Background: Evidence suggests that inadequate or disturbed sleep is associated with
increased cardiovascular risk in adults. There are limited data on sleep quality and associated …

Objective To determine if the interaction of waist circumference percentile and waist to height
ratio (WHtR) with body mass index (BMI) may serve to provide further risk specification in …

OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence and cross-sectional trends over time for cardiovascular
risk factors in Canadian adolescents. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional trends in …

… Don Gibson, Karen Stearne and Stafford Dobbin were involved in the acquisition of data.
Michael Khoury, Cedric Manlhiot, Steve Fan and Brian McCrindle were involved in the analysis …

Background Universal screening of children for dyslipidemia and other cardiovascular risk
factors has been recommended. Given the clustering of cardiovascular risk factors within …

Objective Understanding obesity and its modifiable risk factors in youth is key to addressing
the burden of cardiovascular disease later in life. Our aim was to examine the associations …

It is usually assumed that the 'floating' or artificial irrigation of water meadows was an innovation
of the early modern period. Indeed, many authorities still attribute the technique to the …

… To answer this, historian Justin K. Stearns looks at how Muslim and Christian communities
… What Stearns discovers calls into question recent scholarship on Muslim and Christian …

… Stearns argues that the fighting has become an end in itself, carried forward in substantial
part through the apathy and complicity of local and international actors. Stearns … Stearns gives …

Background: Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) has been negatively associated
with cardiometabolic risk. We sought to determine if MVPA interacts with body-mass index (…