Robert Ross, Queen's University

Research

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Exercise Nutrition Disease Prevention Lifestyle Obesity

Latest papers

Beyond Single Anthropometric Measures: Integrating Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index to Stratify Obesity-Related Health Risk.
Current obesity reports · 2026 · first author
Assessing the synergy between a mediterranean diet and physical activity on cardiometabolic risk: a 2x2 factorial randomized controlled study.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD · 2026
Joint effect of light and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on longevity.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2026 · senior author

All 113 publications

Latest funding

Addressing Individual Variability in Response to Exercise
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$804,400
Mediterranean diet and physical activity: is the whole better than the sum of each part ? Clinical and mechanistic perspectives
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$944,775
Evaluating a small change approach to preventing long term weight gain in overweight and obese adults
CIHR · 2013 · Nominated PI
$1,446,504

All 10 grants and awards

113 publications.

01

Beyond Single Anthropometric Measures: Integrating Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index to Stratify Obesity-Related Health Risk.

Ross R, Janssen I, Després JP

Current obesity reports2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s13679-026-00725-4 PMID: 42334508

02

Assessing the synergy between a mediterranean diet and physical activity on cardiometabolic risk: a 2x2 factorial randomized controlled study.

Lê-Brassard M, Gigleux I, Neyron AS, Lemieux S, Ross R, Després JP, Piché ME, Couture P, Lamarche B

Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2025.104427 PMID: 41241625

03

Joint effect of light and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on longevity.

Janssen I, Ross R

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2025-0398 PMID: 42190276

04

Exercise-induced compensation and C-reactive protein change in adults with elevated C-reactive protein: analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

Dorling JL, Apolzan JW, Thomas DM, Höchsmann C, Johannsen NM, Ross R, Church TS, Martin CK

European journal of applied physiology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00421-026-06405-4 PMID: 42658215

05

The Components of Physical Fitness: A Roundtable Statement by the American College of Sports Medicine

Riebe D, Magal M, Kaminsky LA, Ross R, Phillips SM, Alhassan S, Arena R, Behm DG, Camhi SM, Church TS

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise20261 citations

DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003997

06

Invited Commentary: Health Benefits Associated With an Active Lifestyle in the Elderly Population: Unique Opportunities Associated With Light-Intensity Physical Activity.

Lavie CJ, Lin GM, Ross R

The Canadian journal of cardiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2024.07.017 PMID: 39038649

07

Changes in Body Composition in Relation to Metabolic Syndrome: A Compositional Analysis in Adults with Overweight and Obesity.

Miller E, Janssen I, Ross R

Medicine and science in sports and exercise2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003778 PMID: 40500903

08

Response variability to exercise (REVISE): Study rationale, design and methods.

Ross R, Day AG, Stotz PJ, Wade S, Cooke R, Miller E, Liberatore N, Lamarche B

Contemporary clinical trials communications2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2025.101519 PMID: 40688055

09

Update to the 2016 American Heart Association cardiorespiratory fitness statement.

Ross R, Arena R, Myers J, Kokkinos P, Kaminsky LA

Progress in cardiovascular diseases2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2024.02.003 PMID: 38387825

10

Hypertensive Response to Exercise in Normotensive Men and Women with Abdominal Obesity: Association with Subclinical Adverse Cardiac Remodeling.

Paquin A, Mathieu MA, Prémont C, Gigleux I, Neyron AS, Lê-Brassard M, Martin M, Auclair A, Pettigrew M, Ross R, Couture P, Després JP, Poirier P, Lamarche B, Piché ME

Journal of clinical medicine2024

DOI: 10.3390/jcm14010016 PMID: 39797099

Addressing Individual Variability in Response to Exercise

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ross, Robert M

Keywords: Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Exercise; Nutrition

$804,400

Mediterranean diet and physical activity: is the whole better than the sum of each part ? Clinical and mechanistic perspectives

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lamarche, Benoît

Keywords: Nutrition And Cardiometabolic Risk; Nutrition And Exercise; Nutrition And Inflammation; Nutrition And Lipid Metabolism

$944,775

Evaluating a small change approach to preventing long term weight gain in overweight and obese adults

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Ross, Robert M

Keywords: Disease Prevention; Lifestyle; Obesity

$1,446,504

Advancing equity in the cardiovascular health of women: A research program on the pathways linking social inequality to cardiovascular disease risk

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants to tackle health and health equity - LOI

Principal investigators: Moore, Douglas, Jr. S; Srinivasan, Vasanthi; Janssen, Ian M; Rosenberg, Mark W

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Comorbity; Environments; Health Equity; Nutrition; Physical Activity; Sleep; Social Networks; Social Stressors; Women

$3,750

Dose-response effects of exercise on abdominal obesity and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women and men

Nominated PICIHR2008Randomized Controlled Trials

Principal investigators: Ross, Robert M

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Exericise Intensity And Volume; Glucose Tolerance; Obesity; Visceral Fat; Waist Circumference

$1,803,489