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Predictors of Lower Depression Levels in Older Adults During COVID-19 Lockdown
Bohn, Lucimere; Gomes, Sérgio; Neto, Elzier Sampaio de Queiroz; Lage, Ana Carolina Silveira de Souza; de Freitas, Maria das Dores BezerraBackground: Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to adverse mental health consequences, such as depression, among older adults. This study aimed to investigate the predictors of lower depression scores in older adults living under lockdown. Methods: 1,123 older Brazilian adults were cross-sectionally assessed for depression, physical activity (PA), pet ownership (dogs, cats, and birds), abili...
Cancer Survivor Study (CASUS) on colorectal patients: longitudinal study on phy...
Soares-Miranda, L; Abreu, S; Silva, M; Peixoto, A; Ramalho, R; da Silva, PC; Costa, C; Teixeira, JP; Gonçalves, C; Moreira, P; Mota, J; Macedo, GPurpose: Evidence suggests that being physically active in combination with a healthy diet contributes to diminish colorectal cancer risk. However, if this is true for colorectal cancer primary prevention, the same is not clear for its recurrence after colorectal cancer treatments. Data on cancer survival are scarce, and there is a need for greater attention on these survivors’ lifestyle behavior. This manuscri...
Relationship of milk intake and physical activity to abdominal obesity among ad...
Abreu, S; Santos, R; Moreira, C; Santos, PC; Vale, S; Soares-Miranda, LBackground: Diet and physical activity (PA) are recognized as important factors to prevent abdominal obesity (AO), which is strongly associated with chronic diseases. Some studies have reported an inverse association between milk consumption and AO. Objective: This study examined the association between milk intake, PA and AO in adolescents. Methods: A cross‐sectional study was conducted with 1209 adolescents, ...
Influence of cardiorespiratory fitness and parental lifestyle on adolescents' a...
Vale, Susana; Soares-Miranda, L; Santos, R; Moreira, C; Marques, AI; Santos, P; Teixeira, L; Mota, JThe aims of this study were (1) to analyse the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and parental overweight status (POS) and socioeconomic status (SES) on abdominal obesity. This study was comprised of 779 adolescents (12-18 years). Waist-height ratio (WHtR), 20 m shuttle-run test to ascertain CRF, POS according to World Health Organization recommendations and SES of parents using level of education wer...
The relationship of cardiorespiratory fitness, birth weight and parental BMI on...
Vale, Susana; Santos, R; Soares-Miranda, L; Mota, JThe aims of this study were as follows: (1) to analyze differences in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), parents' body mass index (BMI) and birth weight (BW) between non-overweight (NOW) and overweight/obese (OV/OB) adolescents, and (2) to investigate the association of those variables with the risk of their biological offspring being OV/OB. This study comprised 788 adolescents (477 girls and 311 boys), aged betw...