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KINESIOL 4PW3

GROWING UP HEALTHY: PEDIATRIC WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · C01

Topics

  • Growth & development: healthy trajectories and when things go wrong Growth monitoring No lecture on Friday January 9
  • Overweight/obesity epidemiology Prevalence and trends in Canada and around the world
  • Biological and physiological contributors to pediatric obesity
  • Environmental, social, and cultural contributors to pediatric obesity
  • Behavioural and lifestyle contributors to pediatric obesity Growth monitoring assessment
  • Interdisciplinary models of pediatric weight management
  • Interdisciplinary models of pediatric weight management Debate #1
  • Physiological consequences of pediatric obesity Debate #2
  • Psychosocial and mental health consequences of pediatric obesity Debate #3
  • Debate #4 Hot topics in pediatric weight management
  • Weight management program pitches
  • Buffer day
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