Childhood obesity. Working sick. PoNS trials. Jewish Film Festival.

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• Yahoo! Parenting, FoodWorldNews, HealthCare Asia, Trend News Agency (in Russian), Kun.uz (in Uzbek), Stone Hearth News, Zenopa, Shraibikus (in Russian), Smart Parenting, Hot News (in German), News Day (in Russian), and Bright Surf join the media reporting on new research led by Lisa Kakinami, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and PERFORM Centre member, showing how poverty and parenting style can both be important predictors of childhood health. The study, published in Preventive Medicine, finds that the children of authoritarian parents tend toward obesity.
• Safety Reporter, Rocket News, the e-edition of the Calgary Sun, Free Malaysia Today, The Kathmandu Post,  The Asian Age and Detik Health (in Indonesian) are the latest to report on a study of the workplace phenomenon of presenteeism by Gary Johns, professor of management in the John Molson School of Business, and University of East Anglia academic Mariella Miraglia, listed as the lead author of the study. The paper, recently published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, looks at the factors that drive people to report for work when they are sick.
• Emax Health writes that the PERFORM Centre conducted clinical trials of the Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator, designed by Helius Medical Technologies. The device treats neurological symptoms of multiple sclerosis by stimulating the cranial nerves found in the tongue to improve a patient's balance and gait. 
• An article in the Halifax Chronicle Herald about the Atlantic Jewish Film Festival notes that Norma Joseph, professor in the Department of Religion, will introduce Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, the closing film at the festival in Halifax, on Sunday. The article states that Joseph has spent decades exploring clashes between women’s rights and religious orthodoxy.

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