Statement of the Problem: In Canada, child and adolescent obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of >95th percentile for age and gender1 represents one of the most common conditions effecting children in Canada with an obesity rate of 10% in 12-17 year old children, which currently equates to approximately half a million obese children in Canada. Obesity is not only complicated by cardiovascular and metabolic dysfunction, such as left ventricular modeling, hypertension, glucose intolerance and dyslipidaemia, it is also associated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), occurring in up to 60% of obese children.