Docente
Eduarda Sousa-sá

Resume

Eduarda Manuela de Sousa Rodrigues de Sá. Completed a Licenciatura (bachelor with honours) in Sports Science (specialization in Exercise and Health) in 2009 at University of Porto, a Master in Teaching Physical Education in Primary and Secondary Education in 2014 at University of Minho, and a PhD in Physical Activity and Public Health in 2019 at University of Wollongong, Australia. She is an Assistant Professor at Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal. She is a Researcher at CIDEFES (Lusófona University) and CIAFEL-ITR (Faculty of Sports and Public Health Institute, University of Porto); moreover, she is an Invited Researcher at University of Wollongong. So far, Eduarda has published 36 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals; 1 magazine article; 3 book chapters and 1 scientific journal editorial. She has received 6 awards and/or honours. Eduarda participates and/or participated in 12 internationally funded research projects; PhD Student Fellow in 1 project and Post-doc Fellow in 1 project. She works in the area of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Health Sciences and on Sport and Fitness Sciences. In her professional activities, Eduarda interacted with +200 collaborators, mostly in co-authorship of scientific papers. In her Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural outputs are: preschool years; children; adolescents; youth; public health; guidelines; surveillance; movement behaviours; physical activity; exercise; sedentary behaviour; sedentary time; screen time; childcare; systematic review; scoping review; national survey; cardiovascular health; hypertension; executive function; obesity; motor density; fine motor skills; environment; motor development; motor coordination; fundamental movement skills; motor proficiency.

Graus

• Doctor of Philosophy
  Physical Activity and Public Health
• Outros
  International English Language Testing System
• Licenciatura
  Sports Science (specialization: Exercise and Health)
• Mestrado
  Teaching Physical Education in Primary and Secondary Education

Publicações

Magazine article

• 2022, O Conceito dos Comportamentos 24h Movimento e as suas Recomendações, Portugal Activo

Journal article

• 2023-12-07, Sleep duration and cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents: Longitudinal analysis from the LabMed study, Journal of Adolescence
• 2023-08-07, Editorial: Movement behaviors (sleep, sedentary behavior and physical activity) and physical and mental/cognitive health, Frontiers in Psychiatry
• 2023-07-05, COVID-19 Social Restrictions’ Impact on the Health-Related Physical Fitness of the Police Cadets, Healthcare
• 2023-06, Discrepancies Between Self-reported and Objectively Measured Smartphone Screen Time: Before and During Lockdown, Journal of Prevention
• 2023-01-01, Questionnaires Measuring 24-Hour Movement Behaviors in Childhood and Adolescence: Content Description and Measurement Properties—A Systematic Review, Journal of Physical Activity and Health
• 2023, Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions of a Motor Competence Assessment Digital App, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
• 2022-08, Associations of sleep characteristics with cognitive and gross motor development in toddlers, Sleep Health
• 2022, Questionnaires measuring movement behaviours in adults and older adults: content description and measurement properties. A systematic review
• 2021-12-17, Longitudinal differences in levels and bouts of sedentary time by different day types among Australian toddlers and pre-schoolers, Journal of Sports Sciences
• 2021-08, Systematic Review of the Relationships between 24-Hour Movement Behaviours and Health Indicators in School-Aged Children from Arab-Speaking Countries, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2021-07, Prevalence, patterns and socio-demographic correlates of sleep duration in adolescents: results from the LabMed study, Sleep Medicine
• 2021-03, Objectively Measured Sedentary Levels and Bouts by Day Type in Australian Young Children, Journal of Physical Activity & Health
• 2020-12, A Narrative Review of Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2020-09-08, Sedentary time and blood pressure in Australian toddlers: The get-up study longitudinal results, Journal of Sports Sciences
• 2020-07, The Get-Up! study: adiposity and blood pressure in Australian toddlers, Porto Biomedical Journal
• 2020-06-04, Correlates of Sleep Duration in Early Childhood: A Systematic Review, Behavioral Sleep Medicine
• 2020-04-06, Correlates of sedentary time in young children: A systematic review, European Journal of Sport Science
• 2020-03-10, Systematic review on retinal microvasculature, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and adiposity in children and adolescents, Acta Paediatrica
• 2020-02-26, Systematic Review on the Associations between Objectively Measured Breaks in Sitting Time and Cardiovascular Health in Youth, International Journal of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports
• 2020, Concurrent validity of the ActiGraph GT3X+ and activPAL for assessing sedentary behaviour in 2–3-year-old children under free-living conditions, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
• 2019-12, Childcare Physical Activity Interventions: A Discussion of Similarities and Differences and Trends, Issues, and Recommendations, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2019-09-21, Association of Dairy Product Consumption with Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from the LabMed Study, Nutrients
• 2019-07-03, The cross-sectional and prospective associations between sleep characteristics and adiposity in toddlers: Results from the GET UP! Study, Pediatric Obesity
• 2019, The associations between environmental characteristics of early childhood education and care centers and 1-year change in toddlers’ physical activity and sedentary behavior, Journal of Physical Activity and Health
• 2019, Correlates of nocturnal sleep duration, nocturnal sleep variability, and nocturnal sleep problems in toddlers: results from the GET UP! Study, Sleep Medicine
• 2019, Associations between gross motor skills and cognitive development in toddlers, Early Human Development
• 2018-12-18, Prevalence of objectively measured sedentary behavior in early years: Systematic review and meta-analysis, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
• 2018-11-14, Association between breaks in sitting time and adiposity in Australian toddlers: Results from the GET-UP! study, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
• 2018, Gross motor skills in toddlers: Prevalence and socio-demographic differences, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
• 2018, Associations between gross motor skills and physical activity in Australian toddlers, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
• 2017-11, Compliance with the Australian 24-hour movement guidelines for the early years: associations with weight status, BMC Public Health
• 2016-11-09, “GET-UP” study rationale and protocol: a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effects of reduced sitting on toddlers’ cognitive development, BMC Pediatrics

