Blar i Brage NIH på forfatter "Wehrmeister, Fernando César"
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Associations between Device-measured Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health in the Transition to Early Adulthood
Mielke, Gregore I.; Menezes, Ana Maria B.; da Silva, Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro; Ekelund, Ulf; Crochemore-Silva, Inacio; Wehrmeister, Fernando César; Gonçalves, Helen; Brown, Wendy J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purposes: The aims of this study were to investigate the cross-sectional and prospective associations between accelerometer-measured physical activity and cardiometabolic health in the transition to adulthood. Methods: ... -
Correlates of accelerometer-assessed physical activity in pregnancy?: The 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study
Da Silva, Shana Ginar; Evenson, Kelly R.; Da Silva, Inacio C. M.; Mendes, Márcio A; Domingues, Marlos Rodrigues; Da Silveira, Mariângela Freitas; Wehrmeister, Fernando César; Ekelund, Ulf; Hallal, Pedro Curi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objective methods to measure physical activity (PA) have become available and widely used given the high degree of precision to evaluate PA. However, few studies have used accelerometers to measure PA during pregnancy, ... -
Is vigorous-intensity physical activity required for improving bone mass in adolescence?: Findings from a Brazilian birth cohort
Wehrmeister, Fernando César; Goncalves, Helen; Ekelund, Ulf; Bielemann, Renata M.; Ramires, Virgílio V.; Horta, Bernardo L.; Assunção, Maria Cecilia F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Summary: The association between moderate and vigorous physical activity throughout adolescence and areal bone density (aBMD) at 18 years of age was evaluated. Vigorous-intensity physical activity at 11, 15, and 18 years ... -
Physical activity levels objectively measured among older adults: a population-based study in a Southern city of Brazil
Ramires, Virgilio V.; Wehrmeister, Fernando César; Böhm, Andrea Wendt; Galliano, Leony; Ekelund, Ulf; Brage, Soren; Da Silva, Inacio C. M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02)Background: Low levels of physical activity are currently observed in all age groups around the world. Among older adults physical activity is even lower, potentially influencing quality of life, incidence of diseases and ... -
Physical activity throughout adolescence and cognitive performance at 18 years of age
Esteban-Cornejo, Irene; Hallal, Pedro C.; Mielke, Grégory; Menezes, Ana Maria B.; Goncalves, Helen; Wehrmeister, Fernando César; Ekelund, Ulf; Rombaldi, Airton J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05)Purpose: This study aimed to examine the prospective associations of physical activity at 11, 15, and 18 yr of age with cognitive performance in young adulthood in a large birth cohort study from Brazil. Methods: ... -
Prenatal and birth predictors of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in three population-based birth cohorts in Brazil
Ding, Ding; Mielke, Gregore I.; Silva, Inácio Crochemore M.; Wehrmeister, Fernando César; Horta, Bernardo L.; Brage, Soren; Hallal, Pedro C.; Ekelund, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Physical inactivity is a global pandemic with no signs of improvement. Prolonged sitting time is an emerging risk factor that exacerbates the health consequences of physical inactivity. Both behaviours are influenced by ...