Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between individual and school context characteristics with the body mass index of Portuguese children. Methods: The sample comprised 1641 children (847 boys) aged 6–10 years from the North and Central regions of Portugal. Regarding the individual characteristics, age, gender, city of residence, levels of physical activity, and physical fitness were assessed. Concerning the school context characteristics, the surrounding environment, school size, presence of recreational characteristics and space, and presence of a sports court and of physical education classes were considered. Children's body mass index was the dependent variable. The multilevel analysis was carried out in HLM ...
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children is increasing; hence, it was aimed to assess...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: We evaluated associations between use of public places for physical activity ...
Considerando a complexidade da etiologia da obesidade infantil e os prejuízos físicos, psicológicos ...
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between individual and school contex...
The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of individual and school characteristics to ...
Objective: this work is aimed at knowing the level of physical aptitude and its degree of associatio...
OBJETIVOS: verificar a associação entre o Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC) de escolares de 7 a 14 anos...
Objective: This study aimed to identify the prevalence and factors associated with body mass index (...
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to analyze secular trends in anthropometrics and physica...
Introduction: Many studies show that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children is rapi...
É notório que o Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC) detecta o baixo peso e/ou desnutrição ...
Currently, obesity has been the biggest health problem in the world, even more serious than undernut...
BACKGROUND: The school environment potentially influences the development of childhood obesity. Chan...
Orientador: Antonio de Azevedo Barros FilhoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Fa...
Levels of physical activity and body adiposity of students from Fortaleza-CEIntroduction: Metabolic ...
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children is increasing; hence, it was aimed to assess...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: We evaluated associations between use of public places for physical activity ...
Considerando a complexidade da etiologia da obesidade infantil e os prejuízos físicos, psicológicos ...
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between individual and school contex...
The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of individual and school characteristics to ...
Objective: this work is aimed at knowing the level of physical aptitude and its degree of associatio...
OBJETIVOS: verificar a associação entre o Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC) de escolares de 7 a 14 anos...
Objective: This study aimed to identify the prevalence and factors associated with body mass index (...
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to analyze secular trends in anthropometrics and physica...
Introduction: Many studies show that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children is rapi...
É notório que o Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC) detecta o baixo peso e/ou desnutrição ...
Currently, obesity has been the biggest health problem in the world, even more serious than undernut...
BACKGROUND: The school environment potentially influences the development of childhood obesity. Chan...
Orientador: Antonio de Azevedo Barros FilhoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Fa...
Levels of physical activity and body adiposity of students from Fortaleza-CEIntroduction: Metabolic ...
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children is increasing; hence, it was aimed to assess...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: We evaluated associations between use of public places for physical activity ...
Considerando a complexidade da etiologia da obesidade infantil e os prejuízos físicos, psicológicos ...