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News
July 12, 2010 –
Dr. Rachel
Colley, Junior Research
Chair with HALO, was featured on
The Jeff Allan Show
(570 News Radio in Kitchener, Ontario) to discuss the topic of
whether lack of exercise is a factor relating to obesity
issues.
The following is an audio link to the interview:
July 6, 2010 -
Stephanie
Prince-Ware, Ph.D.
Student with HALO, was featured on CBC Radio Ottawa on July 6,
2010 to discuss the Neighbourhood Steps Study – please see the
“Study Participants Wanted” page or the project summary titled
Built and Social Environmental Determinants of Physical Activity
and Obesity in Ottawa Neighbourhoods
in the
“Research” section of this website for more details on this
research project.
UPCOMING EVENT! HOPE Volleyball Summer Fest - July 10, 2010
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The Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO)
along with representatives from the CHEO Foundation will be
competing in this year’s H.O.P.E. Volleyball Summer Fest on July
10. The CHEO Foundation is one of this year’s five recipient
charities. We have two teams registered to represent CHEO:
The HALOs and
The CHEO Bears. If
you are interested in supporting the CHEO teams and donating to
a worthy cause, please feel free to contact
Emily Knight for a pledge form. Come stop by Mooney’s Bay on Saturday, July
10th to check out all the action!
 Dragon
Boat Festival (June 18-20, 2010)
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The Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO)
along with the CHEO Foundation and bitHeads Inc. participated in
the 2010 Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival (June 18-20). Despite
being a rookie boat, the 'CHEO FitHeads' paddled their way to
the finals on the second day in dramatic fashion - almost
finishing in the wrong lane! In addition, our team jersey won 1st
Runner Up for best logo design! Thank you to all who paddled
and volunteered in this year’s Festival. HALO and the CHEO
Foundation will be participating again in 2011 and 2012, as the
CHEO Foundation is one of the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation’s
recipient charities. For anyone interested in participating
with us next year, dry land training will start April 30, 2011!
June 11, 2010 – Travis Saunders and Dr. Mark Tremblay
featured on CBC News
Travis Saunders, Ph.D. student with HALO, and Dr. Mark
Tremblay were featured on a segment of the CBC National News
discussing the health impact of too much sitting, which is
the topic of Travis's Ph.D. thesis.
Link to the article
Link to the video
 June 9-12, 2010 – Canadian Obesity Student Meeting 2010
Conference
On June 9-12, the University of Ottawa, in association with
the Canadian Obesity Network (CON-RCO), the
Merck Frosst/CIHR
Research Chair in Obesity, Université Laval, and the
University of Alberta hosted the
2nd
Canadian Obesity Student Meeting. This conference was
admirably championed and co-chaired by Angela Alberga and
HALO Ph.D. candidate, Zach Ferraro.
The purpose of this student-run initiative was to bring
together 200 of Canada’s top young researchers (Post
doctoral, Ph.D. and Masters candidates) to learn about the
latest findings from cutting-edge research on the causes,
complications, treatment and prevention of obesity.
For more information on this conference and to view
additional photos, please
click here
May 27, 2010 - Award presented to Cynthia Colapinto of HALO
 Cynthia Colapinto,
a Ph.D. candidate with the Research Institute’s
Healthy
Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO), is the
recipient of the 2010 Dietitians of Canada Graduate Student
Award sponsored by McCain Foods for her dissertation
research which aims to examine the folate status of
Canadians. This award recognizes academic excellence and
contributions to the dietetic profession. The award ceremony
was held at the Dietitians of Canada National Conference in
Montreal on May 27, 2010.
May 8,
2010 - Launch of the Toronto Charter for Physical Activity:
A Global Call for Action
The
Toronto Charter for Physical Activity:
A Global Call for
Action was launched on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at the 3rd
International Congress for Physical Activity and Health in
Toronto Canada during the closing plenary session.
The
Toronto Charter is a call to all countries to help make
physical activity a priority for all. The Charter provides
a framework for action and partnerships across multiple
sectors and with communities to build healthier, active,
environmentally sustainable communities. It is a result of
two years of international drafting and large scale global
consultation. The global consultation received responses
from over 400 individuals and organizations from 55
countries and provided over 1,700 comments and suggestions.
The
Toronto Charter was ratified by delegates at the 3rd
International Congress for Physical Activity and Health with
overwhelming support for its call to all countries to seek
greater political commitment, resources and community action
to support health enhancing physical activity for all. The
Charter itself is an advocacy tool, designed for use with
decisions makers and to build partnership towards achieving
political commitment and resources towards increasing
participation in health-enhancing physical activity
throughout the world.
SHOW YOUR
INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION'S SUPPORT!
Please
show your support for the adoption and implementation of the
Toronto Charter for Physical Activity: A Global Call for
Action by visiting the website
www.globalpa.org.uk. To download a copy of the Toronto
Charter and to register your support, please visit
www.globalpa.org.uk.
Link to the
Toronto Charter for Physical Activity
Inactive kids under five demonstrating dangerous lifestyle
habits
Active Healthy Kids Canada Releases 2010 Report Card on
Physical Activity for Children and Youth
Toronto (ON) April 27, 2010
Link to Press Release
 April 27, 2010 – JUST
RELEASED - The 2010 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card
on Physical Activity for Children and Youth! The
2010 Report Card
was produced in partnership with the Healthy Active
Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s Hospital
of Eastern Ontario Research Institute.
