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Posted by Joel | Jun 13, 2011 | Publications |
As part of an analytical team examining blood pressure data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey, Dr. Mark Tremblay and colleagues published a paper this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The full citation is...
Read MorePosted by Joel | Jun 12, 2011 | Awards, Featured Posts |
On June 10th as part of Nipissing University’s 2011 Convocation ceremonies, Dr. Mark Tremblay received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree in recognition of his outstanding leadership and scholarship in healthy active living....
Read MorePosted by Joel | Jun 9, 2011 | Media Coverage |
PhD candidate Travis Saunders was recently quoted in NOW Magazine to discuss some of the biology that may explain the link between prolonged sitting and premature death: “This research has mainly been done with animals,...
Read MorePosted by Joel | Jun 7, 2011 | Media Coverage |
In an article published today on the Reuters Health website, Dr. Chaput discusses whether “active” video games should be prescribed as a way for kids to lose weight. From the article: “We cannot prescribe...
Read MoreHALO PhD Student Travis Saunders has been awarded a Doctoral Research Award from the Canadian Diabetes Association for his thesis project, “Sedentary time and markers of cardiometabolic risk in children and youth.” This funding...
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