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Enio R V Ronque

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ID83361
NAMEEnio R V Ronque
GIVEN NAMESEnio R V
FAMILY NAMERonque
SIGNATURERONQUE E R V
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Estadual de Londrina
ORCID0000-0003-3430-3993
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS26
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR26
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0
  • Screen time tracking across electronic devices in school-aged adolescents

    Open Access•Mileny Caroline Menezes de Freitas, Júlio Cesar da Costa et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2026

    The aim of this article is to verify the tracking of screen time (ST) on different electronic devices in school-aged adolescent during a three-year follow-up. This is a three-year longitudinal study involving students. The baseline data collection occurred in 2016, and the follow-up in 2019. A total of 151 adolescents of both sexes aged 14.9 (0.9) years participated. ST was analyzed by self-reported questions about time spent watching television …

  • Association Between Adherence to 24-Hour Movement Behavior Guidelines and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adolescents

    Open Access•Rafael Moraes Silva de Santana, Leonardo Alex Volpato et al.•ARTICLE•Health Education & Behavior•2026

    This cross-sectional study analyzed the associations between adherence to the 24-hour movement behavior (24-HMB), which includes physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), and sleep, and the aggregation of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) in Brazilian adolescents. The CVRFs analyzed included body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). Moderate-to-vigorous ph…

  • Is the Association Between Sports Participation in Childhood and Adolescence and Cardiometabolic Risk Mediated by Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adulthood

    Open Access•Mariana B Batista, Mileny Caroline Menezes de Freitas et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2025

    Objective Analyze the direct and indirect associations between sports participation (SP) during childhood and adolescence and the metabolic risk profile in adulthood. Additionally, investigate whether the relationship is mediated by current levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). Methods A retrospective observational study was conducted with 123 young adults (61 males), aged 18–25 years. Metabolic variables included body mass index (BMI), wais…

  • Relationship between age and handgrip strength

    Open Access•Rossana Gomez‐campo, Rossana Gomez-Campos et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Public Health•2023

    Introduction Measurement of hand grip strength (HGS) has been proposed as a key component of frailty and has also been suggested as a central biomarker of healthy aging and a powerful predictor of future morbidity and mortality. Objectives (a) To determine whether a nonlinear relationship model could improve the prediction of handgrip strength (HGS) compared to the linear model and (b) to propose percentiles to evaluate HGS according to age and s…

  • Interrelationship between muscle fitness in childhood and bone mineral density in adulthood

    Open Access•Cynthia C L Barbosa, Júlio Cesar da Costa et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2023

    Muscular fitness indicators in childhood showed significant relationship with bone health indicators in adulthood and the sit-ups test in childhood had direct effect on lumbar spine aBMD in adulthood. Adulthood handgrip strength mediated the relationship between childhood handgrip strength and total body and upper limb aBMD, pointing out that muscular fitness in childhood may be a aBMD determinant in adulthood, especially when higher muscle fitne…

  • Clusters of obesogenic behaviors and metabolic risk according to somatic maturity status among adolescents

    Open Access•Kleberton C S Magalhães, Thiago S Matias et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2022

    OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify the clusters of obesogenic behaviors, and verify the association with metabolic risk according to the categories of somatic maturity status of adolescents. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 1159 (55.1% girls) Brazilian adolescents aged between 10 and 16 years (mean age: 12.9 years). Measurements of waist circumference, blood pressure, blood glucose, HDL-C, and triglycerides were combin…

  • Association of parents’ physical activity and weight status with obesity and metabolic risk of their offspring

    Open Access•André Oliveira Werneck, Danilo R P Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2022

    Our aim was to analyze the joint association of parental characteristics and offspring obesity indicators with metabolic risk in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 972 adolescents and their parents. We observed that overweight adolescents who have a normal weight mother show lower metabolic risk in comparison with their counterparts with overweight mothers. In conclusion, mother’s weight status moderates the relationship be…

  • Association Between Device-Measured Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Academic Performance in Adolescents

    Open Access•Maria Raquel de Oliveira Bueno, Lidyane Ferreira Zambrin et al.•ARTICLE•Health Education & Behavior•2021