The short-form of the 2010 Healthy Kids Canada Report Card
is available at the link below.
Please visit
www.activehealthykids.ca
to download a copy of the long-form of the 2010 Report Card,
and to learn more about Active Healthy Kids Canada.
Link to short-form of 2010 Report Card
March 4, 2010 – Our team members, Dr.
Stasia Hadjiyannakis and Jane Rutherford are featured in the
Ottawa Citizen newspaper with a profile of the work of the
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO).
February 2010 – HALO team members in the news this week:
Dr.
Mark Tremblay interviewed for CBC interview for Peter Mansbridge
One-on-One – please go to
http://www.cbc.ca/mansbridge/ to view the
show.
Dr.
Tremblay was also interviewed by Wendy Mesley for a CBC National
News item on childhood obesity in Canada.
Dr.
Rachel Colley has been featured in a Capital News item:
http://www.capitalnews.ca/index.php/multimedia/#/preventative-measures
January 2010 – Excerpt from the CHEO Web Site:
“Congratulations to
Dr. Mark Tremblay
who was featured in numerous print and television
reports highlighting the Canadian Health Measures Survey,
the first comprehensive attempt to measure the fitness of
the nation since 1981.
There were at least 37 articles in 45 key news sources as
well as coverage on CTV Canada AM, CTV Newsnet, Radio-Canada
(radio and TV) and a series of interviews on CBC radio
stations across the country. In addition, some 40 on-line
stories appeared in various media outlets.
Please read
the story that appeared in the
Ottawa Citizen.
January 2010 –
Publications released this week and available via the link below
include::
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“Fitness of
Canadian children and youth: Results from the 2007-2009
Canadian Health Measures Survey” by Mark S. Tremblay
(Director, HALO), Margot Shields, Manon Laviolette, Cora L.
Craig, Ian Janssen, and Sarah Connor Gorber;
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“Fitness of
Canadian adults: Results from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health
Measures Survey” by Margot Shields, Mark S. Tremblay
(Director, HALO), Manon Laviolette, Cora L. Craig, Ian
Janssen, and Sarah Connor Gorber;
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“Quality
control and data reduction procedures for accelerometry-derived
measures of physical activity” by Rachel Colley (Junior
Research Scientist, HALO), Sarah Connor Gorber, and Mark S.
Tremblay (Director, HALO)
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/82-003-x2010001-eng.htm
January 2010 –
Congratulations to Rachel
Colley (PI) and Meghann Lloyd (CI) on their recent grant
success through the CHEO Research Institute grant
competition!
The grant title is: "Understanding the factors that
enable or inhibit physical activity engagement in obese and
non-obese children." This study will measure four key
domains that influence physical activity (fitness, motor
skills, self-efficacy and preferences) in a group of obese
and healthy weight children (n= 60) to better understand how
we can promote activity in a population that has to-date
proven difficult to engage. We intend to use this
information to inform the design of future physical activity
interventions aimed at obese children and to move away from
the 'one size fits all' approach that is currently failing
these children.
BIG NEWS! DR. MARK TREMBLAY RUNS
WITH THE OLYMPIC TORCH!
The HALO team is very proud to announce that our own
director, Dr. Mark Tremblay, was a Vancouver 2010 Olympic
Torchbearer, and ran with the torch on Saturday, December
12, 2009 in the Byward Market in Ottawa. Many members of the
HALO team as well as Mark’s family were honoured to cheer
Mark on at this momentous occasion.
 Mark
was also featured in an Ottawa Citizen article which
included his inspiring quote: “Carrying the torch
is symbolic of what is right in the world. It has this
transcending power that inspires people. Twelve-thousand
people will be carrying the torch. For some it will be a
transient episode, but for some it may be life-changing, and
there aren’t that many things in the world that have that
positive an aura around them. It's something that touches
very deep into the soul about the importance of good in the
world and striving for your best -- trying hard and
believing in yourself -- and all these good things you want
to convey to your children and the people around you. I
think it's all captured in that.”
See pictures
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Look for the 2009
Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card!
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Every year,
our
Report Card on Physical Activity for
Children
and Youth examines physical
activity opportunities for kids all across Canada.
Please visit
www.activehealthykids.ca
to download a copy of the 2009 report card.
A first for Active
Healthy Kids Canada: In response to strong
leadership in physical activity promotion in
Saskatchewan, the first province-specific Report Card on
Physical Activity for Children and Youth was published
by Active Healthy Kids Canada in September 2009.
Together, we have the Power to Move Kids™.
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Archived News
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kristi Adamo has
recently received a Ministry of Research Innovation
Grant-Early Researcher Award.
Project title: Tackling the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Starting with Mom
Amount: $190,000.00
March 2009 -March 2014
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The Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical
Activity for Children and Youth was produced in partnership
with the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at
the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research
Institute.
Active Healthy
Kids Canada Report Card:
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June 2007 -
CHEO Recruits International Expert To Wage Battle Against
Childhood Obesity
ACTIVE
HEALTHY KIDS CANADA PARTNERS WITH CHEO-Research Institute
AND PARTICIPATION
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Toronto
(ONTARIO) February 21, 2008 – Active Healthy
Kids Canada is pleased to announce it has entered into strategic
alliances with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Research Institute –Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research
Group (CHEO-HALO) and ParticipACTION.
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