Dr. Gary Goldfield has published a new paper, “Body Dissatisfaction, Dietary Restraint, Depression, and Weight Status in Adolescents.” The full reference to the article is: Goldfield, G.S.; Moore, C.; Henderson, K.; Buchholz, A.; Obeid, N. & Flament, M.F. (2010). Body Dissatisfaction, Dietary Restraint, Depression, and Weight Status in Adolescents, J… [read more]

Dr. Kristi Adamo has published a new paper, “Using Path Analysis to Understand Parents’ Perceptions of Their Children’s Weight, Physical Activity and Eating Habits in the Champlain Region of Ontario.” The full reference to the article is: Adamo, K. B.; Papadakis, S.; Dojeiji, L.; Turnau, M.; Simmons, L.; Parameswaran, M.;… [read more]

HALO is pleased to welcome Hélène Sinclair as the new Administrative Assistant to the group. Hélène brings extensive experience to the position – welcome aboard Hélène!… [read more]

HALO researchers publish a new paper in the proceedings from the International Conference for the 20th Anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child:

M.S. Tremblay, V. Onywera, K.B. Adamo. A child’s right to healthy active living – Building capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa to curb the impending physical… [read more]

HALO is proud to be an inaugural member of the ParticipACTION Partner Network. The ParticipACTION Partner Network (PPN) is a robust network of not-for-profit and public sector organizations dedicated to physical activity and sport participation. ParticipACTION’s belief is that the PPN will not only help support the work of individual… [read more]

The Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the CHEO Research Institute is proud to be partnering with CBC and other leading Canadian health organizations on a six-month national initiative that will change the health of this country. LIVE RIGHT NOW is a six-month national program supported across all… [read more]

HALO, represented by Dr. Mark Tremblay, worked with ParticipACTION and other physical activity sector partners and representatives over the past two years to produce “The Partnership Protocol.” The Partnership Protocol is designed to help not-for-profit organizations assess, create, manage, implement and evaluate potential partnerships. The Partnership Protocol was developed using… [read more]

Dr. Rachel Colley, Richard Larouche, and Joel Barnes attended the Healthy Children | Healthy Spaces 2010 Conference on November 14-16, which was held at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.
There were 100 participants from diverse sectors: youth, public health professionals (non-profit and government), outdoor educators, early childhood professionals,… [read more]

HALO researchers published two new papers in a new textbook from Routledge Publishers:

R.C. Colley, M. Brownrigg, M.S. Tremblay. Canada’s report card on physical activity for children and youth. G. Baquet and S. Berthoin (Eds.) Children and Exercise XXV: Proceedings of the 25th Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting, Routledge Taylor and… [read more]

HALO researchers had several presentations at the recent Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) Annual Scientific Conference (see www.csep.ca for details). The abstracts from these presentations were also published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism:

K.B. Adamo, Z. Ferraro, J. Rutherford, E. Keely, M. Walker, G. Goldfield, S.… [read more]