HALO researchers were involved in eight presentations at the 4th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health this week in Sydney, Australia. Travis Saunders and Mark Tremblay made the trip down-under.

The presentation abstracts were all published in a supplemental issue of the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport and are listed below:

  1. M.S. Tremblay, A. LeBlanc, V. Carson, S. Connor Gorber, M. Duggan, I. Janssen, M. Kho, K. Murumets, J. Spence, B. Timmons. Development and launch of the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for the Early Years. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 15(6 Suppl.):356-357, 2012.
  2. M.S. Tremblay, A. LeBlanc, V. Carson, S. Connor Gorber, M. Duggan, I. Janssen, M. Kho, K. Murumets, B. Timmons, J. Spence. Development and launch of the Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 15(6 Suppl.):357, 2012.
  3. K. Murumets, C. Costas Bradstreet, D. Dampier, E. Antunes, J.C. Spence, M.S. Tremblay. Sports Day in Canada: A national celebration of Sport. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 15(6 Suppl.):200, 2012.
  4. K. Murumets, C. Costas Bradstreet, T. Berry, C.L. Craig, S. Deshpande, G. Faulkner, A. Latimer, R. Rhodes, J.C. Spence, M.S. Tremblay. Think Again: social marketing campaign. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 15(6 Suppl.):233, 2012.
  5. K. Murumets, C. Costas Bradstreet, J. Down, M. Duggan, F. Gabbani, A. Grantham, S. Grundy, J.C.  Spence, M.S. Tremblay. Active Canada 20/20 – Past, Present and Future. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 15(6 Suppl.):289, 2012.
  6. T.J. Saunders, J.P. Chaput, G. Goldfield, R.C. Colley, G. Kenny, E. Doucet, M.S. Tremblay. Effects of prolonged sitting and physical activity on markers of cardiometabolic risk in healthy children and youth: a pilot study. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 15(6 Suppl.):92, 2012.
  7. V. Carson, M.S. Tremblay, J.C. Spence, B.W. Timmons, I. Janssen. Adherence to the Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years (aged 0-4 years) among children from Kingston, Ontario. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 15(6 Suppl.):355, 2012.
  8. P.T. Katzmarzyk, T.S. Church, J.P. Chaput, G. Hu, A. Kurpad, E.V. Lambert, J. Maia, V. Matsudo, T. Olds, V. Onywera, O.L. Sarmiento, M. Standage, M.S. Tremblay, C. Tudor-Locke, P. Zhao. The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE). Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 15(6 Suppl.):62, 2012.