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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...
Mediation role of residential density on the association between perceived envi...
Dias,Arieli Fernandes; Gaya,Anelise Reis; Brand,Caroline; Florindo,Alex Antonio; Villa-González,Emilio; García-Hermoso,Antonio; Mota,JorgeAbstract: The objective of this study was to verify whether residential density and connectivity between streets are mediators on the association between perceived environmental factors and active commuting to school (ACS) in Brazilian adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 1,130 adolescents (52.7% girls) aged between 14 to 20 years, from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Braz...
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...
Adherence to Southern European Atlantic Diet and physical fitness on the athero...
Agostinis-Sobrinho,César; Dias,Arieli Fernandes; Brand,Caroline; Norkiene,Sigute; Abreu,Sandra; Gaya,Adroaldo Cezar Araujo; Gaya,Anelise ReisAbstract: We sought (i) to evaluate the associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), muscular fitness (MF) and Southern European Atlantic Diet (SEADiet) with atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and (ii) to investigate de combined association of MF, CRF and SEADiet on AIP in adolescents. A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted on 493 adolescents (285 girls and 208 boys) aged 15-18 years, from the Po...
Associação da aptidão cardiorrespiratória de adolescentes com a atividade físic...
Mello,Júlio Brugnara; Mello,João Henrique Plóia; Vian,Fernando; Gaya,Anelise Reis; Gaya,Adroaldo Cezar AraujoResumo O objetivo do estudo é identificar a associação da aptidão cardiorrespiratória (ApC) de adolescentes com a atividade física (AF) e as características pedagógicas da educação física escolar (EFi). Avaliaram-se 236 escolares do ensino médio (90 meninos) e seus professores de EFi. Foi feito teste de corrida de seis minutos, foram usados pedômetros, questionário (escolares) e entrevista (professores). Usaram...
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 ...
Differences in physical activity levels of school domains between high- and low...
Dias,Arieli Fernandes; Brand,Caroline; Lemes,Vanilson Batista; Stocchero,Cíntia Mussi Alvim; Agostinis-Sobrinho,Cesar; Duncan,Michael J; Mota,JorgeAbstract Aim: To compare high active (HA) and low active (LA) adolescent’s physical activity (PA) levels in three different domains: commuting to school, physical education (PE) class and recess time at school. Method: This is a cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach and random sample of 176 (105 girls) adolescents aged 14 - 18 years old from 10 urban public high schools in southern from Brazil. PA...
SECULAR CHANGES IN AEROBIC FITNESS LEVELS IN BRAZILIAN CHILDREN
Silva,Diego Augusto Santos; Petroski,Edio Luiz; Gaya,Adroaldo Cezar AraujoABSTRACT Introduction: Aerobic fitness is a component of physical fitness related to health and has great importance in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Objective: To verify the secular changes in aerobic fitness levels and to identify factors over a decade related to low levels of aerobic fitness in Brazilian children. Methods: This secular change study was carried out from 1999 to 2010 with 11,083 c...
Ocorrência de dor lombar e fatores associados em crianças e adolescentes de uma...
Lemos,Adriana Torres de; Santos,Fábio Rosa dos; Moreira,Rodrigo Baptista; Machado,Débora Teixeira; Braga,Fernando Cesar CamargoEstudos têm demonstrado que indivíduos que apresentam dor lombar na infância e adolescência são acometidos também na vida adulta, reforçando a importância de que as causas sejam investigadas desde a idade escolar. Avaliou-se a ocorrência de dor lombar e fatores associados em 770 escolares de 7 a 17 anos de idade de uma escola privada de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. A dor lombar foi definida como dor...