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Results from Portugal’s 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and ...
Mota, J; Santos, R; Coelho-e-Silva, MJ; Raimundo, A; Sardinha, LAvailable evidence indicates that there are still a large proportion of Portuguese children and adolescents that are not sufficiently active and that exceed the recommended levels of screen-time. In Portugal, virtually all students, enrolled in formal education, attain regular Physical Education classes, which is of significance.
Abdominal obesity in adolescents: Development of age-specific waist circumferen...
Bravo, J; Raimundo, A; Santos, D; Timón, R; Sardinha, LObjectives: The purpose of this study was to develop age- and sex-specific waist cir-cumference (WC) cut-off points, linked to older adolescent and adult criteria forabdominal obesity, to be applied to children in the clinical setting.Methods: A total of 16,788 adolescents aged 10 to 16 years were assessed for WC.Smoothed age and sex-specific WC curves were obtained using Cole’s LMS method.Results: Percentiles ...
Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
Mota, J; Coelho e Silva, MJ; Raimundo, A; Sardinha, LBackground: This article describes the procedures and development of the rst Portuguese Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents. Methods: Comprehensive searches for data related to indicators of physical activity (PA) were completed by a committee of physical activity and sports specialists. Grades were assigned to each indicator consistent with the process and methodology outlined by the A...
Results From Portugal’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and ...
Mota, J; Coelho e Silva, MJ; Raimundo, A; Sardinha, LBackground: This article describes the procedures and development of the first Portuguese Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents. Methods: Comprehensive searches for data related to indicators of physical activity (PA) were completed by a committee of physical activity and sports specialists. Grades were assigned to each indicator consistent with the process and methodology outlined by the...
The adoption of heroin addicts++ as a strategy of ambulatory treatment.
Neto, D; Sardinha, L; David, M; Cantante, SThe authors describe the ambulatory treatment of a young man, the son of a divorced mother, where they used a methodology called Combined Treatment of Heroin Addicts, which was done in stages. They used family sessions, with a concomitant hearing of the patient alone, combined with the use of an opioid antagonist, called naltrexone. The young man was adopted by an uncle, married to his mother's sister, because ...