Obesity is an endemic health problem in most developed countries, requiring serious public
health attention. The first Portuguese nationwide representative survey about obesity (with …

Women's weight and body composition is significantly influenced by the female sex-steroid
hormones. Levels of these hormones fluctuate in a defined manner throughout the …

Background Research on the motivational model proposed by Self-Determination Theory
(SDT) provides theoretically sound insights into reasons why people adopt and maintain …

Obesity is a common nutrition-related disorder leading to reduced life expectancy in both
humans and dogs. With the aim of identifying new prevention and control options, the study …

Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relation between body mass
index (BMI), Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF), and levels of physical activity (PA) from …

Introduction Many studies of the prevalence of erectile dysfunction have been conducted in
several countries. This is the first Portuguese study that provides current and comparative …

Background Self-perceived health is an important indicator of illness and mortality. This
study aims at identifying a wide range of factors that can influence self-perceived health …

Objective: Limited data are available regarding longitudinal changes in body weight. Here,
we describe changes in the prevalences of overweight and obesity and calculated the …

The scope of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its
association with socio-economic status in a sample of non-institutionalized elderly people …

This book analyses, in an international comparative context, Portugal´ s energy transition
from organic sources to fossil fuels in the period 1856-2006. It investigates the role that …