Level of physical activity, sleep and quality of life of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

O estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o NAF e verificar sua relação com distúrbio de sono e qualidade de vida em pessoas com Doença de Alzheimer (DA) Participaram do estudo 30 pacientes, com média de idade de 78,9 (DP = 6,9 anos), sendo que 20 foram classificados em demência leve e 10 classificados em demência moderada. Do total, 80% dos pacientes eram do sexo feminino e aproximadamente 80% tinham menos de oito anos de escolaridade. . Para comparação do sono e da qualidade de vida, em função do nível da prática de AF, a amostra foi dividida em dois grupos (maior e menor nível de AF). Não foi encontrada relação entre as variáveis para idosos com DA, apenas para com o cuidador (rho = 0,40; p = 0,01) Concluiu-se que  cuidadores de pacientes mais ativos possuem uma melhor qualidade de vida e não existe relação entre sono e qualidade de vida e nível de AF de pacientes com DA.

Este estudo examinou as relações entre ter uma TV no quarto e o tempo de TV com o IMC, adiposidade abdominal e o risco Cardiometabólico  em crianças e adolescentes. E constatou que elevadas horas de TV e ter uma TV no ​​quarto estão independentemente associadas com o IMC, adiposidade e circunferência cintura, mesmo quando controlados os hábitos alimentares e os níveis de atividades físicas moderadas/vigorosas. A presença da TV no quarto e o tempo de visualização de TV apresentou associação com aumento da circunferência de cintura (OR=1,9-2,1); IMC (OR=2,0-2,5) e adiposidade (OR=2,1-2,9). Enquanto assistir TV por 5 ou mais horas/dia apresentou associação com aumento da adiposidade (OR=2,0) e ter uma TV no quarto foi associado com aumento do risco cardiometabólico (OR=2,9) e o aumento de  triglicérides (OR=2,0).

O documento final será publicado como artigo especial nos Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia e como editorial nas revistas científicas das sociedades médicas e suas afiliadas que apoiam este documento. O documento tem como objetivo fornecer uma visão geral das doenças cardiovasculares e traçar ações estratégicas para reduzir a prevalência de fatores de risco que contribuem para a alta mortalidade e morbidade.

Organizing committees for Olympic Games often promise a diverse range of long-term health and other legacies emanating directly from having hosted the Games. Some of these legacies appear supported by evidence, whereas others may be part of the rhetoric surrounding the initial bids for the Games. Table 1 lists the potential legacies following any Olympic Games that could be considered in relation to a broad range of health outcomes. These proposed legacies include infrastructure improvements to health systems and to emergency public health services, as well as health promotion and disease prevention efforts.

Torres A, Sarmiento OL, Stauber C, Zarama R. Journal
Am J Public Health. 2012 Dec 13. Affiliation
Andrea Torres and Christine Stauber are with the Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Olga L. Sarmiento is with Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Roberto Zarama is with the Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad de los Andes.
Objectives. We compared participants from the Ciclovia (streets temporarily closed to motorized vehicles and open for pedestrians) and Cicloruta (bicycle paths) programs in Bogotá, Colombia, to assess associations of program participation with physical activity, safety, social capital, and equity. Methods. We conducted 2 cross-sectional studies in October 2009 with intercept surveys: one among 1000 Ciclovia participants and the other among 1000 Cicloruta participants. Results. Most Ciclovia participants met the physical activity recommendation in leisure time (59.5%), and most Cicloruta participants met it by cycling for transportation (70.5%). Ciclovia participants reported a higher perception of safety (51.2% regarding traffic and 42.4% about crime) and social capital (odds ratio = 2.0; 95% confidence interval = 1.4, 2.8) than did Cicloruta users. Most Cicloruta users reported living in low socioeconomic status categories (53.1%), had lower educational attainment (27%), and did not own cars (82.9%). Most Ciclovia participants reported living in middle socioeconomic status categories (64%), had low-to-middle educational attainment (51.1%), and did not own cars (66.1%). Conclusions. The Ciclovia and Cicloruta programs have the potential to equitably promote physical activity and provide a mobility alternative in complex urban settings such as Bogotá. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print December 13, 2012: e1-e8. doi:10. 2105/AJPH.2012.301142).
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The objective of this study was to verify the secular trends of sexual maturation of students between 11 and 15 years old, during a period of 10 and 20 years. The sample was composed by 1,002 students aged between 11 and 15 years; 536 boys (12.6±1.3 years old) and 466 girls (12.5±1.2 years old) who took part in the Ilhabela Mixed-Longitudinal Project on Growth, Development, and Physical Fitness. The students’ assessment period occurred in 1990/91 (initial), 2000/01 (10 years later), and 2009/10 (20 years later). Sexual maturation was analyzed according to the self-assessment method and age at menarche (month and year) was collected retrospectively. The statistical analysis used was: one-way ANOVA, and Tukey’s post-hoc test. The level of significance was p<0.01. The onset of menarche in the initial analysis was at: 12.5±1.2 years old; in the 2000/01 group: 12.3±1.0 years old (Δ=-1.6%), and in the 2009/10 group: 12.2±1.0 years old (Δ=-2.4%). Although there was a tendency towards reduction in age at menarche along the periods investigated, differences were not significant. There were significant differences only in genitals (G4), and pubic hair (P3) in boys after 10 and 20 years. In the same period, it did not occur any significant difference in maturational stages for girls. In conclusion, there was no secular trend of secondary sexual characteristics in boys (genital and pubic hair) and girls (breast and pubic hair) and in age at menarche over 10 and 20 years.