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2019, PhD, Sitting Time and Cardiovascular Health in Children and Adolescents
• 2014, Master, The influence of music on motor density of physical education lessons
• 2009, Degree, Strength training in children and adolescents with obesity

Book chapter

• 2022, Mitos sobre o Sono: Será que o que sabemos sobre o sono não passa de ficção? , Mitos vs. Factos no Desporto, Educação Física, Exercício e Saúde, CIDEFES, ULHT
• 2022, Dias da semana vs. fim-de-semana: sou mais ativo quando tenho mais tempo “livre”? O impacto da escola e da família, Mitos vs. Factos no Desporto, Educação Física, Exercício e Saúde, CIDEFES, ULHT
• 2020, Preschool and Childcare Center Physical Activity Interventions, The Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity, 1st, Routledge

Conference paper

• Relação entre a perceção da imagem corporal e a obesidade em adolescentes

Conference abstract

• 2023-06, Get-Up study: a cluster RCT on the effects of reduced sitting on toddlers’ cognitive development, ISBNPA
• 2022-03, Prevalence, Patterns and Socio-Demographic Correlates of Sleep Duration in Adolescents: Results from the Labmed Study, World Sleep Conference
• 2019-11, The effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle program on childhood self-regulation, creative thinking and problem solving: a protocol for childcare centers, 5th European Conference on Health Promoting Schools
• 2019-11, Protocol for developing Portuguese 24h Movement Guidelines for children and adolescents, 5th European Conference on Health Promoting Schools
• 2019-06, The associations between environmental characteristics of early childhood education and care centres and one-year change in toddlers’ physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a multilevel analysis from the GET UP! Study, ISBNPA
• 2017-10, Prevalence of Objectively Measured Sedentary Behaviour in Toddlers and Pre-schoolers: A Systematic Review, PWP - Pediatric Work Physiology meeting XXX
• 2017-10, Association between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and adiposity and retinal microvasculature in children and adolescents: a systematic review, PWP - Pediatric Work Physiology meeting XXX
• 2017-09, Proportion of toddlers meeting physical activity, screen time and sleep and association with weight status, Early Start Conference 2017
• 2017-07, Breaks in Sedentary Time and Adiposity in Australian Toddlers: The GET UP! Study, International Conference on Childhood Obesity (COSI) 2017
• 2017-01, Gross motor skills and Physical Activity in Toddlers, CIAPSE 2 - Children's Physical Activity and Sport
• 2017-01, Cognitive Development and Physical Activity in Toddlers, CIAPSE 2 - Children's Physical Activity and Sport
• 2017-01, Blood pressure and physical activity in Australian toddlers, CIAPSE 2 - Children's Physical Activity and Sport

Conference poster

• 2022-03, Prevalence, Patterns and Socio-Demographic Correlates of Sleep Duration in Adolescents: Results from the Labmed Study, World Sleep Conference
• 2019-11, Prevalence of sleep duration in Portuguese adolescents: a school-based study, 5th European Conference on Health Promoting Schools
• 2019-09, Sitting Time and Blood Pressure in Australian Toddlers: longitudinal results from the Get-Up! Study, I-MDRC and CIAPSE - Healthy and active children: lifespan motor development science & applications
• 2018-07, Patterns and geographic distribution of objectively measured Sedentary Behaviour in Early Years: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, ECSS ¿ 23rd annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
• 2018-05, The Get-Up! Study: Adiposity and Blood Pressure in Australian Toddlers, 25th ECO ¿ European Congress on Obesity
• 2017-10, The association of meeting physical activity, screen time and sleep guidelines with cognitive development among toddlers, PWP - Pediatric Work Physiology meeting XXX
• 2017-10, Compliance with the Australian 24-hour movement guidelines for the early years: associations with weight status, PWP - Pediatric Work Physiology meeting XXX
• 2017-07, Environmental characteristics of early childhood education and care centres and young children’s weight status: A systematic review, International Conference on Childhood Obesity (COSI) 2017
• 2017-01, Blood Pressure, waist circumference and physical activity in Australian toddlers, CIAPSE 2 - Children's Physical Activity and Sport
• 2017, Association between body mass index and gross motor development in toddlers, CIAPSE 2 - Children's Physical Activity and Sport