• Association of leisure time and occupational physical activity with obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in Chile 

    Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Brown, Rosemary E.; Diaz-Martínez, Ximena; Leiva, Ana M.; Martínez, María A.; Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe; Garrido-Méndez, Alex; Matus-Castillo, Carlos; Luarte Rocha, Cristian; Salas-Bravo, Carlos; Troncoso-Pantoja, Claudia; García-Hermoso, Antonio; Ramírez-Vélez, Robinson; Vásquez-Gómez, Jaime A.; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Fernando; Alvarez, Cristian; Celis-Morales, Carlos (2019)
    The aim of this study was to investigate the association between physical activity (PA), both occupational (OPA) and during leisure time (LTPA), with obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in Chilean adults. 5,157 ...

  • Can simulation tasks reproduce the taekwondo match physiological responses? 

    Herrera Valenzuela, Tomás; Zapata-Bastias, José; Guajardo-Medrano, Marcos; Pons-Vargas, Gonzalo; Valdés-Badilla, Pablo; Ferreira Da Silva, Jonatas; García-Hermoso, Antonio; López Fuenzalida, Antonio; Franchini, Emerson; Orihuela, Pedro (2018)
    Background and Study Aim: Using specific training methods is an important aspect in the preparation of taekwondo athletes. The purpose of the present study is the knowledge about physiological responses, during three ...

  • Patterns of healthy lifestyle behaviours in older adults: Findings from the Chilean National Health Survey 2009–2010 

    Troncoso, Claudia; Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Brown, Rosemary E.; Leiva, Ana M.; Martínez, María A.; Díaz-Martínez, Ximena; Garrido-Méndez, Alex; Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe; Iturra-González, José; Villagran, Marcelo; Mardones, Lorena; Salas-Bravo, Carlos; Ulloa, Natalia; García-Hermoso, Antonio; Ramírez-Vélez, Robinson; Vásquez-Gómez, Jaime A.; Celis-Morales, Carlos (2018)
    The purpose of this study was to investigate healthy lifestyle behaviours across age categories in the older population in Chile. Data from 1390 older adults (≥60 years), in the 2009–2010 Chilean National Health Survey ...