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FADEUP

Portugal

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Jorge Mota is a Full Professor and Director at FADEUP in Portugal. His research focuses on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and their impacts on health outcomes, particularly among children and vulnerable populations. Recent publications include studies on the effects of physical inactivity during COVID-19 and the relationship between movement patterns and cardiometabolic risk. He is also interested in the influence of physical exercise on mental health and physical well-being.

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AI-based long-term health risk evaluation for driving behaviour change strategies in children and youth

Open Date: 2023-05-01

Close Date: 2027-05-01

Grant: Open

AI-based long-term health risk evaluation for driving behaviour change strategies in children and youth

Open Date: 2023-05-01

Close Date: 2027-05-01

Grant: Close

EUMOVE-Let’s move Europa: School-based promotion of healthy lifestyles to prevent obesity

Open Date: 2021-01-01

Close Date: 2023-12-01

Grant: Close

EUMOVE-Lets move Europa: School-based promotion of healthy lifestyles to prevent obesity

Open Date: 2021-01-01

Close Date: 2023-12-01

Grant: Close

2PAS-4H-Promoting Physical Activity in Secondary School for Health

Open Date: 2021-01-01

Close Date: 2022-12-01

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Anthropometric measurements as markers of elevated blood pressure among Portuguese children and adolescents

Compliance With the 24‐h Movement Behaviours Guidelines Among Brazilian Toddlers

Effects of different physical exercise programs on blood pressure in overweight children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis

Effects of Video-Guided Active Breaks on Motor Competence of Schoolchildren with Special Education Needs

Mental Health in Young Adult University Students During COVID-19 Lockdown: Associations with Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors and Sleep Quality

Exploring the relationship between daily sedentary time and occurrence of multimorbidity in middle-aged and older adults: results from ELSI-Brazil

Sedentary Behavior, Physical Inactivity, and the Prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes, and Obesity During COVID-19 in Brazil

24-hour movement components, cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic risk in children: a network perspective

The influence of physical activity on sleep quality in people living with HIV: A scoping review

Association of teaching structure and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a representative sample of girls from public schools of Parana (Brazil)

Physical fitness trends in a nationally representative sample of Portuguese youth: What has changed from 2008 to 2018?

Paths towards a healthier BMI among short and adequate sleepers: A pathway network analysis considering movement behaviors in low‐income preschoolers

Percepção de Universitários Sobre a Interface Entre Lazer, Religiosidade e Bem-estar Espiritual

Behavioral, Sociodemographic, and Sleep Correlates of Symptoms of Depression amongst Older Brazilian Females According to Age: A Cross- Sectional Network Analysis

Lower adiponectin is associated with higher anthropometry and insulin resistance but not with low cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents

Related-factors of social support for students’ physical activity in a network perspective

Validity of the two-minute step test for healthy older adults

Effects and individual response of continuous and interval training on adiponectin concentration, cardiometabolic risk factors, and physical fitness in overweight adolescents

Are parental physical activity and social support associated with adolescents’ meeting physical activity recommendations?

Handgrip strength conditional tolerance regions suggest the need for personalized sarcopenia definition: an analysis of the American NHANES database

Collaborators (22)

Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins

Lucimere Bohn

Rafaela Rosario

Dalmo Machado

Emerson Sebastiao

Gustavo Silva

Manuel Coelho-e-Silva

Maria Paula Santos

Luisa Aires

Susana Vale

Luís Filipe Pereira de Lemos

João Magalhães

Graça Pinto

Luis Sardinha

José Castro-Piñero

Anthony Okely

Luis A. Berlanga

Andreia Pizarro

Armando Raimundo

Rafael Tassitano

José Ferreira

Alberto Ruiz-Ariza

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