O objetivo do presente foi verificar a tendência secular da maturação sexual de escolares de 11 a 15 anos de idade, nos períodos de 10 e 20 anos. Foram envolvidos no estudo 1.002 escolares com idade entre 11 e 15 anos; 536 meninos (12,6±1,3 anos) e 466 meninas (12,5±1,2 anos), que participaram do Projeto Longitudinal Misto de Crescimento, Desenvolvimento e Aptidão Física de Ilhabela. Os escolares foram avaliados nos períodos de 1990/91 (Inicial), 2000/01 (10 anos) e 2009/10 (20 anos). A maturação sexual foi realizada de acordo com o método de autoavaliação. A idade de menarca (mês e ano) foi obtida pelo método retrospectivo. A análise estatística utilizada foi Anova “one way” seguido do post hoc de Tukey. O nível de significância adotado foi p<0,01. O início da idade de menarca foi: 12,5±1,2 anos; no grupo 10 anos: 12,3±1,0 (Δ= -1,6%); e no grupo 20 anos: 12,2±1,0 anos (Δ= -2,4%). Embora tenha ocorrido um declínio na idade de menarca durante os períodos, não houve diferença significante. Houve diferença significante somente em genitais (G4), e pelos púbicos (P3) em meninos após 10 e 20 anos. No mesmo período, não ocorreu diferença significante nos estágios maturacionais nas meninas. Concluiu-se que a tendência secular das características sexuais secundárias dos meninos (genital e pelos púbicos) e nas meninas (mamas e pelos púbicos) e idade de menarca foi nula no período de 10 e 20 anos.

An initiative to increase the amount of physical activity undertaken in Brazil is improving citizens health and providing a model for other nations. Carlos Henrique Fioravanti reports. Revista Lancet.

This report provides an overview of the Side Event on Physical Activity and NCDs, which took place September 18, 2011, in front of the UN High-level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases, in New York City. The Side Event was organized by the American College of Sports Medicine, in partnership with Wellness Week organizers (the Pan American Health Organization and the World Economic Forum), the CDC/WHO Collaborating Center for Physical Activity and Health, and the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. United by a shared conviction about the role of physical activity and sports in contributing to healthy people and heath-enabling environments, the Side Event drew the U.S. Surgeon General, national ministers of health, Olympic athletes, delegates to the U.N. High-Level Meeting, and leaders from nonprofit organizations, philanthropies, governments and business.