    Background Although many studies found a positive association between physical activity (PA) and academic performance (AP), most did not consider important variables of school setting and students’ self-concept. Aims To analyze the association between moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and AP in adolescents, considering potential confounding variables of school setting and self-concept in adolescents. Method The final sample was composed of 394 stude…

  • Self-perceived social relationships are related to health risk behaviors and mental health in adolescents

    Open Access•Danilo R P Silva, André Oliveira Werneck et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2021

    Although changes have been observed in social relationships in the recent years, especially among younger generations, little evidence is available concerning factors associated with adolescents’ perceived social relationships. In this study we investigated the association between self-perceived social relationships, health-related behaviors, biological maturation, and mental health in adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 1…

  • Tracking of health‐related physical fitness between childhood and adulthood

    Open Access•Gabriela Blasquez Shigaki, Cynthia C L Barbosa et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2020

    OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to analyze the tracking of indicators of health-related physical fitness between childhood and adulthood. METHODS: The study presents a longitudinal design, with the first phase of data collection occurring annually between 2002 and 2006, and the second phase carried out in 2016. A total of 142 young adults, aged between 21 and 25 years, of both sexes participated in the study. Were evaluated body mass,…

  • Social-Ecological Correlates of Regular Leisure-Time Physical Activity Practice among Adults

    Open Access•Timothy Gustavo Cavazzotto, Enio R V Ronque et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2020

    This study calculated the exposure-response rates of social-ecological correlates of practicing regular (>150 min/week) leisure-time physical activity (PA) in 393,648 adults from the 27 Brazilian state capitals who participated in a national survey between 2006 and 2016. Regular PA encouraging factors were inputted into an exposure-response model. Growth rates for the odds ratio and prevalence of regular PA were calculated for each increase of on…

  • Tracking of physical fitness in elementary school children

    Open Access•André Oliveira Werneck, Danilo R P Silva et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2019

    OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to examine the stability of physical fitness, and the interrelationships among intra-individual changes in fitness and fatness among elementary school children. METHODS: A longitudinal study was conducted among 372 adolescents (196 boys) and followed up over 3 years (from childhood to adolescence). Physical fitness was estimated using three indicators: cardiorespiratory fitness (through a 9-minute runn…

  • Prenatal, biological and environmental factors associated with physical activity maintenance from childhood to adolescence

    Open Access•André Oliveira Werneck, Danilo R P Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2019

    Our aim was to identify prenatal, biological and environmental correlates of child to adolescence physical activity maintenance in 1,186 Brazilian youth (525 boys) aged between 10 and 16 years. Current and former physical activity levels were obtained cross-sectionally through questionnaires. As potential correlates, parent’s activity levels, socioeconomic status and offspring’s birth weight were self-reported by parents. Somatic maturation was e…

  • Body adiposity from childhood to adolescence in boys

    Open Access•André Oliveira Werneck, Danilo R P Silva et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2018

    OBJECTIVES: To investigate the longitudinal relationship between adiposity and maturity status throughout the transition between childhood and adolescence in boys, and the moderation effect of maturation on adiposity trajectories. METHODS: This was a longitudinal study conducted with 197 boys who were followed over 3 years (from childhood to adolescence). Body adiposity was estimated through the subcutaneous skinfold method, with measures of tric…

  • Age at menarche and cancer risk at adulthood

    Open Access•André Oliveira Werneck, Manuel João Coelho E Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•2018

    Early age at menarche was associated with cancer risk in adulthood, regardless of race, educational status, chronological age, obesity, menopause onset, tobacco smoking or physical activity

  • Family history of cardiovascular disease and parental lifestyle behaviors are associated with offspring cardiovascular disease risk markers in childhood

    Open Access•Danilo R P Silva, Danilo R Silva et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2017

    INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular disease risk markers have become more prevalent in childhood. To provide increased understanding of the etiology of this public health issue, we investigated associations between family characteristics with cardiovascular disease risk markers in adolescents from a developing nation. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study data for fasting glucose, lipoproteins (LDL-C and HDL-C), triglycerides, and total cholesterol wer…

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness is related to metabolic risk independent of physical activity in boys but not girls from Southern B razil

