Michelle Stone

Refereed conference proceedings and presentations

  • Stone, M.R., Faulkner, G., O’Brien, C., Ramanathan, S., Mammen, G., & Kennedy, J. The Canadian School Travel Planning Intervention: An overview of baseline results. Presented at the Canadian Public Health Association conference (June 2012, Edmonton, AB).
  • Stone, M.R., Faulkner, G., Zeglen-Hunt, L., & Cowie-Bonne, J. The daily physical activity (DPA) policy in Ontario: Is it working? An examination using accelerometry-measured physical activity data. Presented at the Canadian Public Health Association conference (June 2012, Edmonton, AB).
  • Ramanathan, S., O'Brien, C., Cook, L., Stone, M., & Faulkner, G. Canadian School Travel Planning: Well-being and the school journey. Presented at the Canadian Public Health Association conference (June 2012, Edmonton, AB).
  • Stone, M.R., Faulkner, G., & Buliung, R. How active are children in Toronto? A comparison with accelerometry data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey. Presented at the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) conference (May 2012, Austin, TX).
  • Stone, M.R., & Faulkner, G. The freedom to explore: Examining the influence of independent mobility on weekday, after-school and weekend physical activity behaviour in children living in urban/suburban, low/high SES neighbourhoods. Presented at the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) conference (May 2012, Austin, TX).
  • Faulkner, G., Stone, M., Wong, B., Buliung, R., Mitra, R. The contribution of active school travel (AST) to children’s physical activity levels: Examining the influence of school location. Presented at the 2012 International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) conference (May 2012, Austin, TX).
  • Larsen, K., Stone, M., Faulkner, G., Buliung, R., Arbour-Nicitopoulos, K., & Lay, J. Predictors of driving among families living within 2 km from school. Presented at the 2012 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, January 22-26, 2012.
  • Faulkner, G., Stone, M., Kennedy, J., O’Brien, C., & Ramanathan, S. Children's Mobility, Health And Happiness: A Canadian School Travel Planning Model. Presented at the 2011 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS) in Winnipeg, MB, October 13-15, 2011.
  • Stone, M.R., Faulkner, G., Buliung, R., Mitra, R. Physical activity in children: Does it vary by where children live, learn and play? Lessons from the Built Environment and Active Transport (BEAT) Project. Published in the XXVIIth Pediatric Work Physiology (PWP) Congress Proceedings (September 2011).
  • Faulkner, G., Stone, M., Buliung, R., & Mitra, R. The contribution of active travel to children’s physical activity levels varies by neighbourhood. Published in the 16th annual European College of Sport Science (ECSS) Congress Proceedings, Liverpool, UK, July 6-9, 2011.
  • Larsen, K., Buliung, R., Faulkner, G., & Stone, M. Exploring Differences in the Geography of School Travel Behaviour. Presented at the 2011 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, April 12-16, 2011.
  • Stone, M.R., Faulkner, G., and Kennedy, J. Children’s mobility, health and happiness: A Canadian school travel planning model. Invited by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada to present at the Sharing Knowledge – Building Links – Advancing Research, Policy and Practice on the Built Environment Meeting in Ottawa, Ont., March 7-9. 2011. 
  • Ramanathan, S., O'Brien, C., and Stone, M. Active and safe routes to school in Canada. Presented at the Canada-EU Roundtable on Nutrition and Physical Activity. Brussels, Belgium, December 9, 2010.
  • Stone, M.R., Ramanathan, S., & O’Brien, C. (2010). Creating supportive environments for quality school health with sustainable happiness and school travel planning. Presented at the Ophea and PHE Canada National Conference in Toronto, Ont., October 21-23, 2010.
  • Rowlands, A.V., & Stone, M.R. (2010). Physical activity variability and health outcomes in 9-10-year-old boys. Presented at the European Group for Pediatric Work Physiology (PWP) and the North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine (NASPEM) conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., September 22-26, 2010.
  • Stone, M.R., Rowlands, A.V., Middlebrooke, A.R., Jawis, M.N., & Eston, R.G. The pattern of physical activity in relation to health outcomes in boys. 3rd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, May 2010, Toronto, Ont.; Program & Abstracts, P-S174.
  • Stone, M.R., Rowlands, A.V., & Eston, R.G. Activity pattern characteristics in normal weight and overweight boys. 3rd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, May 2010, Toronto, Ont.; Program & Abstracts, P-S182.
  • Stone, M.R. Delivered keynote lecture on air displacement plethsymography to British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) members. Advanced Measurement in Pediatric Exercise Science workshop (BASES accredited), Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, 2008.
  • Stone, M.R., Rowlands, A.V., & Eston, R.G. Characterizing the tempo of physical activity in relation to fitness and blood pressure in children. 2nd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, April 2008, Amsterdam, NL; Program & Abstracts Book, p. 277.
  • Stone, M.R., Rowlands, A.V., & Eston, R.G. Determination and cross-validation of accelerometer intensity cut-points in children using receiver operator curve analysis. British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, September 2007, Bath, UK; Program & Abstract Book, p. 82.
  • Rowlands, A.V., Pilgrim, E., Stone, M.R., & Eston, R.G. The temporal pattern of physical activity and body fatness in 9-10-year-old children. British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, September 2007, Bath, UK; Program & Abstract Book, p. 199.
  • Stone, M.R., Rowlands, A.V., & Eston, R.G. The use of high-frequency accelerometry monitoring to assess and interpret children’s activity patterns. Acta Kinesiologiae Universitatis Tartuensis: Abstracts of the 24th Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting, September 2007, Tallinn (Laulasmaa), Estonia; Vol. 12 (Supplement), p. 181.
  • Rowlands, A.V., Pilgrim, E., Stone, M.R., & Eston, R.G. Frequency, intensity and duration of activity bouts in children. Acta Kinesiologiae Universitatis Tartuensis: Abstracts of the 24th Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting, September 2007, Tallinn (Laulasmaa), Estonia; Vol. 12 (Supplement), p. 165.
  • Esliger, D.W., Stone, M.R., & Tremblay, M.S. (2006). The effect of height on the validity of three accelerometer models. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 38(5):S558.
  • Rowlands, A.V., & Stone, M.R. (2006). Influence of speed and stride frequency during walking, running and sprinting on accelerometer output. Physical Activity and Obesity. International Congress Satellite Conference Handbook, p.97. Physical Activity and Obesity Satellite Conference of the International Congress on Obesity, Brisbane, Australia, August.
  • Stone, M.R., Esliger, D.W., & Tremblay, M.S. Factors affecting the prediction of energy
    expenditure from accelerometer data. 11th annual Congress of the European College of Sports Sciences, July 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland; Book of Abstracts, p.62.
  • Stone, M.R., Esliger, D.W., & Tremblay, M.S. Differences in step counts across devices – considerations when working with step counters in youth. 23rd Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting, September 2005, Gwatt, Switzerland.
  • Stone, M.R., Baxter-Jones, A.D.J., Mirwald, R.L., Faulkner, R.A., Whiting, S.J., & Kowalski, K.C. (2004). Gender-specific effects of protein intake and physical activity on growth of lean tissue in youth. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 29, S46.
  • Esliger, D.W., Stone, M.R., & Tremblay, M.S. (2004). Intra- and inter-instrument reliability of three accelerometer models. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 29, S44.