# Heather McKay

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/heather-mckay/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 21,904 |
| Field | Bone health and osteoporosis research |
| h-index | 79 |
| i10-index | 244 |
| Last Known Institution | University of British Columbia Hospital |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5032712780 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-8006 |
| Works | 525 |

## Researcher papers

- [A Six-Year Longitudinal Study of the Relationship of Physical Activity to Bone Mineral Accrual in Growing Children: The University of Saskatchewan Bone Mineral Accrual Study](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-six-year-longitudinal-study-of-the-relationship-of-physical-activity-to-bone/)
- [A school-based exercise intervention augments bone mineral accrual in early pubertal girls](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-school-based-exercise-intervention-augments-bone-mineral-accrual-in-early/)
- [Scaling-up an efficacious school-based physical activity intervention: Study protocol for the ‘Internet-based Professional Learning to help teachers support Activity in Youth’ (iPLAY) cluster randomized controlled trial and scale-up implementation evaluation](https://scholariq.org/papers/scaling-up-an-efficacious-school-based-physical-activity-intervention-study/)
- [Effects of physical activity on schoolchildren's academic performance: The Active Smarter Kids (ASK) cluster-randomized controlled trial](https://scholariq.org/papers/effects-of-physical-activity-on-schoolchildren-s-academic-performance-the-active/)

## Researcher topics

- [Bone health and osteoporosis research](https://scholariq.org/topics/bone-health-and-osteoporosis-research/)
- [Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet](https://scholariq.org/topics/obesity-physical-activity-diet/)
- [Physical Activity and Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/physical-activity-and-health/)
- [Body Composition Measurement Techniques](https://scholariq.org/topics/body-composition-measurement-techniques/)
- [Urban Transport and Accessibility](https://scholariq.org/topics/urban-transport-and-accessibility-2/)

## Researcher university

- [University of British Columbia Hospital](https://scholariq.org/institutions/university-of-british-columbia-hospital/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.