    Open Access•Danilo R P Silva, Danilo Silva et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2016

    OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to determine the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and metabolic risk in adolescents from Southern Brazil. METHODS: We performed a school-based cross-sectional study in 1,037 adolescents (436 boys) aged 10-16 years from Londrina, PR, Brazil. CRF was determined by 20-m shuttle run test. A continuous metabolic risk score was obtained from the mean of fasting glucose, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein,…

  • Correlates of sports practice, occupational and leisure‐time physical activity in Brazilian adolescents

    Open Access•Danilo R P Silva, Rômulo A Fernandes et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2016

    OBJECTIVES: To analyze the relationship between different physical activity (PA) domains and sociodemographic, psychological, behavioral and biological factors in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS: 1,220 adolescents (55.1% female) aged between 10 and 16 years-old participated in this study. The Baecke questionnaire was used to evaluate different PA domains, namely occupational, sports and leisure-time. Socioeconomic status, number of siblings, frien…

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness effect may be under-estimated in ‘fat but fit’ hypothesis studies

    Open Access•Danilo R P Silva, Danilo R Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•2016

    These findings suggest that body fat is strongly related to cardiovascular risk, but, when the outcome is calculated without the central obesity indicator, cardiorespiratory fitness becomes more related to metabolic risk

  • Barreiras percebidas à prática de atividades físicas no lazer e fatores associados em adolescentes

    Open Access•Douglas Fernando Dias, Mathias Roberto Loch et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2015

    O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar a prevalência das barreiras percebidas à prática de atividade física no lazer de adolescentes, bem como analisar a possível associação das mesmas com a inatividade física no lazer. Este estudo transversal foi conduzido em 2011 e selecionou, por meio de múltiplos estágios, uma amostra representativa de 1.409 estudantes do ensino médio de escolas públicas do município de Londrina/PR. Os adolescentes responder…

  • Prevalence of physical activity through the practice of sports among adolescents from Portuguese speaking countries

    Open Access•Diego G D Christofaro, Rômulo A Fernandes et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2015

    This study evaluated the prevalence of physical activity through the practice of sports in adolescents from schools in two Brazilian cities and a Portuguese school, and its association with independent variables, such as gender and age. A cross-sectional study was conducted of schoolchildren from two cities in Brazil and one in Portugal. The total study sample was 3694 subjects (1622 males and 1872 females). Physical activity levels were assessed…

  • Scaling left ventricular mass in adolescent boys aged 11–15 years

    Open Access•João Valente‐dos‐santo, João Valente-Dos-Santos et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•2014

    Stature, FM and FFM are the best combination for normalizing LVM in adolescent boys; when body composition is not available, an indicator of biological maturity should be included with stature

  • Análise De Jogo No Futsal

    Open Access•Wilton Carlos De Santana, Loani Landin Istchuck et al.•ARTICLE•Pensar a Prática•2014

    Este artigo objetiva descrever e analisar a frequência e a tipologia das ações defensivas que desencadearam contra-ataques (CA) em jogos de futsal. Levantou-se ações empregadas pela linha e pelo goleiro diante do ataque posicional e do CA. Analisou-se 125 (31,75±2,98) ações, retiradas de quatro jogos entre as semifinalistas da VI Copa do Mundo de Futsal. Notou-se que a produção de CA aconteceu, sobretudo, diante do ataque posicional e exigiu da l…

  • Nutritional status, biological maturation and cardiorespiratory fitness in Azorean youth aged 11–15 years

    Open Access•Manuel João Coelho E Silva, Manuel J Coelho-E-Silva et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2013

    High prevalence rates of overweight/obesity and over-fatness were identified in Azorean youth, and low CRF and advanced biological maturation were positively associated with overweight/obesity and over-fatness in our sample of adolescents

  • Socioeconomic status as determinant of risk factors for overweight in adolescents

    Open Access•Rômulo A Fernandes, Diego G D Christofaro et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2011

    OBJECTIVES: To analyze risk factors for overweight among adolescents grouped in three different socioeconomic levels. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1779 adolescents aged 11 to 17 years, grouped according to socioeconomic status (low, middle, and high). Parents reported their own anthropometric data and the adolescents had their anthropometric data taken by trained researchers, and completed three questionnaires. RESULTS: The preval…

