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Parental Perception of Their Child’s Weight Status in Portugal: An Observationa...
Rodrigues, Daniela; Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides; Gama, Augusta; Nogueira, Helena; G. Silva, Maria-Raquel; Padez, CristinaIntroduction: Parental perceptions of a child’s weight status may influence family readiness to foster healthy behaviors. Our aim was to observe parental perceptions of their child’s weight status in two time periods and in multiple population subgroups.Methods: Data were collected in two national projects, 2009 - 2010 (n = 6577) and 2016 - 2017 (n = 7594), in public and private kindergartens and primary school...
Menstrual cycle among adolescents: girls' awareness and influence of age at men...
Marques, Patricia; Madeira, Tiago; Gama, AugustaObjective: To characterize the menstrual cycle (regularity and menstrual flow length), the prevalence of dysmenorrhea and selfmonitoring of the cycle in students from Lisbon region, and explore the effect of chronological age, age at menarche and body mass index (BMI) on menstrual disorders. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 848 girls aged 12–18 years. A questionnaire about the sociodemographic cont...
Socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among po...
Rodrigues, Daniela; Costa, Diogo; Gama, Augusta; Machado‐Rodrigues, Aristides M.; Nogueira, Helena; Silva, Maria Raquel; Rosado‐Marques, VítorObjectives: We evaluated, for the first time in Portugal, the prevalence of overweight and obesity according to parental education in a population of preschool-aged Portuguese children in 2009/2010 and 2016/2017. Methods: Anthropometric data were collected in public and private preschools (n = 1996 in 2009/2010; n = 2077 in 2016/2017). Body mass index was calculated and weight status categories were based on th...
Home vs. bedroom media devices: socioeconomic disparities and association with ...
Rodrigues, Daniela; Gama, Augusta; Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides M.; Nogueira, Helena; Rosado-Marques, Vitor; Silva, Maria-Raquel G.; Padez, CristinaThe literature has shown a widespread use of portable electronic devices among children over the last years. This study aimed to identify the availability of different media devices at home versus in children's bedroom according to the socioeconomic status (SES), and analyze the association between that availability and children's screen- and sleep-time on week and weekend days.
The economic crisis impact on the body mass index of children living in distinc...
Pereira, Margarida; Nogueira, Helena; Gama, Augusta; Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides; Rosado-Marques, Vitor; Silva, Maria Raquel; Padez, CristinaObjectives Little is known about the impact of the 2008 global economic recession on childhood obesity in Portugal. Thus, this study's goals were to compare weight status of children during and after the economic crisis according to their neighbourhood environment features and to assess changes in specific dietary habits during the economic crisis. Study design Cross-sectional study. Methods Data including weig...
Home vs. bedroom media devices: socioeconomic disparities and association with ...
Rodrigues, Daniela; Gama, Augusta; Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides M.; Nogueira, Helena; Rosado-Marques, Vítor; Silva, Maria Raquel; Padez, CristinaBackground: The literature has shown a widespread use of portable electronic devices among children over the last years. This study aimed to identify the availability of different media devices at home versus in children’s bedroom according to the socioeconomic status (SES), and analyze the association between that availability and children’s screen- and sleep-time on week and weekend days. Methods: Data from 3...
Sleep duration, risk of obesity, and parental perceptions of residential neighb...
Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides; Rodrigues, Daniela; Gama, Augusta; Nogueira, Helena; Mascarenhas, Luís P.; Padez, CristinaObjectives: The present study aimed to analyze the association between healthy sleep duration of children and the parental perception of the social/built environment. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done and a sample of 8273 children (4183 females) aged 6–9 years was observed. Height (cm) and weight (Kg) were measured, and the body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Participants were classified as normal wei...
Influence of parental perceived environment on physical activity, TV viewing, a...
Carmo, Ariene S.; Rodrigues, Daniela; Nogueira, Helena; Mendes, Larissa L.; Santos, Luana C.; Gama, Augusta; Machado‐Rodrigues, Aristides M.Objectives: The environment is believed to be key in obesity prevention, yet it is unclear how factors in the neighborhood influence weight-related behaviors. The present study aimed to investigate the influence of parental perceived environment on physical activity (PA), television (TV) time, active play and Body Mass Index (BMI) z score, and the mediating role of these weight-related behaviors on the relation...
Children mental health after the 2008 global economic crisis: assessing the imp...
Costa, Diogo; Cunha, Marina; Ferreira, Cláudia; Gama, Augusta; Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides M.; Rosado-Marques, Vítor; Nogueira, HelenaBackground: The austerity measures implemented in Europe after the 2008 global economic crisis, had a negative impact on the population health. The mental health of adults from southern Europe was particularly affected during this period, however, much less is known about the impact of austerity on the mental health of children. This study measured the impact on Portuguese children’s mental health of specific c...
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in 3-to-10-year-old children: assessment o...
Gama, Augusta; Marques, Vitor Rosado; Rodrigues, Aristides M. Machado; Nogueira, Helena; Mourão, Isabel; Padez, CristinaThis study compares the prevalence of overweight and obesity between WHO/IOTF criteria. A total of 17,277 Portuguese children aged 3-10 years old were analysed. The prevalences of overweight-obesity were higher at WHO classification (19.8%-20.7%) than at IOTF classification (8.2%-16.1%), (p<0.001). Agreement between the criteria were substantial for overweight (Kappa= 0.67, p<0.001) and moderate for obesity (Ka...