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CHANGE Program presented at Ontario College Family Physician's Conference

Dr. Jobin Varughese M.D. from Queen Square Family Health Team in Brampton gave a rapid fire presentation on the CHANGE Program at the Ontario College of Family Physicians Annual ASA conference...

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CHANGE Nutrition toolkit presented at sold out webinar

On September 12, 2019, Rupinder Dhaliwal, Director of Operations, Metabolic Syndrome Canada, and Carolyn Tereszkowski Registered Dietitian, Loyalist FHT presented the NU-CHANGE toolkit at a sold-out Nutrition Connections Webinar. 

Central Brampton FHT presents Poster at AFHTO conference

Staff from Halton-Peel FHTs present findings at AFHTO conference

Staff from several Halton-Peel Family Health Teams (FHTs) recently presented their findings at the AFHTO conference. Registered Kinesiologists and Registered Dietitians from Central Brampton FHT, North Peel FHT and Wise Elephant FHTs presented the findings...

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Community of Practice presented at Dietitians of Canada Annual Conference

On June 6, 2019, Rupinder Dhaliwal, Director of Operations MetSC presented "Creating a Community of Practice around diet in primary care: Learnings from The CHANGE Program" at the Canadian Dietetic Foundation for Research showcase.

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Kinesiologists share CHANGE experiences at OKA’s Professional Development Summit in Waterloo

CHANGE program kinesiologists Debbie Valadao, R. Kin (Halton-Peel area) and Derek Ditner, R. Kin (Brockton and Area Family Health Team) attended the Ontario Kinesiology Association’s professional development summit on May 4Cth 2019.

MetSC Researchers present at CNS Conference 2019

Metabolic Syndrome Canada Researchers at Canadian Nutrition Society’s Annual Conference May 2019

Dr. Paula Brauer, PhD RD FDC, University of Guelph and Rupinder Dhaliwal, RD FDC,Metabolic Syndrome Canada presented their work on the Development of an Innovative Nutrition Toolkit (NU-CHANGE) for personalized diet intervention in metabolic syndrome. This toolkit will assist Canadians with metabolic syndrome in making healthy choices and reduce their risk of chronic disease.