported physical fitness in Ibero-American preschoolers, children, and adolescents during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 1,077 participants (3-17 years old) from Spain, Brazil, and Uruguay. The components of 24HMB were classified acco…

  • Visualization of the research landscape on the 20 m shuttle run test in the last 15 years: Bibliometric analysis with VOSviewer of the most cited studies

    Open Access•Boryi A Becerra-Patiño, Boryi Alexander Becerra Patiño et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Sports and Active…•2025

    Introduction Various studies have applied the 20-meter shuttle run test (20mSRT) to estimate cardiorespiratory fitness in different population groups, with the aim of associating test performance with the physiological, psychosocial, and cognitive health of children and young people. However, to date, no bibliometric review that analyzes the research landscape has been conducted. The objective was to conduct a bibliometric review to develop an ov…

  • The Influence of Parental Behaviours and Socioeconomic Factors on Offspring’s Precursors of Atherosclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

    Open Access•A Silva, Ana Carvalhinho Silva et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2025

    Parents can influence both the behaviours and cardiovascular health of their school-aged children and adolescents. Understanding these effects is essential for developing targeted interventions. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to report existing research findings on the associations between parental lifestyle behaviours, socioeconomic status (SES), and educational level (EDL) and offspring's arterial stiffness (AS) and blood pressur…

  • Is the type of school uniform linked with physical activity levels and physical fitness in schoolchildren? A systematic review covering 1,098,972 children and adolescents

    Open Access•Jorge Olivares‐arancibia, Arturo Prat-Lopicich et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Sports and Active…•2025•References: 6

    PROSPERO CRD42024571665

  • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Open Access•Nowell H Phelps, Rosie Singleton et al.•ARTICLE•The Lancet•2024

    BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…

  • Physical activity during school-time and fundamental movement skills: A study among preschoolers with and without physical education classes

    Rennê H da Silva, Glauber Carvalho Nobre et al.•ARTICLE•Physical Education and Sport…•2024

    Purpose To analyze associations between physical activity (PA) during school hours and fundamental movement skills (FMS) of young children with and without PE classes.Methods This cross-sectional study examined 201 children of both sexes (102 girls, 50.7%), aged 3–5 years old (4.51 ± 0.79), who were engaged (n = 129) or not (n = 72) in physical education (PE) classes weekly. Light (LPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) were asses…

  • Growth charts of Brazilian youngs: 20-Years data of 95,000 children and adolescents from “Projeto Esporte Brasil”

    Open Access•Júlio Brugnara Mello, Glauber Carvalho Nobre et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2024

    This article aims to present growth curves for height, weight, and BMI of 95,000 Brazilian youths aged 6 to 17 years, including the five regions of the country, the Amazon region, and indigenous populations, and compare them with the World Health Organization (WHO) growth references. The final sample consisted of 52,729 boys and 42,731 girls from the “Projeto Esporte Brasil” database. Body mass and height information were used to derive the curve…

  • Electronic device and social network use and sleep outcomes among adolescents: The EHDLA study

    Open Access•Anelise Reis Gaya, Rodolfo Brum et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2023

    Our results suggest a relationship between cell phones, video games, and social networks with sleep-related problems and time

  • Team sports, running, walking: Activity-specific associations with perceived environmental factors in adolescents

    Open Access•Arieli Fernandes Dias, Camila Felin Fochesatto et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2022

    This study aimed to analyze the association between the practice of different types of physical activity (PA) with perceived environmental factors in boys and girls adolescents. Were evaluated 1,130 adolescents from Porto Alegre, Brazil. To evaluate different PA, students answered whether or not they practiced walking, running, team sports, and others general PA. Perceived environmental factors were assessed through Neighborhood Environment Walka…

  • Efeitos da educação física sobre indicadores de saúde de jovens e adultos avaliados em quatro momentos anuais

    Open Access•Vanilson Lemes, Arieli Fernandes Dias et al.•ARTICLE•Ambiente Gestão e Desenvolvimento•2021

    Objetivo: verificar o efeito de uma intervenção em educação física avaliada em diferentes períodos, considerando o recesso escolar, sobre os níveis de aptidão física cardiorrespiratória, abdominais em 1 minuto, flexibilidade e pressão arterial sistólica em jovens e adultos de ambos sexos na educação de jovens e adultos (EJA). Métodos: Estudo pré-experimental quantitativo realizado com 27 estudantes, 9 do sexo feminino, idade média 29,38 (dp: ±15,…

