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Reliability and feasibility of a voucher‐based strategy for physical activity a...
Vasques, Catarina; Sampaio, Tatiana; Teixeira, José Eduardo; Ginja, Samuel; Magalhães, PedroLast decades, children have left the streets, the pranks and the playgrounds for the physical inactive and sedentary times of watching TV, internet surfing and video gaming (Carbone et al., 2021; Kelly et al., 2005). It is therefore important to understand whether this trend covers Portuguese children from rural areas, previously characterized as presenting greater opportunities for physical activity (PA) pract...
Accelerometer-measured physical activity in Portuguese children from a rural ar...
Vasques, Catarina; Sampaio, Tatiana; Teixeira, José Eduardo; Ginja, Samuel; Magalhães, PedroYoung people are leading increasingly sedentary lives replacing physical activity with activities such as watching TV, internet surfing and video gaming. Of particular importance for physical activity promotion are schools where physical activity can be incorporated to improve student health outcomes and cognitive performance. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that children engage in at least 60 mi...
Reliability and feasibility of a voucher‐based strategy for physical activity a...
Vasques, Catarina; Sampaio, Tatiana; Teixeira, José Luis; Ginja, Samuel; Magalhães, PedroLast decades, children have left the streets, the pranks and the playgrounds for the physical inactive and sedentary times of watching TV, internet surfing and video gaming (Carbone et al., 2021; Kelly et al., 2005). It is therefore important to understand whether this trend covers Portuguese children from rural areas, previously characterized as presenting greater opportunities for physical activity (PA) pract...
Individualized accelerometer-based physical activity assessment reports from AC...
Vasques, Catarina; Sampaio, Tatiana; Teixeira, José Eduardo; Ginja, Samuel; Magalhães, PedroPhysical inactivity and sedentary lifestyles have become a public health problem in developed countries, by increasing the prevalence of hypokinetic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and obesity (Magalhães et al., 2023; Teixeira et al., 2022). The Portuguese population, specifically children and young people, are no exception to the trend and have some of the highe...
Acti-study: avaliação dos níveis de atividade física em crianças da região de T...
Sampaio, Tatiana; Vasques, Catarina; Teixeira, José Eduardo; Magalhães, Pedro; Ginja, SamuelThe World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that children engage in at least 60 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (FA) for children and adolescents. However, there are few children who follow these recommendations. In Portugal, some data suggest that only 7% of young people comply with it. Unfortunately, most studies on physical activity take place in urban areas, so we still know rel...
Avaliação dos níveis de atividade física em crianças da região de Trás-os-Monte...
Sampaio, Tatiana; Vasques, Catarina; Teixeira, José Eduardo; Magalhães, Pedro; Ginja, SamuelO confinamento, motivado pela pandemia da COVID-19, teve um impacto significativo ao nível da atividade física (AF) e da exploração motora das crianças. Baseado neste pressuposto, o presente projeto tem como objetivo avaliar os níveis de AF após pandemia em crianças, com idades compreendidas entre os dez e dezasseis anos, que habitam em zonas rurais da região de Trás-os-Montes (Portugal). Posteriormente, preten...