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Spring 2023
Background: Unhealthy diet is a well-established risk factor for developing many physical health conditions in adolescents (e.g., obesity, type 2 diabetes). Evidence begins to emerge that unhealthy diet might also be implicated in the development of common mental disorders. While there is a...
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Fall 2021
Despite the introduction of vaccination and surveillance efforts, invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) remains a disease of great public health concern, in terms of morbidity, mortality, and healthcare burden. The association between increased short-term (30-day) mortality following IPD has been...
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The prevalence and determinants of adequate vitamin D intake and supplementation among Canadian children
DownloadFall 2016
Most Canadian children are not meeting the dietary recommendations for vitamin D and have not enough sun exposure to synthesize vitamin D in their skin. Vitamin D supplementation therefore seems a necessity. However, no study has examined whether vitamin D from diet and supplements combined is...