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Diego Augusto Santos Silva
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
415 Points

Contributions by role

Author 400
Reviewer 15

Contributions by subject area

Nutrition
Pediatrics
Public Health
Obesity
Sports Medicine
Cardiology
Epidemiology
Global Health
Kinesiology
Mental Health
Anatomy and Physiology
Clinical Trials
Evidence Based Medicine

Diego Augusto Santos Silva

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Dr. Silva is a Brazilian Scientist with a multidisciplinary background. He completed his undergraduate studies (in Kinesiology) in 2007 by the Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil. During the Master’s course in Kinesiology at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil, he investigated the effect of high intensity physical exercise on obese children. In PhD studies in Kinesiology (UFSC), Dr. Silva investigated the relationship between obesity and hypertension in adults. Dr. Silva is interested in epidemiological studies and is part of different projects with researchers from Brazil, Canada, the United States and Portugal. He is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and has research projects in the areas of Physical Activity and Health, Body Composition, Sedentary Behavior, and Health-Related Physical Fitness

Evidence Based Medicine Global Health Kinesiology Pediatrics Public Health

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 4
August 9, 2022
Accuracy of anthropometric indicators of obesity to identify high blood pressure in adolescents—systematic review
Leandro Lima Borges, Tiago Rodrigues de Lima, Diego Augusto Santos Silva
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13590 PubMed 35966930
May 17, 2021
Longer leisure walking time is associated with positive self-rated health among adults and older adults: a Brazilian nationwide study
Diego Augusto Santos Silva
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11471 PubMed 34046265
October 15, 2020
Physical inactivity as a risk factor to mortality by ischemic heart disease during economic and political crisis in Brazil
Diego Augusto Santos Silva
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10192 PubMed 33088632
February 18, 2020
Association between 9-minute walk/run test and obesity among children and adolescents: evidence for criterion-referenced cut-points
Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Justin J. Lang, Edio L. Petroski, Júlio B. Mello, Adroaldo C.A. Gaya, Mark S. Tremblay
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8651 PubMed 32110499