Este relatório fornece uma visão geral do Evento de Atividade Física e doenças não transmissíveis, que teve lugar 18 de setembro de 2011, em frente à Reunião de Alto Nível das Nações Unidas sobre Doenças Não-Transmissíveis, em Nova York. O Evento foi organizado pelo Colégio Americano de Medicina Esportiva, em parceria com os organizadores da Semana de Bem-Estar (Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde e do Fórum Econômico Mundial), o CDC / Centro Colaborador da OMS para a Atividade Física e Saúde, e do Conselho do Presidente sobre ginásio , Esportes e Nutrição. Unidos por uma convicção partilhada sobre o papel da atividade física e desportiva, contribuindo para pessoas saudáveis ​​e de saúde, ambientes propícios, o evento chamou os EUA Cirurgião Geral, os ministros nacionais de saúde, atletas olímpicos, os delegados para a Reunião de Alto Nível das Nações Unidas, e líderes de organizações sem fins lucrativos, entidades filantrópicas, governos e negócios.

Introduction: There is strong evidence demonstrating the direct and indirect pathways by which physical activity prevents many of the major non communicable diseases (NCD) responsible for premature death and disability1. Physical inactivity was identified as the 4th leading risk factor for the prevention of NCD2, preceded only by tobacco use, hypertension and high blood glucose levels, and accounting for over 3 million preventable deaths globally in 2010.3 Despite these facts, and being identified nearly 20 years ago as the “best buy in public health’4 the level of global and national public health action on physical activity does not match the evidence of the importance and risk posed by physical inactivity. Why?

We commend WHO for developing the Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of NCDs, adopted at the UN High Level Meeting in September 2011 and Member States on their support for the Political Declaration. Halting the NCD epidemic requires timely implementation of the commitments in the Political Declaration and taking clear decisions at the 65th World Health Assembly this May.

Abstract: MATSUDO, V. K. R., S. M. MATSUDO, T. L. ARAUJO, D. R. ANDRADE, L. C. OLIVEIRA, and P. C. HALLAL. Time Trends in Physical Activity in the State of do Paulo, Brazil: 2002-2008. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 42, No. 12, pp. 2231-2236, 2010. Purpose: To document time trends in physical activity in the state of São Paulo, Brazil (2002-2008). In addition, we discuss the role of Agita São Paulo at explaining such trends. Methods: Cross-sectional surveys were carried out in 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2008 in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, using comparable sampling approaches and similar sample sizes. In all surveys, physical activity was measured using the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Separate weekly scores of walking and moderate-and vigorousintensity physical activities were generated; cutoff points of 0 and 150 min.wk-1 were used. Also, we created a total physical activity score by summing these three types of activity. We used logistic regression models for adjusting time trends for the different sociodemographic compositions of the samples. Results: The prevalence of no physical activity decreased from 9.6% in 2002 to 2.7% in 2008, whereas the proportion of subjects below the 150-min threshold decreased from 43.7% in 2002 to 11.6% in 2008. These trends were mainly explained by increases in walking and moderate-intensity physical activity. Increases in physical activity were slightly greater among females than among males. Logistic regression models confirmed that these trends were not due to the different compositions of the samples. Conclusions: Physical activity levels are increasing in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Considering that the few data available in Brazil using the same instrument indicate exactly the opposite trend and that Agita São Paulo primarily incentives the involvement in moderate-intensity physical activity and walking, it seems that at least part of the trends described here are explained by the Agita São Paulo program.

Abstract: In 1998 the mayor’s office and the District Institute for Sports and Recreation created Muévete Bogotá, a physical activity and health promotion programme for the capital city of Colombia. Muévete means to move or to be active, and this campaign to promote physical activity was designed to improve the health and quality of life of the citizens of Bogotá through regular physical activity. The programme is based on the 1995 recommendations on physical activity of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine (Pate el al., 1995), and was developed in close consultation with the  Agita São Paulo programme in Brazil (Matsudo el al., 2003). Muévete Bogotá couples a mass media campaign with programmes targeted to change physical activity behaviour. The interventions, which are conducted at work sites, schools, health care centers and in community settings rely on partnerships created among professionals in areas of education and health, business officials and personnel, and community members, to deliver the programmes in each of these settings and populations.

We commend WHO for the inclusion of a target and indicator addressing physical inactivity in the latest Discussion Paper released on March 21 2012 as part of the comprehensive global monitoring framework under development by WHO in response to paragraphs 61 and 62 of the Political Declaration of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non communicable Diseases (resolution 66/2).