Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput organized a symposium for the event entitled “Does short sleep make us fatter”, which included speakers from Canada, the United States, Denmark and Belgium.

Allana LeBlanc made two presentations: “Association between habitual activity and knowledge of public health guidelines in Canada” and “Associations between sleep characteristics and dietary intake patterns in 10 year-old Canadian children”. Allana received support for the conference from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.