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  • Association between regular participation in sports and leisure time behaviors in Brazilian adolescents

    Open Access•Rômulo A Fernandes, Ismael Forte Freitas Júnior et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2008

    This study presented data indicating that the regular participation in sports is positively associated with a higher frequency of physically active behaviors during leisure time. However, the results did not support the hypothesis that the engagement in sports necessarily decreases leisure time spent in TV viewing

  • Socioeconomic status as determinant of risk factors for overweight in adolescents

    Open Access•Rômulo A Fernandes, Diego G D Christofaro et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2011

    OBJECTIVES: To analyze risk factors for overweight among adolescents grouped in three different socioeconomic levels. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1779 adolescents aged 11 to 17 years, grouped according to socioeconomic status (low, middle, and high). Parents reported their own anthropometric data and the adolescents had their anthropometric data taken by trained researchers, and completed three questionnaires. RESULTS: The preval…

  • Nutritional status, biological maturation and cardiorespiratory fitness in Azorean youth aged 11–15 years

    Open Access•Manuel João Coelho E Silva, Manuel J Coelho-E-Silva et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2013

    High prevalence rates of overweight/obesity and over-fatness were identified in Azorean youth, and low CRF and advanced biological maturation were positively associated with overweight/obesity and over-fatness in our sample of adolescents

  • Scaling left ventricular mass in adolescent boys aged 11–15 years

    Open Access•João Valente‐dos‐santo, João Valente-Dos-Santos et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•2014

    Stature, FM and FFM are the best combination for normalizing LVM in adolescent boys; when body composition is not available, an indicator of biological maturity should be included with stature

  • Análise De Jogo No Futsal

    Open Access•Wilton Carlos De Santana, Loani Landin Istchuck et al.•ARTICLE•Pensar a Prática•2014

    Este artigo objetiva descrever e analisar a frequência e a tipologia das ações defensivas que desencadearam contra-ataques (CA) em jogos de futsal. Levantou-se ações empregadas pela linha e pelo goleiro diante do ataque posicional e do CA. Analisou-se 125 (31,75±2,98) ações, retiradas de quatro jogos entre as semifinalistas da VI Copa do Mundo de Futsal. Notou-se que a produção de CA aconteceu, sobretudo, diante do ataque posicional e exigiu da l…

  • Barreiras percebidas à prática de atividades físicas no lazer e fatores associados em adolescentes

    Open Access•Douglas Fernando Dias, Mathias Roberto Loch et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2015

    O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar a prevalência das barreiras percebidas à prática de atividade física no lazer de adolescentes, bem como analisar a possível associação das mesmas com a inatividade física no lazer. Este estudo transversal foi conduzido em 2011 e selecionou, por meio de múltiplos estágios, uma amostra representativa de 1.409 estudantes do ensino médio de escolas públicas do município de Londrina/PR. Os adolescentes responder…

  • Prevalence of physical activity through the practice of sports among adolescents from Portuguese speaking countries

    Open Access•Diego G D Christofaro, Rômulo A Fernandes et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2015

    This study evaluated the prevalence of physical activity through the practice of sports in adolescents from schools in two Brazilian cities and a Portuguese school, and its association with independent variables, such as gender and age. A cross-sectional study was conducted of schoolchildren from two cities in Brazil and one in Portugal. The total study sample was 3694 subjects (1622 males and 1872 females). Physical activity levels were assessed…

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness is related to metabolic risk independent of physical activity in boys but not girls from Southern B razil

    Open Access•Danilo R P Silva, Danilo Silva et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2016

    OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to determine the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and metabolic risk in adolescents from Southern Brazil. METHODS: We performed a school-based cross-sectional study in 1,037 adolescents (436 boys) aged 10-16 years from Londrina, PR, Brazil. CRF was determined by 20-m shuttle run test. A continuous metabolic risk score was obtained from the mean of fasting glucose, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein,…

  • Correlates of sports practice, occupational and leisure‐time physical activity in Brazilian adolescents