  • Effects and Responsiveness of a Multicomponent Intervention on Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Leptin in Overweight/Obese Adolescents

    Open Access•Leticia Borfe, C Brand et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2021

    Physical exercise reduces the biochemical markers of obesity, but the effects of multicomponent interventions on these markers should be explored. The present study aimed to elucidate how overweight/obese adolescents respond to a multicomponent program approach on body composition, physical fitness, and inflammatory markers, using a quasi-experimental study with 33 overweight/obesity adolescents (control group (CG) = 16; intervention group (IG) =…

  • BMI Fails to Reflect the Developmental Changes in Body Fatness between Boys and Girls during Adolescence

    Open Access•Alan Nevill, Cézane Priscila Reuter et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2021

    For the same body fat (%), there are no differences in BMI in children <10 years

  • Could Physical Fitness Be Considered as a Protective Social Factor Associated with Bridging the Cognitive Gap Related to School Vulnerability in Adolescents? The Cogni-Action Project

    Open Access•Carlos Cristi-Montero, Jessica Ibarra-Mora et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2021

    The first aim was to compare differences between school vulnerability groups, fitness levels, and their combination in adolescent cognitive performance. The second aim was to determine the mediation role of fitness in the association between school vulnerability and cognitive performance. A total of 912 Chilean adolescents aged 10-14 years participated in this study. The school vulnerability index (SVI) assigned by the Chilean Government was cate…

  • A Multicomponent Intervention Program With Overweight and Obese Adolescents Improves Body Composition and Cardiorespiratory Fitness, but Not Insulin Biomarkers

    Open Access•Letícia De Borba Schneiders, C Brand et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Sports and Active…•2021•References: 1

    Objective: To verify the effect of a multicomponent intervention with overweight/obese adolescents on physical fitness, body composition, and insulin biomarkers. Methods: A quasi-experimental study with 37 adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, of both sexes, overweight and obese, allocated in two groups (Intervention—IG Group, n = 17; Control—GC Group, n = 20). The IGs were submitted to a multicomponent intervention for 6 months (three weekly session…

  • Subjective Well-Being and Psychopathology Symptoms: Mental Health Profiles and their Relations with Academic Achievement in Brazilian Children

    Open Access•Aline Riboli Marasca, Maurício Scopel Hoffmann et al.•ARTICLE•Child Indicators Research•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 10

  • A descriptive ranking of blood pressure and physical fitness of Latin–American ethnic schoolchildren

    Cristián Álvarez, Eduardo Lusa Cadore et al.•ARTICLE•Ethnicity and Health•2021•References: 1

    Under conditions of insufficient physical activity conditions, Mapuche schoolchildren had the most detrimental blood pressure, whereas Embera, Tikuna, and European schoolchildren had the lowest levels of physical fitness. These results serve to highlight the need for the early and appropriate promotion of physical activity based on ethnic differences in Latin-American schools

  • Mediation role of residential density on the association between perceived environmental factors and active commuting to school in Brazilian adolescents

    Open Access•Arieli Fernandes Dias, Anelise Reis Gaya et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos de Saude Publica•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 38

    The objective of this study was to verify whether residential density and connectivity between streets are mediators on the association between perceived environmental factors and active commuting to school (ACS) in Brazilian adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 1,130 adolescents (52.7% girls) aged between 14 to 20 years, from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Adolescents' self-reported their usual mod…

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: A pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million p…

    Open Access•Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea Rodriguez‐Martinez et al.•ARTICLE•The Lancet•2020

    BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …

  • Confiabilidade De Um Escore De Aptidão Física Autorrelatada Em 2020, E Associação Com a Aptidão Física De Crianças No Ano 2019

    Open Access•Vanilson Lemes, Anelise Reis Gaya et al.•ARTICLE•Ambiente Gestão e Desenvolvimento•2020

    Objetivos: verificar a confiabilidade do escore em um questionário de aptidão física autorrelatada (QAPA) em crianças de 6 a 11 anos, nas aulas de educação física não presenciais em 2020, durante o distanciamento social COVID-19 e identificar se há associação do escore no QAPA com níveis de aptidão cardiorrespiratória (APC) e índice de massa corporal (IMC) mensurados no ano 2019. Métodos: estudo longitudinal retrospectivo realizado no sul de Sant…

  • Neighborhood environmental factors associated with leisure walking in adolescents

