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Dr. Rachel Colley was recently interviewed by the Winnipeg Free Press and SFGate about her recent paper, “Daily Step Target to Measure Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines in Children.” From the Winnipeg Free Press article: While most people are used to the idea that adults should take about 10,000 steps a day, a similar target for children was undetermined, said Colley, a junior research scientist at the CHEO Research Institute…

Thee papers on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep by Dr. Rachel Colley (Junior Research Chair with HALO) have been published: R.C. Colley, I. Janssen, M.S. Tremblay. Daily Step Target to Measure Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines in Children. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 44(5):977-82, 2012. D. Garriguet and R.C. Colley. Daily patterns of physical activity among Canadians. Health Reports 23(2):1-6, 2012. R…

Dr. Rachel Colley Junior Research Chair 613-737-7600 x4118 rcolley@cheo.on.ca Education, Credentials, Academic appointments PhD, School of Human Kinetics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia BSc and BPHE, Queen’s University Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology – Certified Exercise Physiologist Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa Cross-appointed to Department of Human…

HALO researchers made 13 poster and oral presentations at the 8th International Conference on Diet and Activity Measurements, which was held in Rome, Italy from May 14-16, 2012. Citations details are below: R.C. Colley, D. Garriguet, I. Janssen, T. Saunders, V. Carson, S.L. Wong, M.S. Tremblay. The pattern and timing of sedentary behaviour are related to body mass index in boys but not girls. Presentation at the 8th International Conference on…

Yesterday, Dr. Rachel Colley was featured in an article in the Star that discussed the fight against obesity. From the article: If obesity is the new smoking, then officials would be wise to remember that anti-smoking campaigns didn’t succeed until governments put up serious money, said Rachel Colley, spokesperson for the non-profit Active Healthy Kids Canada. “We haven’t really gotten to that point in Ontario or Canada yet,” said Colley, the or…

Dr. Rachel Colley has co-authored a paper with Joel Barnes, Allana LeBlanc, Michael Borghese, Charles Boyer and Dr. Mark Tremblay titled, “Validity of the SC-StepMX pedometer during treadmill walking and running“. The paper was published on the web yesterday in Applied Phyisology, Nutrition and Metabolism. Citation information is available below. Rachel C. Colley, Joel D. Barnes, Allana G Leblanc, Michael Borghese, Charles Boyer, Mar…

Drs. Rachel Colley (Junior Research Chair) and Mark Tremblay (Director) have published a paper in the journal of Health Promotion Practice titled, “A Model of Knowledge Translation in Health: The Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.” Full citation details are below: Colley RC, Brownrigg M, Tremblay MS. A model of knowledge translation in health: the active healthy kids Canada report card…

Dr. Rachel Colley was in Glasgow, Scotland from May 24-27 attending the International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement, ICAMPAM 2011. Dr. Colley was presenting findings from her work on the accelerometer-measured physical activity data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (Statistics Canada). The four presentations covered the descriptive findings on the physical activity levels of Canadian adults (n=2,83…

Drs. Rachel Colley and Pat Longmuir, Junior Research Scientists with HALO, have been successful in a recent CIHR grant competition. Details of the funded grant are below: Title: PAR-Q for KIDS: An ethical approach for encouraging children to participate in higher intensity or maximal effort physical activity Investigators: Rachel Colley and Patricia Longmuir Description: The epidemic of childhood obesity has intensified efforts to promote daily…