Dr. Mark Tremblay and PhD candidate Richard Larouche were in Vuokatti Finland this week to attend and present at the 2011 International Congress on Enhancement of Physical Activity of Children and Youth. Dr. Tremblay gave an invited keynote presentation titled “Measure and Measure Carefully – to interpret, intervene and inform physical activity strategies” while Mr. Larouche provided a poster presentation titled “Impact of active school transport on physical activity levels, cardiovascular fitness and body composition: a systematic review”. Both enjoyed the northern Finland outdoors and the Finnish hospitality. Abstracts from both presentations were published in the conference proceedings as summarized below. For more details of the conference please visit www.icepa.fi.

  • M.S. Tremblay. Measure and Measure Carefully – to interpret, intervene and inform physical activity strategies. Proceedings of the International Congress on Enhancement of Physical Activity of Children and Youth, p.18-19, 2011.
  • R. Larouche, T. Saunders, G. Faulkner, R. Colley, M. Tremblay. Impact of active school transport on physical activity levels, cardiovascular fitness and body composition: a systematic review. Proceedings of the International Congress on Enhancement of Physical Activity of Children and Youth, p.73, 2011.