    Open Access•Arieli Fernandes Dias, Anelise Reis Gaya et al.•ARTICLE•Revista de Saúde Pública•2020

    OBJECTIVE: To verify the associations of leisure walking with perceived and objective measures of neighborhood environmental factors stratified by gender and socioeconomic status (SES) in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with a random sample of 1,130 high school students (47.3% girls; aged 14 to 20 years old) from Porto Alegre, Brazil. Leisure walking and SES were self-reported by the adolescents. Perceived environmental fact…

  • Relationship between insulin resistance and adipocytokines: The mediator role of adiposity in children

    Open Access•C Brand, Adroaldo César Araujo Gaya et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•2020

    Background: Leptin and adiponectin interact with each other in the modulation of obesity and insulin resistance (IR) and it is also important to consider the role of cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness in these relationships. Aim : To analyse the relationship between IR with adipocytokines in children, and to test the mediation effect of %BF (percentage of body fat) in the association of IR with leptin, adiponectin, and L/A ratio. Subjects and…

  • Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and obesity parameters with blood pressure: Fitness and fatness in youth Latin-American ethnic minority

    Cristián Álvarez, Eduardo Lusa Cadore et al.•ARTICLE•Ethnicity and Health•2020•Cited by: 1

    Background: In spite of wide international evidence about cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and adiposity in association with cardiovascular disease, there is poor evidence about this relationship in schoolchildren of ethnic minorities. Aim: To examine the relationship between CRF and body composition on blood pressure (BP) in a sample of ethnic minority schoolchildren from three Latin-American countries. Material and methods: A descriptive cross s…

  • Adherence to Southern European Atlantic Diet and physical fitness on the atherogenic index of plasma in adolescents

    Open Access•César Agostinis‐sobrinho, Arieli Fernandes Dias et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos de Saude Publica•2019•References: 34

    We sought (i) to evaluate the associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), muscular fitness (MF) and Southern European Atlantic Diet (SEADiet) with atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and (ii) to investigate de combined association of MF, CRF and SEADiet on AIP in adolescents. A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted on 493 adolescents (285 girls and 208 boys) aged 15-18 years, from the Portuguese Azorean Archipelago. CRF was measured…

  • FTO polymorphism, cardiorespiratory fitness, and obesity in B razilian youth

    Open Access•Cézane Priscila Reuter, Andréia R M Valim et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2016

    OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between the rs9939609 fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) polymorphism and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with overweight/obesity outcomes in youth. METHODS: This study included 420 youths, comprising 211 boys and 209 girls aged 7-17. Overweight/obesity were evaluated by body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and the percentage of fat (PF) according to two skin…

  • Níveis De Atividade Física Em Diferentes Modalidades Esportivas: Um Programa Não Convencional De Educação Física Escolar

    Open Access•Rodrigo Baptista Moreira, Giovani L D Nina et al.•ARTICLE•Pensar a Prática•2016

    Objetivos: a) avaliar a intensidade, tempo de deslocamento ativo, distância percorrida e gasto energético (kcal), em diferentes modalidades esportivas, estratificado por sexo; b) conforme quantidade de modalidades esportivas frequentadas durante a semana na escola, identificar a contribuição da educação física escolar quanto ao tempo AFMV realizada durante a semana. Métodos: Estudo de caso: programa de educação física do Instituto Estadual de Edu…

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  • A reinvenção dos corpos: Por Uma Pedagogia Da Complexidade

    Open Access•Anelise Reis Gaya, Adroaldo Gaya•ARTICLE•Sociologias•2006•Cited by: 5

    O objetivo deste ensaio é o de reivindicar a presença do corpo humano nas reflexões epistemológicas e pedagógicas. Parte-se da seguinte hipótese: Em tempos pós-modernos, os discursos filosófico e sociológico apontam para a superação da racionalidade iluminista. As propostas pedagógicas procuram perspectivas interdisciplinares, novas formas de configuração curricular e de organização do espaço escolar. Muito seguidamente ouvem-se referências a uma…

  • Subjective Well-Being and Psychopathology Symptoms: Mental Health Profiles and their Relations with Academic Achievement in Brazilian Children

    Open Access•Aline Riboli Marasca, Maurício Scopel Hoffmann et al.•ARTICLE•Child Indicators Research•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 10

  • Mediation role of residential density on the association between perceived environmental factors and active commuting to school in Brazilian adolescents

