Carlos Moedas, the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, made a tweet about the EuroFIT project. “Football fans giving the boot to sedentary lifestyles, diabetes and obesity with EU funded EuroFIT.”- we can read HERE.

Pedro Teixeira and Hugo Pereira participated in the XV Conference of the Portuguese Society of Sports Medicine (May 20). Hugo Pereira gave a presentation on the contribution of the Exercise Physiologist to the promotion of physical activity. More information HERE. 

Between May 17-20, CIPER | Self-Regulation researchers participated in the 24^th European Congress on Obesity, in Oporto. Marlene N. Silva and António Palmeira presented EuroFIT and NoHoW projects, which received extensive media coverage. More information about the conference HERE.

The TSF Radio News published an opinion article from Pedro Teixeira titled "Who can help me run more and better?". The article focuses on the role of the Exercise Physiologist in different contexts and can be accessed HERE.

Marlene Silva and Hugo Pereira participated in the semestral EuroFIT consortium meeting, in Amsterdam (May 9-11). Project and data management, plans for the new pilot clubs and the future roll out licensing system were some of the topics under discussion. The code book for process evaluation on potential mechanisms of intervention impact (short and long term) was drafted with inputs from all participating countries based on qualitative data from interviews, focus groups and session observations. More information about the project HERE.

CIPER | Self-regulation was represented at the event “II Public Health Campaign: In the Prevention of Cardiovascular Risk Factors” that took place at the Faculty of Pharmacy – University of Lisbon, on May 2-3. Eliana Carraça gave a presentation on “Overweight and Obesity”, focusing their impact, prevalence and etiology, as well as the importance of physical activity in weight management. More information HERE.

On April 27, Marlene N. Silva and Hugo Pereira participated in the European Healthy Stadia Conference 2017. The EuroFIT project was presented in the plenary session “Football, Health & Wellbeing”. Sally Wyke, Principal Investigator of the project, and João Brito, from the Portuguese Football Federation, discussed physical activity, sedentary time and weight loss interventions targeting football fans. More information about this event HERE.

In a public event on April 11, the Faculty of Human Kinetics - University of Lisbon (FMH - UL), the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), and the Directorate-General of Health (DGS) signed a formal partnership agreement towards the future dissemination of EuroFIT. This took place at the celebration of the World Day for Physical Activity, hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation. More information about the event HERE.

Castro E.A., Júdice P.B., Silva A., Teixeira P.J. & Benito P.J. Sedentary behavior and compensatory mechanisms in response to different doses of exercise - A randomized controlled trial in overweight and obese adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2017.84.

Silva M.N., Teixeira P.J. (2017). "Adoro futebol. Mas sou sedentário(a)!" Público, 16 abril 2017.