    Open Access•Danilo R P Silva, Rômulo A Fernandes et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2016

    OBJECTIVES: To analyze the relationship between different physical activity (PA) domains and sociodemographic, psychological, behavioral and biological factors in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS: 1,220 adolescents (55.1% female) aged between 10 and 16 years-old participated in this study. The Baecke questionnaire was used to evaluate different PA domains, namely occupational, sports and leisure-time. Socioeconomic status, number of siblings, frien…

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness effect may be under-estimated in ‘fat but fit’ hypothesis studies

    Open Access•Danilo R P Silva, Danilo R Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•2016

    These findings suggest that body fat is strongly related to cardiovascular risk, but, when the outcome is calculated without the central obesity indicator, cardiorespiratory fitness becomes more related to metabolic risk

  • Family history of cardiovascular disease and parental lifestyle behaviors are associated with offspring cardiovascular disease risk markers in childhood

    Open Access•Danilo R P Silva, Danilo R Silva et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2017

    INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular disease risk markers have become more prevalent in childhood. To provide increased understanding of the etiology of this public health issue, we investigated associations between family characteristics with cardiovascular disease risk markers in adolescents from a developing nation. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study data for fasting glucose, lipoproteins (LDL-C and HDL-C), triglycerides, and total cholesterol wer…

  • Body adiposity from childhood to adolescence in boys

    Open Access•André Oliveira Werneck, Danilo R P Silva et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2018

    OBJECTIVES: To investigate the longitudinal relationship between adiposity and maturity status throughout the transition between childhood and adolescence in boys, and the moderation effect of maturation on adiposity trajectories. METHODS: This was a longitudinal study conducted with 197 boys who were followed over 3 years (from childhood to adolescence). Body adiposity was estimated through the subcutaneous skinfold method, with measures of tric…

  • Age at menarche and cancer risk at adulthood

    Open Access•André Oliveira Werneck, Manuel João Coelho E Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•2018

    Early age at menarche was associated with cancer risk in adulthood, regardless of race, educational status, chronological age, obesity, menopause onset, tobacco smoking or physical activity

  • Tracking of physical fitness in elementary school children

    Open Access•André Oliveira Werneck, Danilo R P Silva et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2019

    OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to examine the stability of physical fitness, and the interrelationships among intra-individual changes in fitness and fatness among elementary school children. METHODS: A longitudinal study was conducted among 372 adolescents (196 boys) and followed up over 3 years (from childhood to adolescence). Physical fitness was estimated using three indicators: cardiorespiratory fitness (through a 9-minute runn…

  • Prenatal, biological and environmental factors associated with physical activity maintenance from childhood to adolescence

    Open Access•André Oliveira Werneck, Danilo R P Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2019

    Our aim was to identify prenatal, biological and environmental correlates of child to adolescence physical activity maintenance in 1,186 Brazilian youth (525 boys) aged between 10 and 16 years. Current and former physical activity levels were obtained cross-sectionally through questionnaires. As potential correlates, parent’s activity levels, socioeconomic status and offspring’s birth weight were self-reported by parents. Somatic maturation was e…

  • Tracking of health‐related physical fitness between childhood and adulthood

    Open Access•Gabriela Blasquez Shigaki, Cynthia C L Barbosa et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2020

    OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to analyze the tracking of indicators of health-related physical fitness between childhood and adulthood. METHODS: The study presents a longitudinal design, with the first phase of data collection occurring annually between 2002 and 2006, and the second phase carried out in 2016. A total of 142 young adults, aged between 21 and 25 years, of both sexes participated in the study. Were evaluated body mass,…

  • Social-Ecological Correlates of Regular Leisure-Time Physical Activity Practice among Adults

    Open Access•Timothy Gustavo Cavazzotto, Enio R V Ronque et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2020

    This study calculated the exposure-response rates of social-ecological correlates of practicing regular (>150 min/week) leisure-time physical activity (PA) in 393,648 adults from the 27 Brazilian state capitals who participated in a national survey between 2006 and 2016. Regular PA encouraging factors were inputted into an exposure-response model. Growth rates for the odds ratio and prevalence of regular PA were calculated for each increase of on…

