Dr. Mark Tremblay Publishes 2 Two Papers on Abdominal Obesity
Dr. Mark Tremblay (Director) has published two new papers in Health Reports which show an “adiposity metamorphosis” where waist circumferences, waist-hip ratios and waist-height ratios increase within body mass index categories over time and the change is associated with increased cardiometabolic health risk.
Citations details are below:
Margot Shields, Mark… [read more]
Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput Publishes Letter to the Editor in JAMA
Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput (Junior Research Chair) has published a letter to the editor in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association titled, “Time Spent Sedentary and Active and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children.” The letter is a response to a recent article by Dr. Ulf Ekelund et al. titled,… [read more]
Dr. Gary Goldfield Promoted to Associate Professor
Dr. Gary Goldfield (Clinical Scientist) was recently promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Commensurate with this promotion Gary was also promoted to the same rank for his cross-appointments to the School of Human Kinetics and the Department of Psychology.… [read more]
Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput Publishes Paper on the Relationship Between Sleep Duration and Adiposity in Adult Short Sleepers
Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput (Junior Research Chair) has published a new paper in the International Journal of Obesity titled, “Longer sleep duration associates with lower adiposity gain in adult short sleepers.” Full citation details are below:
Chaput JP, Després JP, Bouchard C, Tremblay A. Longer sleep duration associates with lower adiposity gain in adult… [read more]
Mark Tremblay Invited as International Expert to Advise on Australian Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines
HALO Director, Dr. Mark Tremblay was invited as the expert international consultant for the development of updated Australian Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Young People. Dr. Tremblay just returned from Canberra where he gave the following presentations, and participated in the consensus meeting process to formulate the… [read more]
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Mexico Releases Their First Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO – The first of its kind, Mexico’s 2012 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth was released today in Guadalajara, Mexico, and provides a baseline assessment of how Mexico as a country is doing at ensuring their young people are growing up healthy. The goal is… [read more]
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Ontario’s Kids Are Missing in Action
TORONTO, October 14, 2011 – The results are in on the first-ever Ontario Supplement to the 2011 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth (Ontario Report Card), and the province has just squeaked by with a passing grade. The Report Card was released yesterday by Active Healthy Kids… [read more]
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Children Four and Under Should Move More, Sit Less and Avoid Screens
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TORONTO (ONTARIO) March 27, 2012 – Children aged four and under should move more and sit less every day as recommended by the first-ever Canadian Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years. All children aged one to four should accumulate… [read more]
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Cutting Down on Sitting Down: The World’s First Evidence-Based Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines Released
TORONTO (ONTARIO) FEBRUARY 15, 2011 – The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology’s (CSEP) Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Youth are the first, systematic evidence-based sedentary behaviour guidelines in the world. The Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines provide recommendations to Canadian children and youth on limiting sedentary behaviour during discretionary… [read more]
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Dr. Kristi Adamo Receives W. Garfield Weston Foundation Award
Dr. Kristi Adamo (Research Scientist) has just been awarded 1 of 2 W. Garfield Weston Foundation Awards for her proposal entitled, “The effects of obesity and excessive gestational weight gain on placental lipid transport and fetal growth.” The project is a collaborative effort with Dr. Andrée Gruslin from the Ottawa… [read more]
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Zach Ferraro Awarded Runner-Up Prize at the University of Ottawa Women’s Health Research Day
Zach Ferraro, a PhD candidate with HALO, recently made a presentation at the University of Ottawa Women’s Health Research Day and received the runner-up prize. Details of the presentation are below:
Ferraro ZM, Q. Qiu, A. Gruslin, KB. Adamo. Characterization of the maternal-fetal insulin-like growth factor axis in pregnancy complicated… [read more]
