Congratulations to all HALOites that participated in or contributed to the 2015 Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) annual scientific conference in Hamilton on October 14-17. Of special note is the fact that Dr. Kristi Adamo was the recipient of the CSEP Young Investigator Award – congratulations Kristi! HALO researchers, staff and students were well represented at the conference.

HALOites participated in the following abstracts presented at the conference:

  • Alpous A, Fournier AA, Longmuir PE. Reliability of simple fitness and physical activity tasks for screening children’s physical literacy in recreation, education, allied-health, coaching, and healthcare settings. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 40(S1): S3, 2015.
  • Harvey ALJ, Goldfield GS, Grattan K, Naylor P-J, Temple V, Wilson S, Adamo K. Does intervening in the daycare setting impact motor skill development? Findings from the preschooler activity trial (PAT) pilot. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 40(S1):S26, 2015.
  • Herman KM, Saunders TJ, Tremblay MS. Sedentary behaviour trends in Canadian adults: data from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2000 to 2012. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 40(S1):S27, 2015.
  • Lang JJ, Longmuir P, LeBlanc A, Chaput JP, Lambert EV, Muthuri S, Onywera V, Wachira LJ, Tremblay MS. Correlates of objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in Canadian, Kenyan, and South African children. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 40(S1):S37, 2015.
  • Orr K, LeBlanc AG, Berry T, Deshpande S, Faulkner G, Latimer-Cheung AE, O’Reilly N, Rhodes RE, Spence JC, Tremblay MS. Awareness of Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines and self-reported physical activity: cross-sectional analysis. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 40(S1):S50, 2015.
  • Tremblay MS, Gray C, Babcock S, Barnes J, Costas Bradstreet C, Carr D, Chabot G, Choquette L, Chorney D, Collyer C, Herrington S, Janson K, Janssen I, Larouche R, Pickett W, Power M, Sandseter EBH, Simon B, Brussoni M. Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 40(S1):S64, 2015.