Family structure including regular bedtimes, mealtimes and limited screen time appear to be linked to better emotional health in preschoolers, and might lower the chances of obesity later, a new study suggests. Continue reading
Publications Galore!
Recent Grants
We’re pleased to share the success of some our Team ABC3 members in recently receiving CIHR grants!
Secretive Eating Across Pediatric Development
A recent study found that secretive eating was moderately prevalent and associated with older age and heightened eating-related psychopathology in a sample of children and adolescents with overweight and obesity and may differ across pediatric development. Continue reading
Our First Team ABC3 Publication!
We are very pleased to announce that our first Team ABC3 paper has been accepted for publication in BMC Research Notes!
The research proposal highlights our seven study designs and methodological approaches to examine a host of issues (e.g., definition, prevalence, health risks, health services use, treatment) related to severe obesity in Canadian children, findings that will have national and international relevance to researchers, clinicians, health care administrators, and decision-makers.
Stay tuned for the pdf; Congrats, team!
Limitations of z-Scores in Assessing Obesity Interventions
A recent study concludes that expressing very high BMIs relative to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 95th percentile would be preferable to using BMI-for-age, particularly when assessing the effectiveness of interventions.
March Publications
Take a peek at some of Team ABC3 members’ latest publications!
Mark Tremblay (Team ABC3 Co-Investigator) reviewed criterion-referenced standards for cardiorespiratory fitness in international children and youth (Lang et al., British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017). Mark also examined whether children and youth meeting the new Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines was associated with health indicators (Carson et al., Preventive Medicine, 2017).
Amy McPherson (Team ABC3 Project Leader) evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of a coaching intervention related to physical activity and diet in males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (McPherson et al., Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 2017).
Jess Haines (Team ABC3 Co-Investigator) explored associations between home environment chaos, fat intake, and morning serum cortisol level in parents of preschool children (MacRae et al., Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 2017).
Katherine Morrison (Team ABC3 Project Leader) aimed to untangle associations between video-game use attributes and obesity among children and youth (Turel et al., Clinical Obesity, 2017).
