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The Research Division of the Department of Family Medicine presents "Leveraging Social Networks to promote cardiometabolic health: Tales from the trenches", a research seminar by Tracie Barnett, PhD.听

Dr. Tracie Barnett is an FRQS Senior Career Award Scholar, Associate Professor at 捆绑SM社区, and a researcher at the Sainte-Justine research centre. The overarching aim of Dr. Barnett鈥檚 program of research is to investigate the influence of features of built and social environments on pediatric and youth obesity, and how these can be leveraged to promote healthy weight in youth. Her PI-led studies focus on defining relevant environments, capturing salient characteristics and producing meaningful indicators within residential neighbourhoods, schools and social networks; exploring how these change and to evolve over time as
youth grow and mature, and testing novel risk factors underlying potential mediating pathways in the environment-obesity relation Her talk will provide an overview of the evidence linking social environments to cardiometabolic health across the life span, and present findings from a recent pilot study on social networks and obesity in youth.

October 3, 2019 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.听
捆绑SM社区 Department of Family Medicine
5858, Chemin de la C么te-des-Neiges (3rd floor)听

**Please note that there is no parking on site and parking is limited in the area. Taxis and public transport are advised.听
***Cannot be present in person, but would like to attend? Join via webinar听.听
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