When is a sandwich not a sandwich? Continue reading
Motivation
You Can Lead a Horse to Water…
We’ve spent a lot of time over the years studying why families start, continue, and end health services designed to help children and families with obesity. Continue reading
Causes of Obesity – The Bigger Picture
For health care professionals who care for individuals with obesity and their families, health services are designed to improve the health and well-being at the patient and/or family level. However… Continue reading
Clinic + Research News for the New Year
It hasn’t been long since the last post in 2017, but a lot has happened since then!
Way to go, Nadia!
Earlier today, the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (UAlberta) announced the names of the graduate students who were successful in their recent Graduate Studentship competition. Continue reading
How much weight loss is needed to improve cardiometabolic outcomes in children with obesity?
Many children with obesity do not present with cardiometabolic risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and insulin resistance. Continue reading
What Do YOU Value?
The clinical and research work we do day-to-day includes a basic goal – to help families live their healthiest, happiest lives possible. For us, this includes working with families to make and maintain healthy lifestyle, behavioral, and cognitive (LBC) changes to prevent or manage obesity. There are a number of factors that determine the LBC decisions and choices families make to work towards this goal, factors that are usually based on their values and core beliefs.
If you ask yourself – “Do my data fit my hypothesis?” – you’re asking the wrong question.
In the world of research, there is a lot of pressure to go around. Continue reading
“I Lost 100 Pounds.”
In our work, we recognize that weight is just a number and one of many indicators of health. Most of the families we work with have weight loss as a goal, but it’s a challenging goal to achieve. However, what is it like for someone to achieve a substantial amount of weight loss? What is the ‘secret’? Continue reading
Beyond ‘Just Do It’
When it comes to encouraging physical activity, positive beats negative reinforcement – hands down! Continue reading
