Publications by authors named "Antonio Oliveira-Tavares"

Background: Aging is one of the most important and obvious phenomenon observed in our society. In the past years, there has been a growing concern in designing physical activity (PA) programmes for elderly people, because evidence suggests that such health promotion interventions may reduce the deleterious effects of the ageing process. Accordingly, a growing body of literature points to the importance of a sound approach to planning and evaluation in order to improve the quality of PA programmes.

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Background: There has been a growing concern in designing physical activity (PA) programmes for elderly people, since evidence suggests that such health promotion interventions may reduce the deleterious effects of the ageing process. Complete programme evaluations are a necessary prerequisite to continuous quality improvements. Being able to refine, adapt and create tools that are suited to the realities and contexts of PA programmes for the elderly in order to support its continuous improvement is, therefore, crucial.

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Background: In Portugal, there are several physical activity (PA) programmes for elderly people developed by the local government. The importance of these programmes has been increasing since the evidence has shown that this type of health promotion interventions may reduce the deleterious effects of the ageing process. However, no study has already identified the general characteristics of these programmes nor if they use any scheme to assess the quality of the service provided.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to create age- and sex-specific BMI, waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) percentile curves for adolescents in the Azores, Portugal, filling a gap in existing data.
  • The research involved a cross-sectional analysis of a sample of 1500 adolescents aged 15-18, with measurements taken following standard procedures, and used Cole's LMS method to estimate smoothed curves.
  • Findings revealed notable differences in BMI trends between sexes as they age, with Azorean adolescents showing higher WC and WHtR values compared to peers from many other countries, offering important data for future health monitoring.
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