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DESCRIPTION:Mélanie Henderson\, PhD\n\nClinical Assistant Professor\, Unive
 rsité de Montréal & Researcher\, Research Center of CHU Sainte-Justine\n\n
 Lifestyle habits and the risk of Diabetes in youth: what’s the evidence? …
  and what can we do with it?\n\nALL ARE WELCOME\n\nSYNOPSIS:\n\nDecreased 
 insulin sensitivity and impaired pancreatic B-cell function have been iden
 tified as key components in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. 
 Given the obesity epidemic in Canadian children\, pre-diabetes and early t
 ype 2 diabetes are emerging concerns. In adults\, extensive evidence shows
  that lifestyle modifications prevent or delay the transition from pre-dia
 betes states such as impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose toleran
 ce to type 2 diabetes mellitus with up to 58% decreased progression. Howev
 er\, the impact of physical activity\, fitness and sedentary behavior on g
 lucose homeostasis remains poorly understood in children and adolescents. 
 Recent data from American children estimate that the prevalence of pre-dia
 betes has increased by 87% over a 5-year-period\, and Canadian figures put
  obese youth at highest risk for pre-diabetes. Moreover\, only 4-7% of Can
 adian children and youth are currently meeting physical activity guideline
 s. In addition 31% of Canadian children and 69% of youth exceed the recomm
 ended maximum of 2 hours of ST daily. Understanding the link between adipo
 sity\, physical activity\, sedentary behavior\, fitness and abnormal gluco
 se metabolism is essential to the development of effective preventive stra
 tegies.\n\nOBJECTIVES:\n\n1) To understand the role of physical activity a
 nd sedentary behavior in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and pre-diabe
 tes in childhood\;\n\n2) To understand the role of dietary habits in the p
 athogenesis of type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes in childhood\;\n\n3) To ga
 in insight into the clinical applicability of this type of research.\n\nBI
 O:\n\nMélanie Henderson completed her training in occupational therapy pri
 or to pursuing her studies in medicine at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University. She did her s
 pecialty training in pediatrics and 2 years of subspecialty training in pe
 diatric endocrinology at the Hospital for Sick Children (University of Tor
 onto). She completed a third year of pediatric endocrinology training at C
 HU Sainte-Justine (Université de Montréal). During her subspecialty traini
 ng\, she completed her Master’s in epidemiology at University of Toronto\,
  and went on to complete her PhD in epidemiology at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University. She
  is a clinical assistant professor at Université de Montréal\, and a resea
 rcher at the Research Center of CHU Sainte-Justine. Her research interests
  focus on obesity\, diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factors in ch
 ildhood.\n\n \n\nwww.mcgill.ca/epi-biostat-occh/news-events/seminars/epide
 miology\n
DTSTART:20160125T210000Z
DTEND:20160125T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 521\, McIntyre Medical Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3G 1Y
 6\, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler
SUMMARY:Epidemiology Seminar
URL:/epi-biostat-occh/channels/event/epidemiology-semi
 nar-257783
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