  • Association Between Device-Measured Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Academic Performance in Adolescents

    Open Access•Maria Raquel de Oliveira Bueno, Lidyane Ferreira Zambrin et al.•ARTICLE•Health Education & Behavior•2021

    Background Although many studies found a positive association between physical activity (PA) and academic performance (AP), most did not consider important variables of school setting and students’ self-concept. Aims To analyze the association between moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and AP in adolescents, considering potential confounding variables of school setting and self-concept in adolescents. Method The final sample was composed of 394 stude…

  • Self-perceived social relationships are related to health risk behaviors and mental health in adolescents

    Open Access•Danilo R P Silva, André Oliveira Werneck et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2021

    Although changes have been observed in social relationships in the recent years, especially among younger generations, little evidence is available concerning factors associated with adolescents’ perceived social relationships. In this study we investigated the association between self-perceived social relationships, health-related behaviors, biological maturation, and mental health in adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 1…

  • Clusters of obesogenic behaviors and metabolic risk according to somatic maturity status among adolescents

    Open Access•Kleberton C S Magalhães, Thiago S Matias et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2022

    OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify the clusters of obesogenic behaviors, and verify the association with metabolic risk according to the categories of somatic maturity status of adolescents. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 1159 (55.1% girls) Brazilian adolescents aged between 10 and 16 years (mean age: 12.9 years). Measurements of waist circumference, blood pressure, blood glucose, HDL-C, and triglycerides were combin…

  • Association of parents’ physical activity and weight status with obesity and metabolic risk of their offspring

    Open Access•André Oliveira Werneck, Danilo R P Silva et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2022

    Our aim was to analyze the joint association of parental characteristics and offspring obesity indicators with metabolic risk in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 972 adolescents and their parents. We observed that overweight adolescents who have a normal weight mother show lower metabolic risk in comparison with their counterparts with overweight mothers. In conclusion, mother’s weight status moderates the relationship be…

  • Relationship between age and handgrip strength

    Open Access•Rossana Gomez‐campo, Rossana Gomez-Campos et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Public Health•2023

    Introduction Measurement of hand grip strength (HGS) has been proposed as a key component of frailty and has also been suggested as a central biomarker of healthy aging and a powerful predictor of future morbidity and mortality. Objectives (a) To determine whether a nonlinear relationship model could improve the prediction of handgrip strength (HGS) compared to the linear model and (b) to propose percentiles to evaluate HGS according to age and s…

  • Interrelationship between muscle fitness in childhood and bone mineral density in adulthood

    Open Access•Cynthia C L Barbosa, Júlio Cesar da Costa et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2023

    Muscular fitness indicators in childhood showed significant relationship with bone health indicators in adulthood and the sit-ups test in childhood had direct effect on lumbar spine aBMD in adulthood. Adulthood handgrip strength mediated the relationship between childhood handgrip strength and total body and upper limb aBMD, pointing out that muscular fitness in childhood may be a aBMD determinant in adulthood, especially when higher muscle fitne…

  • Is the Association Between Sports Participation in Childhood and Adolescence and Cardiometabolic Risk Mediated by Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adulthood

    Open Access•Mariana B Batista, Mileny Caroline Menezes de Freitas et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2025

    Objective Analyze the direct and indirect associations between sports participation (SP) during childhood and adolescence and the metabolic risk profile in adulthood. Additionally, investigate whether the relationship is mediated by current levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). Methods A retrospective observational study was conducted with 123 young adults (61 males), aged 18–25 years. Metabolic variables included body mass index (BMI), wais…

  • Screen time tracking across electronic devices in school-aged adolescents

    Open Access•Mileny Caroline Menezes de Freitas, Júlio Cesar da Costa et al.•ARTICLE•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2026

    The aim of this article is to verify the tracking of screen time (ST) on different electronic devices in school-aged adolescent during a three-year follow-up. This is a three-year longitudinal study involving students. The baseline data collection occurred in 2016, and the follow-up in 2019. A total of 151 adolescents of both sexes aged 14.9 (0.9) years participated. ST was analyzed by self-reported questions about time spent watching television …

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