Research area: 

Physical Education; Health-Related Fitness; Teacher Education
 

Current research project(s): 

  1. Fit-Back Europe - Support of Development of Systems for Monitoring Physical Fitness of Children and Adolescents across Europe.
  2. CSPPA – Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity Survey
  3. Before – Anti bullying Education for Sport Coaches
  4. REACH – Resistance Exercise for Adolescents in Schools

 

Thayse Natacha Gomes is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, where she is working on the GoGreenRoutes projects, an EU-funded project aiming to understand the association between NBS and health. Further, she is an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Sergipe, and one of the coordinators of the research centre of Health, Physical Activity and Sport (SAFE).

Her research interests are related to correlates and determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, human growth and development, health, and sports promotion and performance. She coordinates the “Growth, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and health indicators in children” project, and also co-coordinates the “InTrack” project. She has been engaged in research projects in different countries (Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Peru, Cape Verde), which, in summary, are focused on understanding the inter- and intra-individual differences in human growth and development, physical activity levels and sedentary behaviour, sports performance, obesity and its comorbidities, through multilevel approach/ecological models. 

Publications

  • Lang, J.J.; Zhang, K.; Agostinis-Sobrinho, C.; Andersen, L.B.; Basterfield, L.; Berglind, D.; Blain, D.O.; Cadenas-Sanchez, C.; Cameron, C.; Carson, V.; Colley, R.C.; Csányi, T.; Faigenbaum, A.D.; García-Hermoso, A.; Gomes, T.N.Q.F.; Gribbon, A.; Janssen, I.; Jurak, G.; Kaj, M.; Kidokoro, T.; Lane, K.N.; Liu, Y.; Löf, M.; Lubans, D.R.; Magnussen, C.G.; Manyanga, T.; McGrath, R.; Mota, J.; Olds, T.; Onywera, V.O.; Ortega, F.B.; Oyeyemi, A.L.; Prince, S.A.; Ramírez-Vélez, R.; Roberts, K.C.; Rubín, L.; Servais, J.; Silva, D.A.S.; Silva, D.R.; Smith, J.J.; Song, Y.; Stratton, G.; Timmons, B.W.; Tomkinson, G.R.; Tremblay, M.S.; Wong, S.H.S.; Fraser, B.J. Top 10 international priorities for physical fitness research and surveillance among children and adolescents: a twin-panel delphi study. Sports Medicine, 53, 2023. doi: 10.1007/s40279-022-01752-6. 

  • Pereira, E.S.; Thuany, M.; Bandeira, P.F.R.; Gomes, T.N.; dos Santos, F.K. How do health, biological behavioral, and cognitive variables interact over time in children of both sexes? A complex system approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 20223. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032728 

  • Gomes, T.N.; Thuany, M.; dos Santos, F.K.; Rosemann, T.; Knechtle, B. Physical (in)activity, and its predictors, among Brazilian adolescents: a multilevel analysis. BMC Public Health, 22, 2022. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12336-w 

  • Silva, E.C.M.; Barboza, L.L.S.; Gandarela, L.; Tejada, J.; Schmitz, H.; Gomes, T.N.; Silva, R.J.S.; Sardinha, L.B.; Silva, D.R. Two-year effectiveness of a controlled trial with physically active lessons on behavioral indicators of school children. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2022. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2021.2020707 

  • Gomes, T.N.; Katzmarzyk, P.T.; Pereira, S.; Thuany, M.; Standage, M.; Maia, J. A systematic review of children’s physical activity patterns: concept, operational definitions, instruments, statistical analyses, and health implications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 2020. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165837