Over the years, we’ve published a few papers related to metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) in children. Continue reading
Samah Damanhoury
Weight and Health
Any clinician who’s cared for individuals with obesity can attest to how variable the causes and consequences of excess weight can be and that the body mass index is only a proxy, indirect measure of health status. Continue reading
The Summit
Every two years, the Canadian Obesity Network hosts a national summit on ‘all things obesity’. Continue reading
New Paper Accepted – Metabolically Healthy Obesity in Adolescents
A couple of years ago, I started working with Jennifer Kuk and one of her graduate students (Sarah Heinzle) from York University on a study of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) in adolescents (n~600) who participated in the US-based National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Continue reading
Paper of the Year
Last year, we published a paper in Diabetes Care on metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) in children. This paper has an interesting backstory, both before and after its publication. Continue reading
When It Rains, It Pours.
Another paper just published online.
In case you missed her presentation to the PCWH clinicians last week to describe her research, the source of Samah’s data for her PhD thesis is described here in our CANadian Pediatric Weight management Registry (CANPWR) protocol paper.
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Samah’s first publication
As many of you know, we’re one of eight sites participating in the CANadian Pediatric Weight management Registry (CANPWR), a longitudinal study of children and youth enrolled in multidisciplinary weight management clinics across the country. Our protocol paper describing the study has been accepted for publication by BMC Pediatrics. Will link to a pdf (open access) of the paper once it comes online.
Importantly for Sam (one of our PhD students), this will be her first academic publication. Congratulations, Sam! Sure to be the first of many…
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