Meet the editors

Adilson Marques is a professor at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Physical Education, a master's degree in Public Health, and a Ph.D. in Sciences of Education, Sports Science, and Health Sciences. Dr. Marques was a physical education teacher for nine years. His main research interest is health promotion. He has recently studied the relationship between physical activity, fitness, and mental

health. He has published several international peer-reviewed articles and has been an investigator in several research projects. He is a reviewer for several scientific journals in the field of sports science and health promotion. He is a member of the National Physical Activity Promotion Program at the Portuguese Ministry of Health.

Hugo Sarmento, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is the head of the master's program in Youth Sports Training. Dr. Sarmento researches sport expertise and talent development following an ecological dynamics approach. He has also conducted studies in performance analysis, training load monitoring, match analysis, small-sided and conditioned games, and physical activity and health. He has

published more than 150 international peer-reviewed original articles. Additionally, he is a member of twelve editorial boards of international scientific journals.

Margarida Gaspar de Matos is a clinical and health psychologist. She is a full professor at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, with a habilitation in International Health. She is the coordinator of G2 – Supportive Environments of the Environmental Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon. She is on the Board of Promotion and Prevention of the European Federation of Psychologists' Association (EFPA) representing

the Order of Portuguese Psychologists and the Steering Committee of the European Public Health Association/Child and Adolescent Public Health (EUPHA/CAPH). She is a member of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the coordinator of several national and international projects promoting children's and young people's health. She is part of the coordination team of the international network of Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), where she coordinates the Planetary Health Group.
