OBESITY RESEARCH
- PROACTIVE (Prevention and Reduction of Obesity through Active Living) is a four-year, randomized controlled trial funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research involving a team of investigators led by Dr. Bob Ross. The primary aim of the PROACTIVE trial is to assess the effectiveness of a 24 month behaviourally based exercise and diet program to prevent and reduce obesity and related co-morbid conditions in abdominally obese men and women.
- CAMBIO (Canada - Mexico Battling Childhood Obesity) is a multidisciplinary, international team of investigators participating in a program to enhance research capacity in the field of childhood obesity in Mexico. The network, led by Dr. Ian Janssen (Queen’s University) and Dr. Juan Lopez Taylor (Universidad de Guadalajara), is strengthened by researchers specialising in obesity, epidemiology, physical activity and health, nutrition, pediatrics, population and community health, sociology, health surveillance, physiology and other research areas.
CAMBIO’s long-term goals are to increase research capacity and knowledge transfer, and to promote partnerships and collaborations. To achieve these goals, four key activities are being undertaken:
- Development and delivery of an annual short course on obesity;
- Development of a collaborative program of research;
- Faculty and student exchanges and researcher visits;
- Partnership and networking.
For more information visit: www.cambio-red.net