A Feasibility Study for the Development of a Child Health Ecological Surveillance System (CHESS) for Obesity/ Healthy Body Weights

Co-Principal Investigators
Ron Plotnikoff
Gerry Predy

Project Overview
This pilot project was to develop and test a system to measure child obesity in a public health region.

Time Frame
2003-2004

Funding Agencies
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Capital Health

Representative Publication
Plotnikoff, R., Lightfoot, P., Barrett, L., Spinola, C., & Predy, G. A Framework for tackling the global obesity epidemic locally: The Child Health Ecological Surveillance System (CHESS). Preventing Chronic Diseases (in press)