Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation

2004-2005 Research Group Facilitation Grants

Title

Research Group on Obesity

Funding Received

Term	Two year
SHRF	$	40,000

About Program

The Research Group Facilitation Group Program was intended to: encourage and facilitate the formation and development of new groups that consisted of active researchers with common interests who were studying matters associated with the human health sciences, the health-related social sciences or other human health-related fields of study and who were interested in establishing a longer-term association with each other that would benefit their research productivity and competitiveness; advance strategic directions for health research within the home institution or the province; assist in increasing national funding for research in the field of interest in Saskatchewan, especially from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research or another of the Tri-Council agencies; and enhance the capacity for and quality of research in the field of interest and health research generally in Saskatchewan.

Karen Chad

Kinesiology

University of Saskatchewan

Obesity has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a worldwide epidemic requiring immediate attention. In Canada there has been a doubling of adult obesity rates, and a tripling of childhood obesity rates in the past 20 years. The Research Group on Obesity will study obesity's effect on youth, family units and communities. The group hopes to promote a holistic multi-dimensional approach to the study of obesity; to pass results of their work on to Canadian and international communities; provide opportunities for high-quality training of student researchers and community agency personnel, and cultivate relationships in Aboriginal communities to address prominent health issues. They also want to make the University of Saskatchewan a recognized world leader in aboriginal health care.

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Recipients

Karen Chad