Christopher I Ardern

Faculty & School/Dept.

Faculty of Health - School of Kinesiology & Health Science

Degrees

Ph.D. - 2006
Queen's University
Canada

Selected Publications

Kuk JL, Ardern CI. Influence of Age on the Association 

Between Various Measures of Obesity and All-Cause Mortality. 

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Sep 15. Epub.



Kuk JL, Ardern CI. Are Metabolically Normal but Obese 

Individuals at Lower Risk for All-Cause Mortality? Diabetes 

Care. 2009 Sep 3. Epub.



Dogra S, Baker J, Ardern CI. The role of physical activity 

and body mass index in the health care use of adults with 

asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2009 Jun;102(6):462-8.



Kuk JL, Ardern CI, Church TS, Hebert JR, Sui X, Blair SN. 

Ideal weight and weight satisfaction: association with 

health practices.Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Aug 15;170(4):456-63.



Ardern CI, Janssen I. Metabolic syndrome and its 

association with morbidity and mortality. Appl Physiol 

Nutr Metab. 2007 Feb;32(1):33-45. 



Tremblay MS, Bryan SN, Pérez CE, Ardern CI, Katzmarzyk PT. 

Physical activity and immigrant status: evidence from the 

Canadian Community Health Survey. Can J Public Health. 

2006 Jul-Aug;97(4):277-82.



Bryan SN, Tremblay MS, Pérez CE, Ardern CI, Katzmarzyk PT. 

Physical activity and ethnicity: evidence from the Canadian 

Community Health Survey. Can J Public Health. 2006 

Jul-Aug;97(4):271-6. 



Tremblay MS, Pérez CE, Ardern CI, Bryan SN, Katzmarzyk PT. 

Obesity, overweight and ethnicity. Health Rep. 2005 

Jun;16(4):23-34. 



Ardern CI, Katzmarzyk PT, Janssen I, Church TS, Blair SN. 

Revised Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines and 

cardiovascular disease mortality in men attending a 

preventive medical clinic. Circulation. 2005 Sep 

6;112(10):1478-85.



Ardern CI, Katzmarzyk PT, Janssen I, Leon AS, Wilmore JH, 

Skinner JS, Rao DC, Després JP, Rankinen T, Bouchard C. 

Race and sex similarities in exercise-induced changes in 

blood lipids and fatness. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2004 

Sep;36(9):1610-5.



Ardern CI, Janssen I, Ross R, Katzmarzyk PT. Development 

of health related waist circumference thresholds within 

BMI categories. Obes Res. 2004 Jul;12(7):1094-103. 



Katzmarzyk PT, Ardern CI. Overweight and obesity mortality 

trends in Canada, 1985-2000. Can J Public Health. 2004 

Jan-Feb;95(1):16-20. 



Katzmarzyk PT, Janssen I, Ardern CI. Physical inactivity, 

excess adiposity and premature mortality. Obes Rev. 2003 

Nov;4(4):257-90.



Ardern CI, Katzmarzyk PT. National Cholesterol Education 

Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines and obesity: 

implications for Canada. Can J Cardiol. 2003 

Sep;19(10):1171-7. 



Ardern CI, Katzmarzyk PT, Janssen I, Ross R. Discrimination 

of health risk by combined body mass index and waist 

circumference. Obes Res. 2003 Jan;11(1):135-42. 

Affiliations

American College of Sports Medicine
Member

Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Member

Canadian Obesity Network
Faculty Advisor, York University CON-SNP Chapter

The Obesity Society
Member

Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Member

International Society for Physical Activity and Health
Member

Service/Community Activities

Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario
Advisory Committee, Member (Minding Our Bodies: Physical Activity for Mental Health)

CSEP 2010 Annual General Meeting
Local Organizing Committee, Member (Toronto, 2010)

International Congress on Physical Activity & Public Health
Local Organizing Committee, Member (Toronto, 2010)

Jane Finch Caring Village
Steering Committee, Member (Jane-Finch Caring Village Promoting Excellence mentoring program)

Supervision

Currently available to supervise graduate students: Yes

Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: Not Indicated

Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: No

Current Research

Current research activities include i) the surveillance of physical inactivity, obesity, and chronic disease risk factor clustering in Canada; ii) assessment of the impact of lifestyle modification on population and public health; iii) refinement of anthropometric tools for the identification of obesity-related health risk, and; iii) the role of lifestyle factors in prediction of cardiometabolic risk. The focus of this research is to address high-risk subgroups of the population by envisioning both clinically relevant, and population-specific research related to the screening and primary prevention of chronic disease. Emerging areas of interest include the use of spatial analysis for the enhancement of cardiovascular disease surveillance, ethnic differences in cardiometabolic risk, and the contribution of the built and social environment to physical activity behaviour. Funding is currently held for projects related to the geospatial analysis of cardiovascular disease (Public Health Agency of Canada), knowledge translation workshops (Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario), and collaborative research related to pre-diabetes screening and intervention (PRE-PAID; Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion), community-based Tai Chi interventions (SSHRC), and a social-eccological assessment of the relationship between the built environment and physical activity (Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion).

Research Projects

Associations between obesity-related chronic disease and access to physical activity facilities at work
Public-private partnership funding.
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $15000
Year Funded: 2010
Duration: 0.5
Funded by: Other...
Other funding: MITACS ACCELERATE

Development of a Spatial Framework to Enhance Chronic Disease Surveillance
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $102936
Year Funded: 2009
Duration: 1
Funded by: Other...
Other funding: Public Health Agency of Canada

Physical Activity and Public Health: Knowledge Translation to Ontario Communities
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $73000
Year Funded: 2009
Duration: 1
Funded by: Other...
Other funding: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Pre-Diabetes Detection and Physical Activity Intervention Program - Phase Two
Role: CoInvestigator
Amount funded: $500000
Year Funded: 2009
Duration: 1
Funded by: Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
Other funding: Ontario Trillium Foundation

Tai Chi (TC) for Older Adults: Improving Physical and Psychological Health and Identifying and Overcoming Cultural/Ethnic Barriers to Participation
Role: CoInvestigator
Amount funded: $111386
Year Funded: 2008
Duration: 3
Funded by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Other funding: Sport Canada Research Initiative