Vitor P. Lopes, Ph. D in Sport Science, and Habilitation (“Agregação”) in Motor Development, currently works as Full Professor at the Sports Science Department at Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB). His research agenda focuses on promoting the acquisition and development of fundamental motor skills and the association of motor competence with physical activity, health-related physical fitness, perceived competence, and obesity across the lifespan. His research emphasizes the need to address and understand developmental mechanisms and casual pathways related to youth physical growth and development and trajectories of physical activity and obesity.