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Developmental aspects (including cyberbullying)
Although there is a growing interest in understanding the impact of types and patterns of Internet use on individuals of different ages, relatively few studies have fully considered developmental perspectives. This chapter ...
Is conventional Political Participation An Indicator of Youth Civic Engagement?
(PONTIFICA UNIV JAVERIANA, FAC PSYCH, 2015)
Although civic engagement is a multidimensional concept, the low participation of youth in conventional politics is often interpreted as an indicator of low civic engagement. This study questions the centrality of conventional ...
High-altitude hypoxia and echocardiographic indices of pulmonary hypertension in male and female chickens at adulthood
(Circulation Journal, 2014-06)
Background: By combining the chick embryo model with incubation at high altitude (HA), the effects of chronic hypoxia on fetal growth, fetal cardiac and aortic wall remodeling and systemic arterial blood pressure at adulthood ...
Early physical activity promotes lower prevalence of chronic diseases in adulthood
(Nature Publishing Group, 2010-09-01)
Epidemiological studies have shown high rates of occurrence of arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus among adults, and early preventive actions are extremely relevant for public policy strategies. The purpose ...
Possible underestimation by sports medicine of the effects of early physical exercise practice on the prevention of diseases in adulthood
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2015)
In modern society, combatting cardiovascular and metabolic diseases has been highlighted as an urgent global challenge. In recent decades, the scientific literature has identified that behavioral variables (e.g. smoking, ...
Association between age at menarche and blood pressure in adulthood: is obesity an important mediator?
(2018-01-01)
We investigated the association between age at menarche, and adiposity and blood pressure in adulthood, as well as the mediation effects of adiposity on the relationship between age at menarche and blood pressure. This was ...
Obesogenic environment by excess of dietary fats in different phases of development reduces spermatic efficiency of wistar rats at adulthood: correlations with metabolic status
(2014)
This study compares the impact of obesogenic environment (OE) in six different periods of development on sperm parameters and the testicular structure of adult rats and their correlations with sex steroid and metabolic ...