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McMaster wakes up to a healthy workplace

Every morning next week, you may hear a loud trumpeting voice bellow "Good morning McMaster." It won't be Robin Williams, in a sequel to his popular 1980s hit Good Morning Vietnam, but one of McMaster's Healthy Workplace Week coordinators, who will help keep McMaster active during a national weeklong event for workplace health. Good Morning McMaster is one of several initiatives planned Oct. 24-28 for Healthy Workplace Week. Each year, organizations across Canada set aside a specific week to increase awareness about the importance of workplace health to personal and organizational performance. McMaster is once again joining in on the national celebration, providing a wide range of activities.

Weighty awards given to McMaster obesity expert

Double honours are being given Oded Bar-Or, professor emeritus of pediatrics and director of McMaster University's pioneering Children's Exercise and Nutrition Centre at McMaster Children's Hospital, by the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Sport Medicine and Fitness. Besides receiving the Thomas E. Shaffer Award for lifelong contributions to the field of pediatric sport medicine, a new award named in his honour has been announced by the council. Starting next year, the Oded Bar-Or Award will be presented annually to the best sports medicine or healthy active living presentation at the council's abstract session during the academy's national conference.