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Healthy Children: Sleep and Obesity

Jennifer McGrath, professor in professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Pediatric Public Health Psychology Lab.

Research conducted by Jennifer McGrath, professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Pediatric Public Health Psychology Lab, was featured in The Montreal Gazette on Tuesday, March 19. McGrath’s study found that children’s sleep patterns are affected by the neighbourhoods in which they live. This article is reprised by The ProvinceRegina Leader-PostOttawa CitizenCalgary HeraldEdmonton JournalThe Vancouver SunThe Star Phoenix and Canada.com.

Also on March 19, McGrath appeared with Mark Bittman, New York Times food columnist, on CTV News at Noon with Mutsumi Takahashi to discuss the obesity epidemic in North America. The Montreal Gazettealso mentions that McGrath and Bittman would join together for the Concordia and Globe and Mail Conversation Series on "Ageing Well."


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