José Maia

Research interests

Publications

• Breastfeeding and childhood obesity: A 12‐country study

  Maternal and Child Nutrition · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12984

• Compositional data analysis for physical activity, sedentary time and sleep research

  Statistical Methods in Medical Research · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280217710835

• Temporal and bi-directional associations between sleep duration and physical activity/sedentary time in children: An international comparison

  Preventive Medicine · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.12.006

• Health-Related Quality of Life and Lifestyle Behavior Clusters in School-Aged Children from 12 Countries

  The Journal of Pediatrics · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.12.048

• Proportion of children meeting recommendations for 24-hour movement guidelines and associations with adiposity in a 12-country study

  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-016-0449-8

• Relationships between Parental Education and Overweight with Childhood Overweight and Physical Activity in 9–11 Year Old Children: Results from a 12-Country Study

  PLoS ONE · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147746

• Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts

  Scientific Reports · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28496

• Maternal gestational diabetes and childhood obesity at age 9–11: results of a multinational study

  Diabetologia · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-016-4062-9

• Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.130252

• Associations between sleep patterns and lifestyle behaviors in children: an international comparison

  International Journal of Obesity Supplements · 2015 · 10.1038/ijosup.2015.21

• Correlates of Total Sedentary Time and Screen Time in 9–11 Year-Old Children around the World: The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment

  PLoS ONE · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129622

• Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Obesity in an International Sample of Children

  Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2015 · 10.1249/mss.0000000000000649

• Improving wear time compliance with a 24-hour waist-worn accelerometer protocol in the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE)

  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2015 · 10.1186/s12966-015-0172-x

• Birth weight and childhood obesity: a 12-country study

  International Journal of Obesity Supplements · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ijosup.2015.23

• Relationship between lifestyle behaviors and obesity in children ages 9–11: Results from a 12‐country study

  Obesity · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.21152

• Associations between sleep patterns and lifestyle behaviors in children: an international comparison

  International Journal of Obesity Supplements · 2015 · 10.1038/ijosup.2015.21

• The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE): design and methods

  BMC Public Health · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-900

• Anthropometric Characteristics, Physical Fitness and Technical Performance of Under-19 Soccer Players by Competitive Level and Field Position

  International Journal of Sports Medicine · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1323729

• Gender, weight status and socioeconomic differences in psychosocial correlates of physical activity in schoolchildren

  Journal of science and medicine in sport · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2012.07.008

• Correlation between BMI and motor coordination in children

  Journal of science and medicine in sport · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2011.07.005

• Motor coordination, physical activity and fitness as predictors of longitudinal change in adiposity during childhood

  European Journal of Sport Science · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2011.566368

• Motor coordination as predictor of physical activity in childhood

  Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.01027.x

• Determinantes biológicos e sócio-culturais associados à prática de atividade física de adolescentes

  Cadernos de Saúde Pública · 2008 · 10.1590/s0102-311x2008000400002

• Socio-economic status, growth, physical activity and fitness: The Madeira Growth Study

  Annals of Human Biology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460601080983

• Anthropometric indicators of nutritional status: implications for fitness, activity, and health in school-age children and adolescents from Maputo, Mozambique

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/77.4.952

• Genetic factors in physical activity levels

  American Journal of Preventive Medicine · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0749-3797(02)00478-6

Current projects

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