Research

Student researchers making their mark

Kinesiology student Matt Vonk and Bronwen Valtchanov of Recreation and Leisure Studies were selected as this year's winners in the 2014 Applied Health Sciences (AHS) 3MT competition. 

Waterloo researchers have used cell phones equipped with a GPS to prove there is a link between the geographical area a person covers in daily life and dementia in older adults.

When it comes to protecting your bones, doing the right combination of exercises can make all the difference, says a Waterloo kinesiology professor who helped draft new recommendations for people with osteoporosis.

Teens who use menthol cigarettes smoke more cigarettes - an average of 43 per week - than youth who use non-menthols, a new Waterloo study has found.

Marks, who has been awarded a 2014 Women’s Health Scholars Award from the Council of Ontario Universities, researches the ways estrogen affects the synthesis of different fats. 

A financially secure retirement is becoming the exception not the norm, says Lee Anne Davies, CEO of Agenomics, a consulting firm specializing in money management and aging.

High-caffeine energy drinks are designed to give you a boost, but a new study has found that teens prone to depression, and those who use drugs and alcohol, are more likely to consume them.

Laing, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, has spent the last 10 years pioneering ways to minimize fall-related injuries among older adults. Working with the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging, his research is already changing the way seniors live.

Today technology drives motherhood and motherhood drives technology,” says Parry, an associate professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.