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Vinte anos de rastreio neonatal alargado de doenças metabólicas em Portugal (20...

Rastreio neonatal da deficiência em 3-metilcrotonil-CoA carboxilase em Portugal...

A deficiência de 3-methycrotonyl-CoA carboxylase (3-MCC) é uma acidúria orgânica autossómica recessiva que está incluída nos programas de rastreio neonatal de vários países. Neste estudo são apresentados resultados obtidos principalmente do Programa de Rastreio Neonatal, recolhidos ao longo de um período de 19 anos. A análise dos genes MCCC1 e MCCC2 em 67 casos, permitiram identificar 39 mutações novas das quai...

Dietary content and combined training, but not daily physical activity, are ass...

Purpose: The present study aimed to explore the influence of diet and physical activity (PA) changes on bone mineral content (BMC) and density (BMD) alterations in adolescents with obesity undergoing a weight loss program. Methods: Six-month longitudinal data from 71 adolescents (aged 15.1 [± 1.6] years; 57.7% girls) with a BMI z-score of 3.03 (± 0.78), previously recruited for the PAC-MAnO trial, were analyzed...

From policies to practices: factors related to the use of inclusive practices i...

Inclusion is considered a foundation for quality education, and teachers’ inclusive practices are essential for success in mainstream classrooms. Portugal has been making progressive improvements in its policies for inclusive education, although there is little consistency in school practices within or between schools. Moreover, data identifying the personal and career variables relevant to teachers’ inclusive ...

Education Value and Impact of a Pilot Peer-Led Health Promotion Program on the ...

Introduction: Obesity is the most prevalent pediatric disease worldwide. The involvement of medical students as peer-led health promotors in a multidisciplinary adolescent weight management program may enhance weight management while raising awareness of medical students about adolescent obesity. This study aimed to analyze the short- and long-term impact of a peer-led health promotion program, involving medica...

Measuring inclusive education in portuguese schools: adaptation and validation ...

The debate about inclusive education has gained considerable attention in policy, research, and practice in the last decades. Therefore, there is also a growing interest in assessing how inclusive education occurs in schools. Self-assessment and self-reflection tools are strategic to examine schools’ inclusion and guide needed changes. This study attempts to provide Portuguese schools with self-assessment tools...

Vigorous physical activity: a potential ally in adolescent obesity management

Individual variability may contribute to the modest and inconsistent results reported in obesity-management interventions. This study aimed to investigate the impact of non-modifiable as well as modifiable factors on body mass index (BMI) and body fat variance in adolescents with obesity followed in a clinical obesity-management programme, in order to better understand individual variability. Non-modifiable fac...

Should the Upper Age Limit in Pediatrics Be Raised?

Resposta à diversidade: caminhos e desafios da educação inclusiva: relatos de e...

Prefácio (Líderes em Ação - Trilhos para Fazer Escola: notas de incursões pedag...

O projeto Líderes em ação é o concretizar da visão das lideranças partilhadas da CIM do Ave, que através do Centro de Formação Martins Sarmento, envolve as comunidades educativas associadas numa partilha que transcende as fronteiras. É uma iniciativa que concretiza reflexões coletivas e necessidades de mobilizar as lideranças de topo e intermédias para uma atuação educativa alinhada com os princípios de orienta...