Defining obesity in children should be based on health issues, not just BMI

April 3, 2019

Physicians are told to gauge the severity of a child’s problem with obesity using the body mass index (BMI) that measures weight against height. But that doesn’t work well to identify health issues, especially those of mental health, in children with obesity seeking care, says a study led by McMaster University.

Quarterly Highlights: January to March 2019

March 20, 2019

AMP-activated protein kinase: the current landscape for drug development

March 15, 2019

McMaster receives $8.45M in health research funding

March 14, 2019

McMaster University is receiving $8.45 million from the federal government to support 13 health research projects.

Funding for Human Energy Balance and Metabolic Phenotyping Laboratory Announced

March 13, 2019

Ten McMaster researchers including Centre for Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes Research Co-Directors Katherine Morrison and Gregory Steinberg will receive nearly $2 million in infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to advance their research in a variety of fields.

McMaster completes first Canadian midwifery textbook

March 12, 2019 by Tina Depko

McMaster University’s Midwifery Education Program has released the final instalment of a collection of interactive ebooks that comprise Canada’s first midwifery textbook.