Background: recent points of view catch us attention to the importance of continuing to practice physical activity during the Covid-19 pandemic, however few studies have analyzed the association between physical activity and worsening of the clinical outcome, hospitalizations or mortality from the new coronavirus Objective: to analyze the association between physical activity and deaths by Covid-19 in the Brazi...
In addition to hypercaloric diets the overuse of technology has contributed to overweight in childhood. This is because, normally, its users remain for a long time sitting or lying down during their use, contributing to a reduction in energy expenditure and, consequently, to an increase in body fatness. The objective of this study was to verify the screen time associated with the nutritional status of students ...
Objective: To evaluate the association between nutritional status, physical activity, sedentary behavior, diet, and lifestyle in childhood with respiratory diseases during adolescence. Methods: Prospective study conducted in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo – Brazil, as part of the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE). During childhood, indicators of lifestyle (body comp...
Objective: To verify the association of lifestyle, anthropometric, sociodemographic, family and school environment indicators with the number of steps/day in children. Methods: The sample consisted of 334 children (171 boys) from nine to 11 years old. Participants used the Actigraph GT3X accelerometer to monitor the number of steps/day, moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time (ST) for s...