Severe obesity and global developmental delay in preschool children

2018 - 2020 - Concluded

Principal investigators

Geoff Ball, PhD, RD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, 4-515 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11407 – 87th Ave, Edmonton AB; tel.: 780-492-8727; fax: 780-342-8464; [email protected]


Catherine Birken, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, SickKids Research Institute, 686 Bay Street, Toronto ON; tel.: 416-813-4930; fax: 416-813-5979; [email protected]

Study results can be found in

CPSP 2020 Results

Published papers

  • Severe obesity and global developmental delay in preschool children

    Severe obesity and global developmental delay in preschool children: Findings from a Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program study. Gehring ND, Birken CS, Belanger S, Bridger T, Chanoine JP, Gibson WT, et al. Paediatr Child Health 2022 Nov 12;28(2):107–12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxac109. eCollection 2023 May

Resource articles