Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Coen, a postdoctoral associate with the HEALab working with supervisor Dr. Jason Gilliland, who was recently awarded a 2-year fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for her project entitled “Environmental influences on gendered inequities in physical activity: Centring young people’s experiences.” Coen notes that while gender differences in […]
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Active school travel (AST), that is walking and wheeling to/from school, can be a relatively undemanding method for families to increase children’s daily levels of physical activity. To support increased participation in AST, schools and their larger communities have utilized several different interventions and programs. In Canada, the Active and Safe Routes to School (ASRTS) […]
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Dr. Sarah Woodruff, from the University of Windsor, presents School Nutrition Programs: Lesson learned from evaluating the Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program. The Children’s Health and the Environment Workshop & Symposium (CHEWS) was held at Western University with the support of The Lawson Foundation.
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