    Open Access•Arieli Fernandes Dias, Anelise Reis Gaya et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos de Saude Publica•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 38

    The objective of this study was to verify whether residential density and connectivity between streets are mediators on the association between perceived environmental factors and active commuting to school (ACS) in Brazilian adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 1,130 adolescents (52.7% girls) aged between 14 to 20 years, from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Adolescents' self-reported their usual mod…

  • Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and obesity parameters with blood pressure: Fitness and fatness in youth Latin-American ethnic minority

    Cristián Álvarez, Eduardo Lusa Cadore et al.•ARTICLE•Ethnicity and Health•2020•Cited by: 1

    Background: In spite of wide international evidence about cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and adiposity in association with cardiovascular disease, there is poor evidence about this relationship in schoolchildren of ethnic minorities. Aim: To examine the relationship between CRF and body composition on blood pressure (BP) in a sample of ethnic minority schoolchildren from three Latin-American countries. Material and methods: A descriptive cross s…

  • A reinvenção dos corpos: Por Uma Pedagogia Da Complexidade

    Open Access•Anelise Reis Gaya, Adroaldo Gaya•ARTICLE•Sociologias•2006•Cited by: 5

    O objetivo deste ensaio é o de reivindicar a presença do corpo humano nas reflexões epistemológicas e pedagógicas. Parte-se da seguinte hipótese: Em tempos pós-modernos, os discursos filosófico e sociológico apontam para a superação da racionalidade iluminista. As propostas pedagógicas procuram perspectivas interdisciplinares, novas formas de configuração curricular e de organização do espaço escolar. Muito seguidamente ouvem-se referências a uma…

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts later body mass index, but not other cardiovascular risk factors from childhood to adolescence

    Open Access•Clarice Maria Lucena De Martins, Clarice Martins et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2008

    We analyzed the 5-year longitudinal relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk factors in children. A total of 153 students (66 boys and 87 girls) were evaluated in 1998 and 2003. Multilevel modeling was used to determine the effect of CRF across time (Model 1, adjusted for time and Model 2-Model 1 with further adjustment for gender and age). In both models, a significant main effect was found for …

  • Association between time spent in sedentary, moderate to vigorous physical activity, body mass index, cardiorespiratory fitness and blood pressure

    Open Access•Anelise Reis Gaya, Alberto J Alves et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•2009

    The present study showed that BMI and time spent in sedentary activities were inversely associated with SBP. However, time spent in moderate PA was positively associated with SBP. BMI was the single predictor of DBP

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness and TV viewing in relation to metabolic risk factors in Portuguese adolescents

    Open Access•Jorge Mota, Rute Santos et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•2013

    The data showed that the high TV-Unfit group was associated with an increased metabolic risk in adolescents after adjustment for gender, age, biological maturity and parental education

  • Obesity parameters as predictors of early development of cardiometabolic risk factors

    Open Access•Miria Suzana Burgos, Cézane Priscila Reuter et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2015

    The scope of this study was to verify the association between different overweight and obesity parameters and the metabolic risk profile among school-age students. The randomized cross-sectional study included 1254 children and adolescents, aged 7 to 17, from a city in southern Brazil. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and percentage of fat (PF), measured at the triceps and based on subscapular skinfold thickness, were used as the p…

  • Incidence of Hypertension in Schoolchildren and Adolescents: Relationship With Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Obesity

    Open Access•Anelise Reis Gaya, Anelise Gaya et al.•ARTICLE•Pensar a Prática•2015

    The present study examined the associations between changes over time in blood pressure (BP) with baseline and with varying levels of physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory fitness (AFT) and body mass index (BMI). Longitudinal study, consisting of 221 young people aged between 8-17 years. BP, BMI, sexual maturation and the AFT test were conducted at the school. The AF was assessed by a validated questionnaire. Subjects were classified into hig…

  • FTO polymorphism, cardiorespiratory fitness, and obesity in B razilian youth

    Open Access•Cézane Priscila Reuter, Andréia R M Valim et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2016

    OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between the rs9939609 fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) polymorphism and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with overweight/obesity outcomes in youth. METHODS: This study included 420 youths, comprising 211 boys and 209 girls aged 7-17. Overweight/obesity were evaluated by body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and the percentage of fat (PF) according to two skin…

  • Níveis De Atividade Física Em Diferentes Modalidades Esportivas: Um Programa Não Convencional De Educação Física Escolar

