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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 McGill 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 McGill 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
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DTEND:20160125T220000Z
LOCATION:Room 521\, McIntyre Medical Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3G 1Y
 6\, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler
SUMMARY:Epidemiology Seminar
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/epi-biostat-occh/channels/event/epidemiology-semi
 nar-257783
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