Jorge Bezerra

Biographic Data

ID228322
NAMEJorge Bezerra
GIVEN NAMESJorge
FAMILY NAMEBezerra
SIGNATUREBEZERRA J
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade de Pernambuco
ORCID0000-0002-9935-4508
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Temporal trend of sedentary behavior in adolescents

    Open AccessJorge Bezerra, Rodrigo Antunes Lima et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2025

    The aim of the study was to describe the temporal trend of excessive exposure to sedentary behaviors (SB) and analyze its relationship with sociodemographic factors in adolescents. This study was collected in three waves: 2006 (n = 4,207); 2011 (n = 6,264) and 2016 (n = 6,026). Excessive exposure to sedentary behavior (SB) was operationalized from the following indicators: i) watching television (TV); and ii) SB (except TV). Differences in the pr…

  • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022

    Open AccessNowell H Phelps, Rosie Singleton et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024

    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

    Rennê H da Silva, Glauber Carvalho Nobre et al.ARTICLEPhysical 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…

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019

    Open AccessBin Zhou, Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2021

    BACKGROUND: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to 2019 for 200 countries and territories. METHODS: We used data from 1990 to 2019 on people aged 30-79 years from population-representative studies with measurement of blood pressure and data on blo…

  • Inter‐individual variability in children's physical growth and body composition

    Open AccessTeresinha De Jesus Sousa Lima, Thaliane Mayara Pessôa dos Prazeres et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2021

    There are differences in the dynamics of PG and BC, low-birth-weight and type of delivery influence the dynamics of PG during this interval of ages

  • Consumo de álcool e drogas ilícitas e envolvimento de adolescentes em violência física em Pernambuco, Brasil

    Open AccessDaniel Da Rocha Queiroz, Mauro Virgilio Gomes De Barros et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2021References: 23

    O objetivo foi estimar a prevalência e analisar a associação do consumo de álcool e drogas ilícitas com indicadores de violência física em adolescentes. Estudo transversal repetido com estudantes do Ensino Médio em escolas da rede pública em Pernambuco, Brasil (2006, n = 4.207; 2011, n = 6.264). Os dados foram obtidos por questionário. Os indicadores de violência física foram: vitimização por violência física; envolvimento em brigas. As variáveis…

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories

    Open AccessAndrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea Rodriguez‐Martinez et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

    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 …

  • Effects of a Physical Education Intervention on Academic Performance

    Open AccessRodrigo Antunes Lima, Fernanda Cunha Soares et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Enhancing the pedagogical skills of the teachers is a promising approach in improving the academic performance of students who failed an academic year

  • Percepção de barreiras e facilitadores dos usuários para participação em programas de promoção da atividade física

    Open AccessCaroline Ramos De Moura Silva, Jorge Bezerra et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2020References: 23

    No Brasil, a atividade física é eixo prioritário das ações de promoção da saúde no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). O presente estudo tem como objetivo descrever o perfil dos usuários, as barreiras e os facilitadores para participação em programas para promoção de atividades físicas na atenção básica à saúde. Trata-se de um estudo transversal com abrangência estadual realizado nos municípios de Pernambuco. Foram entrevistados de 2 a 21 indivíduos, p…

  • Prevalência e fatores associados ao sobrepeso e à obesidade em adolescentes, estudantes de escolas de Ensino Médio de Pernambuco, Brasil

    Open AccessRafael De Miranda Tassitano, Mauro Virgilio Gomes De Barros et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2009Cited by: 7References: 33

    O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a associação entre fatores demográficos, sócio-econômicos, escolares e comportamentais e a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em adolescentes. A amostra foi constituída por 4.210 estudantes (14-19 anos) da rede pública estadual em Pernambuco, Brasil, selecionados mediante amostragem por conglomerados em dois estágios. Além das medidas antropométricas, dados pessoais e comportamentais foram coletadas usando o…