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Prevalence of responders of a school intervention at physical fitness and menta...
Fochesatto,Camila Felin; Brand,Caroline; Cristi-Montero,Carlos; Dias,Arieli Fernandes; álvarez,Cristian; Mota,Jorge; Gaya,Adroaldo Cezar AraujoAbstract Aim: to verify the effect of a physical education program at school on physical fitness and mental health in children and to determine the individual prevalence of responders. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study, developed with 67 children aged between 6 and 11 years old. (8.09 ± 1.81). A 21-week intervention was performed, that intervention condition (IC) consisted of sports and circuit traini...
SLEEP AND CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH: ROLE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND CARDIORESPIRAT...
Fochesatto,Camila Felin; Gaya,Adroaldo; Brand,Caroline; Mota,Jorge; Bandeira,Denise Ruschel; Lemes,Vanilson Batista; Martins,Clarice Maria de LucenaABSTRACT Introduction: Sleep is considered an important health indicator and plays a key role in brain development and plasticity. Objective: To ascertain whether there is a relationship between sleep quality and mental health indicators and whether organized physical activity (PA) or cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) act as moderators of this association. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitat...
Neighborhood environmental factors associated with leisure walking in adolescents
Dias,Arieli Fernandes; Gaya,Anelise Reis; Santos,Maria Paula; Brand,Caroline; Pizarro,Andreia Nogueira; Fochesatto,Camila Felin; Mendes,Thiago MonteiroABSTRACT 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 th...
Association of organized physical activity and levels of cardiorespiratory fitn...
Fochesatto,Camila Felin; Gaya,Adroaldo Cezar Araujo; Bandeira,Denise Ruschel; Mota,Jorge; Alemeida,Roberto Farina de; Dias,Arieli FernandesAbstract Aim: To verify the associations between organized physical activity out of school (PA) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with indicators of mental health in children. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, with a sample of 226 students (47% girls) of public school in the south of Brazil aged between 6 to 11 years-old (8.36 ± 1.46). The cardiorespiratory fitness was measured by running and walking-...
The role of body fat in the relationship of cardiorespiratory fitness with card...
Brand,Caroline; Dias,Arieli Fernandes; Fochesatto,Camila Felin; García-Hermoso,Antonio; Mota,Jorge; Gaya,Adroaldo Cezar Araujo; Gaya,Anelise ReisAbstract Aims: To analyze the association between the percentage of body fat and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with cardiovascular risk factors in children, and; to examine whether percentage of body fat acts as a mediator on the association between CRF and cardiovascular risk factor. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 128 children aged 7-11 years (Mean 8.54, SD: 1.42). The following variables were ...