    Open Access•Rodrigo Baptista Moreira, Giovani L D Nina et al.•ARTICLE•Pensar a Prática•2016

    Objetivos: a) avaliar a intensidade, tempo de deslocamento ativo, distância percorrida e gasto energético (kcal), em diferentes modalidades esportivas, estratificado por sexo; b) conforme quantidade de modalidades esportivas frequentadas durante a semana na escola, identificar a contribuição da educação física escolar quanto ao tempo AFMV realizada durante a semana. Métodos: Estudo de caso: programa de educação física do Instituto Estadual de Edu…

  • Adherence to Southern European Atlantic Diet and physical fitness on the atherogenic index of plasma in adolescents

    Open Access•César Agostinis‐sobrinho, Arieli Fernandes Dias et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos de Saude Publica•2019•References: 34

    We sought (i) to evaluate the associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), muscular fitness (MF) and Southern European Atlantic Diet (SEADiet) with atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and (ii) to investigate de combined association of MF, CRF and SEADiet on AIP in adolescents. A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted on 493 adolescents (285 girls and 208 boys) aged 15-18 years, from the Portuguese Azorean Archipelago. CRF was measured…

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: A pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million p…

    Open Access•Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea Rodriguez‐Martinez et al.•ARTICLE•The Lancet•2020

    BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …

  • Confiabilidade De Um Escore De Aptidão Física Autorrelatada Em 2020, E Associação Com a Aptidão Física De Crianças No Ano 2019

    Open Access•Vanilson Lemes, Anelise Reis Gaya et al.•ARTICLE•Ambiente Gestão e Desenvolvimento•2020

    Objetivos: verificar a confiabilidade do escore em um questionário de aptidão física autorrelatada (QAPA) em crianças de 6 a 11 anos, nas aulas de educação física não presenciais em 2020, durante o distanciamento social COVID-19 e identificar se há associação do escore no QAPA com níveis de aptidão cardiorrespiratória (APC) e índice de massa corporal (IMC) mensurados no ano 2019. Métodos: estudo longitudinal retrospectivo realizado no sul de Sant…

  • Neighborhood environmental factors associated with leisure walking in adolescents

    Open Access•Arieli Fernandes Dias, Anelise Reis Gaya et al.•ARTICLE•Revista de Saúde Pública•2020

    OBJECTIVE: To verify the associations of leisure walking with perceived and objective measures of neighborhood environmental factors stratified by gender and socioeconomic status (SES) in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with a random sample of 1,130 high school students (47.3% girls; aged 14 to 20 years old) from Porto Alegre, Brazil. Leisure walking and SES were self-reported by the adolescents. Perceived environmental fact…

  • Relationship between insulin resistance and adipocytokines: The mediator role of adiposity in children

    Open Access•C Brand, Adroaldo César Araujo Gaya et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•2020

    Background: Leptin and adiponectin interact with each other in the modulation of obesity and insulin resistance (IR) and it is also important to consider the role of cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness in these relationships. Aim : To analyse the relationship between IR with adipocytokines in children, and to test the mediation effect of %BF (percentage of body fat) in the association of IR with leptin, adiponectin, and L/A ratio. Subjects and…

  • Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and obesity parameters with blood pressure: Fitness and fatness in youth Latin-American ethnic minority

    Cristián Álvarez, Eduardo Lusa Cadore et al.•ARTICLE•Ethnicity and Health•2020•Cited by: 1

    Background: In spite of wide international evidence about cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and adiposity in association with cardiovascular disease, there is poor evidence about this relationship in schoolchildren of ethnic minorities. Aim: To examine the relationship between CRF and body composition on blood pressure (BP) in a sample of ethnic minority schoolchildren from three Latin-American countries. Material and methods: A descriptive cross s…

  • Efeitos da educação física sobre indicadores de saúde de jovens e adultos avaliados em quatro momentos anuais

    Open Access•Vanilson Lemes, Arieli Fernandes Dias et al.•ARTICLE•Ambiente Gestão e Desenvolvimento•2021

    Objetivo: verificar o efeito de uma intervenção em educação física avaliada em diferentes períodos, considerando o recesso escolar, sobre os níveis de aptidão física cardiorrespiratória, abdominais em 1 minuto, flexibilidade e pressão arterial sistólica em jovens e adultos de ambos sexos na educação de jovens e adultos (EJA). Métodos: Estudo pré-experimental quantitativo realizado com 27 estudantes, 9 do sexo feminino, idade média 29,38 (dp: ±15,…

