Dr. Tremblay has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Sports Administration and a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education degree from Laurentian University. His graduate training was from the University of Toronto where he obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine with a specialty in exercise science. Dr. Tremblay is presently the Senior Scientific Advisor on Health Measurement at Statistics Canada and the Director of Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute. Dr. Tremblay is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, a Fellow of The Obesity Society, former Dean of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan and is currently the Chief Scientific Officer of Active Healthy Kids Canada. Dr. Tremblay has published extensively in the areas of childhood obesity, physical activity measurement, exercise physiology and exercise endocrinology. Dr. Tremblay’s most productive work has resulted from his 19 year marriage to his wife Helen, yielding four wonderful children.

Advancing the Future of Physical Activity Measurement and Guidelines Project: A project of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology with funding support from the Public Health Agency of Canada
The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada, have initiated a project to examine existing physical activity guidelines, guides and measurement protocols for Canadians of all ages. The multi-phase project began in 2006 with a think tank to “advance the future of physical activity measurement and guidelines in Canada.” The think tank led to the preparation, and eventual publication, of 14 background papers which collectively formed a foundation of evidence to inform future versions of physical activity guidelines and guides for Canadians. A detailed paper on the evidence base to develop physical activity recommendations for older adults was an important part of the journal supplement published as part of this work. The first Physical Activity Guide for Older Adults was released in 1999. Since that time much more research has been completed to inform the relationship between physical activity and health among older adults. There is good evidence that more robust measurement and assessment procedures are required to carefully examine the impact of future interventions. It is hoped that this project will produce multiple outcomes that will impact those promoting active aging in Canada.