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  • Nutrition-related knowledge and its determinants in middle-aged and older patients with type 2 diabetes
    Publication . Vasconcelos, Carlos; Almeida, António; Sá, Carla; Viana, João; Cabral, Maria; Ramos, Elisabete; Mendes, Romeu
    To analyse nutrition-related knowledge and its determinants in middle-aged and older patients with T2D.
    2020Journal article Open access Show more
  • School-based soccer practice is an effective strategy to improve cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in overweight children
    Publication . Seabra, André; Brito, João; Figueiredo, Pedro; Beirão, Liliana; Seabra, Ana; Carvalho, Maria José; Abreu, Sandra; Vale, Susana; Pedretti, Augusto; Nascimento, Henrique; Belo, Luís; Rêgo, Carla
    We examined the effects of a 6-month school-based soccer programme on cardiovascular (CV) and metabolic risk factors in overweight children. Methods: 40 boys [8-12 years; body mass index (BMI) >2 standard deviations of WHO reference values] participated in complementary school-based physical education classes (two sessions per week, 45-90 min each). The participants were divided into a soccer group (SG; n = 20) and a control group (CG; n = 20). The SG intervention involved 3 extra-curricular school-based soccer sessions per week, 60-90 min each. The intervention lasted for 6-months. All measurements were taken at baseline and after 6-months. From baseline to 6-months, the SG significantly improved (p < .05) BMI z-score, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio, percentage of fat mass, percentage of fat-free mass, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, but no such improvements were observed for the CG. After the intervention, the prevalence of soccer participants with normal waist-to-height ratio (30 vs. 5%; p = .037), systolic blood pressure (90 vs. 55%; p = .039), total cholesterol (80 vs. 65%; p = .035) and LDL-C (90 vs. 75%; p = .012) were significantly higher than at baseline. The findings suggest that a 6-month school-based soccer intervention program represents an effective strategy to reduce CV and metabolic risk factors in overweight children prepared to take part in a soccer program.
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