  • Effects and Responsiveness of a Multicomponent Intervention on Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Leptin in Overweight/Obese Adolescents

    Open Access•Leticia Borfe, C Brand et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2021

    Physical exercise reduces the biochemical markers of obesity, but the effects of multicomponent interventions on these markers should be explored. The present study aimed to elucidate how overweight/obese adolescents respond to a multicomponent program approach on body composition, physical fitness, and inflammatory markers, using a quasi-experimental study with 33 overweight/obesity adolescents (control group (CG) = 16; intervention group (IG) =…

  • BMI Fails to Reflect the Developmental Changes in Body Fatness between Boys and Girls during Adolescence

    Open Access•Alan Nevill, Cézane Priscila Reuter et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2021

    For the same body fat (%), there are no differences in BMI in children <10 years

  • Could Physical Fitness Be Considered as a Protective Social Factor Associated with Bridging the Cognitive Gap Related to School Vulnerability in Adolescents? The Cogni-Action Project

    Open Access•Carlos Cristi-Montero, Jessica Ibarra-Mora et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2021

    The first aim was to compare differences between school vulnerability groups, fitness levels, and their combination in adolescent cognitive performance. The second aim was to determine the mediation role of fitness in the association between school vulnerability and cognitive performance. A total of 912 Chilean adolescents aged 10-14 years participated in this study. The school vulnerability index (SVI) assigned by the Chilean Government was cate…

  • A Multicomponent Intervention Program With Overweight and Obese Adolescents Improves Body Composition and Cardiorespiratory Fitness, but Not Insulin Biomarkers

    Open Access•Letícia De Borba Schneiders, C Brand et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Sports and Active…•2021•References: 1

    Objective: To verify the effect of a multicomponent intervention with overweight/obese adolescents on physical fitness, body composition, and insulin biomarkers. Methods: A quasi-experimental study with 37 adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, of both sexes, overweight and obese, allocated in two groups (Intervention—IG Group, n = 17; Control—GC Group, n = 20). The IGs were submitted to a multicomponent intervention for 6 months (three weekly session…

  • Subjective Well-Being and Psychopathology Symptoms: Mental Health Profiles and their Relations with Academic Achievement in Brazilian Children

    Open Access•Aline Riboli Marasca, Maurício Scopel Hoffmann et al.•ARTICLE•Child Indicators Research•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 10

  • A descriptive ranking of blood pressure and physical fitness of Latin–American ethnic schoolchildren

    Cristián Álvarez, Eduardo Lusa Cadore et al.•ARTICLE•Ethnicity and Health•2021•References: 1

    Under conditions of insufficient physical activity conditions, Mapuche schoolchildren had the most detrimental blood pressure, whereas Embera, Tikuna, and European schoolchildren had the lowest levels of physical fitness. These results serve to highlight the need for the early and appropriate promotion of physical activity based on ethnic differences in Latin-American schools

  • Mediation role of residential density on the association between perceived environmental factors and active commuting to school in Brazilian adolescents

    Open Access•Arieli Fernandes Dias, Anelise Reis Gaya et al.•ARTICLE•Cadernos de Saude Publica•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 38

    The objective of this study was to verify whether residential density and connectivity between streets are mediators on the association between perceived environmental factors and active commuting to school (ACS) in Brazilian adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 1,130 adolescents (52.7% girls) aged between 14 to 20 years, from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Adolescents' self-reported their usual mod…

  • Team sports, running, walking: Activity-specific associations with perceived environmental factors in adolescents

    Open Access•Arieli Fernandes Dias, Camila Felin Fochesatto et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2022

    This study aimed to analyze the association between the practice of different types of physical activity (PA) with perceived environmental factors in boys and girls adolescents. Were evaluated 1,130 adolescents from Porto Alegre, Brazil. To evaluate different PA, students answered whether or not they practiced walking, running, team sports, and others general PA. Perceived environmental factors were assessed through Neighborhood Environment Walka…

  • Electronic device and social network use and sleep outcomes among adolescents: The EHDLA study

    Open Access•Anelise Reis Gaya, Rodolfo Brum et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2023

    Our results suggest a relationship between cell phones, video games, and social networks with sleep-related problems and time

  • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Open Access•Nowell H Phelps, Rosie Singleton et al.•ARTICLE•The Lancet•2024

    BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…

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