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Reduced All-Cause Mortality in Overweight Adults: Should we be Surprised?
Today’s post comes courtesy of my friend and frequent collaborator Dr Jean-Philippe Chaput. It is a Letter to the Editor that was written by Dr Chaput along with Angelo Tremblay and Eric Doucet in response to a recent paper…
Sedentary behaviour associated with 6-year increase in waist circumference (but not much else) in the Quebec Family Study
As regular readers of Obesity Panacea will know, my current research focuses on the health impact of sedentary behaviour (e.g. sitting). In the past 5-10 years there has been a growing body of evidence that suggests that the more you …
Freshman 15 – Fact or Fiction?
Earlier this year the University of Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Obesity Network Student and New Professionals (CON SNP) Organization hosted an event for undergraduate students titled “Freshman 15 – Fact or Fiction?”. The event had a great turnout, and …
Category: Miscellaneous, Obesity Research, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour
Tagged CON, JP Chaput
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Freshman 15: Fact or Fiction?
Each year the Canadian Obesity Network Student and New Professional organization at the University of Ottawa hosts a free public event related to obesity. Two years ago it was a debate titled “Forks vs Feet“, while last year …
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Swap sitting for sleep to improve your health? (#ICPAPH12 / #beactive2012)
Yesterday I had the privilege of presenting during the same session as Dr Matthew Buman at the International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health. Dr Buman’s work focuses on the relationship between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep and health, and his …
Category: Interview, Obesity Research, Sedentary Behaviour
Tagged #BEACTIVE2012, #ICPAPH12, Matt Buman
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Do short sleepers drink more?
Today’s post comes courtesy of my uOttawa colleague Jessica McNeil, who recently co-authored a paper that has generated a lot of interest on the relationship between sleep and alcohol. You can find out more about Jess at the bottom of …
Category: nutrition, Obesity Research, Peer Reviewed Research
Tagged alcohol, Jessica McNeil, sleep
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Does thinking hard impact your heart?
Travis’ Note: Today’s post comes from Dr Patrice Brassard, and and has been adapted from a recent paper from his research team titled Mental Work Stimulates Cardiovascular Responses through a Reduction in Cardiac Parasympathetic Modulation in Men and Women. You …
Sedentary behaviour – one definition to rule them all
Exciting news – this week the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network published an updated definition of the terms “sedentary” and “sedentary behaviour” in French and English in the journals Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism and Movement & Sport Sciences – Science …
Is Fat Gain a Problem or Solution?
Earlier this year Dr Jean-Philippe Chaput and I published an editorial in the journal Bioenergetics: Open Access examining whether weight gain should be seen as a physiological problem or as merely a logical adaptation to our current environments.
JP is …
Childhood Obesity Research at CSEP 2011
This afternoon at CSEP 2011 I attended a session titled “Childhood obesity prevention: new insights into (in)activity behaviours”. All of the presenters come from the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research …
Category: nutrition, Obesity Research, Peer Reviewed Research, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour
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