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PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: DATA ON BRAZILIAN ADOLESCENTS
Bertuol,Cecília; Silva,Kelly Samara da; Tassitano,Rafael Miranda; Lopes,Adair da Silva; Nahas,Markus ViniciusABSTRACT Introduction Although the benefits of regular physical activity (PA) for adolescents are well-described in the literature, there is little evidence of the role of psychosocial aspects on levels of PA in this population. Objective To investigate the prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with enjoyment of PA and preference for leisure-time activities in boys and girls. Methods A cross-sectio...
Change in overweight and obesity over a decade according to sociodemographic fa...
Santos,Priscila Cristina dos; Silva,Kelly Samara da; Silva,Jaqueline Aragoni da; Santos,Carla Elane Silva dos; Duca,Giovani Firpo DelAbstract The aims were to examine changes in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among students from 2001 to 2011, and to verify if these changes differ according to age group, area of residence, and family income. We analyzed two cross-sectional surveys conducted in 2001 and 2011 with brazilian adolescents. Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics were self-reported using a questionnaire. Multi...
Presença isolada e combinada de indicadores antropométricos elevados em criança...
Barbosa Filho,Valter Cordeiro; Campos,Wagner de; Fagundes,Ricardo Rosa; Lopes,Adair da Silva; Souza,Evanice Avelino deResumo Este estudo analisou a prevalência e os fatores sociodemográficos associados à presença isolada e combinada de indicadores antropométricos elevados em crianças. Estudo descritivo com 2.035 crianças (6–11 anos de idade, 50,1% de meninas), selecionadas de forma aleatória em escolas de Colombo, Brasil. O Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC), Circunferência da Cintura (CC) e Razão Cintura-Estatura (RCEst) foram cl...
Behavior change stages related to physical activity in adolescents from Santa C...
Silva,Jaqueline Aragoni da; Silva,Kelly Samara da; Lopes,Adair da Silva; Nahas,Markus ViníciusAbstract Objective: Verify the prevalence and sociodemographic and economic factors associated with behavior change stages for habitual physical activity practice in adolescents from Santa Catarina. Methods: Secondary analysis of a study on the Behavior of Adolescents from Santa Catarina (CompAC 2). Cross-sectional school-based study of 6,529 high-school students (males, n=2,903) from the state of Santa Catarin...
Factors associated with serum lipids of adolescents from the Brazilian South
Beck,Carmem Cristina; Lopes,Adair da Silva; Farias Júnior,José Cazuza deOBJECTIVE: This study analyzes factors associated with serum lipids in adolescents from southern Brazil. METHODS: This is a school-based cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample composed of 660 adolescents aged 14 to 19 years from the city of Três de Maio, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. The following independent variables were analyzed: body mass index; waist-to-height ratio; moderate to vigorous lev...
Time spent by Brazilian students in different modes of transport going to schoo...
Silva,Kelly Samara; Lopes,Adair da Silva; Silva,Rosane Carla Rosendo da; Costa,Filipe Ferreira; Assis,Maria Alice Altenburg de; Nahas,Markus ViniciusTo examine changes in the time spent in each mode of transportation used for going to school by gender and age among adolescents from Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Two school-based surveys were performed in 2001 (N = 5,028) and 2011 (N = 6,529) in high school students (15-19 years old). The mode of transportation (on foot; by bicycle; by bus; car/motorcycle) and the time spent for commuting to school were asses...
Epidemiology of physical inactivity, sedentary behaviors, and unhealthy eating ...
Barbosa Filho,Valter Cordeiro; Campos,Wagner de; Lopes,Adair da SilvaThis systematic review analyzed the prevalence of physical inactivity, sedentary behaviors and unhealthy eating habits among Brazilian adolescents. Searches were conducted in five databases (Lilacs, SciELO, Medline, Web of Science, and Google Scholar) and in the references cited in the articles retrieved. The literature search yielded 5,872 potentially relevant titles and a total of 69 studies met all the inclu...
Dissatisfaction with body image among adolescent students: association with soc...
Pelegrini,Andreia; Coqueiro,Raildo da Silva; Beck,Carmem Cristina; Ghedin,Karoliny Debiasi; Lopes,Adair da Silva; Petroski,Edio LuizThis article seeks to determine the prevalence of dissatisfaction with body image and its association with socio-demographic factors and nutritional status among adolescents. The following socio-demographic data, anthropometric variables, and perception of body image (n = 660) were collected. The prevalence of dissatisfaction with body image was 71.4%. Girls wished to reduce the size of their body silhouette, w...
Associação entre o perfil de ambiente e condições de trabalho com a percepção d...
Pereira,Érico Felden; Teixeira,Clarissa Stefani; Andrade,Rubian Diego; Bleyer,Fernanda Tolentino de Souza; Lopes,Adair da SilvaObjetivo:Analisar as associações entre perfil de ambiente e condições de trabalho com a qualidade de vida de professores.Métodos: Estudo descritivo-transversal com 349 professores de Educação Básica de Florianópolis das redes estadual e municipal de ensino. Os professores responderam ao "Perfil de Ambiente e Condições de Trabalho" e questões de saúde. As variáveis foram associadas por meio de regressão linear, ...
Anthropometric indices among schoolchildren from a municipality in Southern Bra...
Barbosa Filho,Valter Cordeiro; Lopes,Adair da Silva; Fagundes,Ricardo Rosa; Campos,Wagner deOBJECTIVE: To describe the percentile values for body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height (WHtR) of children from Colombo, Brazil, and compare them with data of children from other countries.METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 2,035 children aged 6-11 years. Age- and sex-specific smoothed percentiles curves for BMI, WC and WHtR were created using the LMS ...