Erin Hobin, a scientist in the department of Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention at Public Health Ontario, will deliver the free public presentation “School-Based Interventions for Health Promotion in Canada” as part of the Human Kinetics Speaker Series at noon Friday, March 21, in room 145, Human Kinetics Building.

Dr. Hobin is an adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo. Her research explores the impact and implementation of population level interventions for chronic disease prevention, specifically in the areas of healthy eating and physical activity promotion.

She has been investigating the comprehension and use of Nutrition Facts tables among young Canadians, an evaluation of a province-wide physical education policy on secondary students’ physical activity behaviours, the impact of moving neighbourhoods on adult physical activity behaviours, and the efficacy and preferences for standard drink labels and health messages on alcohol containers among adults in Ontario.