Study Type
Observational - Registry
completed
The objective of the Canadian Pediatric Weight Management Registry (CANPWR) was to enroll and monitor children participating in weight management programs across Canada, and to characterize the metabolic and psychosocial comorbidities, to identify the determinants of these comorbidities, and examine whether these abnormalities change over time.
The CANPWR team examined subgroups of obese children, based on responsiveness to the current treatment paradigms, to identify potential ‘obesity phenotypes’.
The ultimate objectives of this study:
- To improve the quality of weight management clinics across Canada
- To identify what factors influence the success that CANPWR participants achieve in weight management programs.
Study Design
Registry
NO. of Countries
1
NO. of Sites
10
NO. of Participants
1320
Study Period
2011 - 2018
Sponsor
PHRI
Katherine Morrison
Associate Senior Scientist
Katherine Morrison
Associate Senior Scientist
Katherine Morrison is Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, and a Principal Investigator for childhood risk factors research at PHRI. She has received various awards including the Excellence in Pediatric Research Award, and a Heart and Stroke Foundation Fellowship in Preventive Cardiology. Katherine is supported in her research by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization, and McMaster Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Sumathy Rangarajan
Program Director
Sumathy Rangarajan
Program Director
Sumathy Rangarajan has been Program Director, Global Health, since 2016, preceded by many years’ service at PHRI in other roles. She oversees the PURE study team, as well as the INVICTUS rheumatic AF treatment trial, the CANPWR pediatric weight management registry, and others.
She holds both a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Master of Science degree from Pune University in India.
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