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The schistosomiasis spleenOME : unveiling the proteomic landscape of splenomega...
Cosenza Contreras, Miguel de Jesus; Castro, Renata Alves de Oliveira e; Mattei, Bruno; Campos, Jonatan Marques; Silva, Gustavo GonçalvesSchistosomiasis is a neglected parasitic disease that affects millions of people worldwide and is caused by helminth parasites from the genus Schistosoma. When caused by S. mansoni, it is associated with the development of a hepatosplenic disease caused by an intense immune response to the important antigenic contribution of adult worms and to the presence of eggs trapped in liver tissue. Although the importanc...
Validation of the portuguese version of the international physical activity que...
Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Silva, Gustavo Gonçalves; Moreira, Pedro; Ribeiro, José CarlosQuestionnaires have been broadly used to assess physical activity in adolescents, however validation studies, although essential, are not always performed. Objective: The present work aims to determine the validity of the Portuguese version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents against 3 axis Actigraph accelerometers. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted, with a sample of...
Nutritional and physical activity knowledge association with body fat in adoles...
Ribeiro, José Carlos; Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Silva, Gustavo Gonçalves; Mota, Jorge; Moreira, PedroKnowledge enhancement hás been referred as a mean to improve nutrition and physical activity, and reduce obesity. This work aimed to identify the difference ofnutrition and physical activity knowledge according to body fat and physical activity leveis in adolescents. Methods: This study vvas a cross sectional analysis involving 734 adolescents. Body fat was detennined using electric bioimpedance, and physical a...
Associação entre nível educacional e adequação nutricional de adolescentes
Esteves, Raquel; Moreira, Pedro; Silva, Gustavo Gonçalves; Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Ribeiro, José CarlosNos últimos anos têm-se acentuado as desigualdades socioeconómicas na distribuição da saúde, na prevalência de obesidade e na qualidade dos hábitos alimentares. Uma das variáveis usadas na avaliação do estatuto socioeconómico de adolescentes é o nível educacional (NE) dos progenitores, principalmente da mãe. Tem-se mostrado que adolescentes cujas mães têm um maior NE possuem uma alimentação nutricionalmente mai...
A relação entre nível educacional e consumo de hortofrutícolas em adolescentes
Esteves, Raquel; Silva, Gustavo Gonçalves; Moreira, Pedro; Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Ribeiro, José CarlosAs desigualdades económicas no consumo alimentar e na prevalência de obesidade têm sido estudadas. Tem-se mostrado que geralmente indivíduos de baixo estatuto socioeconómico (ESE) têm uma alimentação nutricionalmente mais pobre e com menor ingestão de fruta e hortícolas do que indivíduos de ESE mais elevado. Um dos fatores usados na medição do ESE é o nível educacional (NE) dos progenitores. OBJETIVOS: Relacion...
Conhecimentos nutricionais e ingestão alimentar em adolescentes
Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Silva, Gustavo Gonçalves; Moreira, Pedro; Ribeiro, José CarlosIntrodução: Os conhecimentos nutricionais têm sido referidos na literatura como determinantes do consumo alimentar em adultos, mas poucos estudos foram feitos em adolescentes. Métodos: Estudo transversal com 734 adolescentes portugueses. As características sócio-demográficas e os conhecimentos nutricionais foram avaliados por questionário. Foram realizadas medidas antropométricas objectivas. A ingestão dietétic...
Intervention program in children and adolescents to promote physical fitness, p...
Ribeiro, José; Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Aires, Luísa; Moreira, Pedro; Guimarães, Nuno; Esteves, Raquel; Silva, Gustavo GonçalvesIn young people, reduced values of cardio-respiratory fitness (CRF) align themselves with the clustering of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF). The relationships between volumes, physical activity (PA) intensities and CRF levels on the prevalence and clustering of CVRF have not yet been completely clarified. Assuming that inadequate levels of PA and suitable diets would influence the CRF, the body fat and, ther...
Do boys and girls achieve different results?" Changes in physical activity and ...
Aires, Luísa; Silva, Gustavo Gonçalves; Lagoa, Maria João; Martins, Clarice; Ribeiro, José Carlos; Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Mota, JorgeSchool-based interventions show inconsistent results in reducing obesity-related problems. Most of intervention studies are targeting girls because they have shown lower rates of physical activity and higher prevalence of obesity. ! The aim of this study was to compare the changes observed in BMI, percentage of Body Fat, percentage of Trunk Fat and Moderate to Vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels between bo...
Do boys and girls achieve di!erent results?" Changes in physical activity and a...
Aires, Luísa; Silva, Gustavo Gonçalves; Lagoa, Maria João; Martins, Clarice; Ribeiro, José Carlos; Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Mota, JorgeSchool-based interventions show inconsistent results in reducing obesity-related problems. Most of intervention studies are targeting girls because they have shown lower rates of physical activity and higher prevalence of obesity. ! The aim of this study was to compare the changes observed in BMI, percentage of Body Fat, percentage of Trunk Fat and Moderate to Vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels between bo...
Nutrition knowledge in adolescents: perception of parents and peers behavior an...
Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Ribeiro, José Carlos; Moreira, Pedro; Silva, Gustavo Gonçalves; Aires, LuísaIt is well known the influence that parents and peers have in children and adolescent choices and behaviors, including eating habits and physical activity practice. No work has been done yet about parents and peers influence in nutrition knowledge. This work aims to study the relation between adolescents’ perception of parents and peers food habits, physical activity practice, stimulus to the adolescent to foll...