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Fall 2014

Spaans, Rianne E.

Prenatal alcohol exposure can result in the disability called fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and the deficits most often associated with this are said to last a lifetime. In addition to the deficits directly resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure, individuals with FASD often also face...

Fall 2016

Munasinghe, Dona, LL.

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...

Fall 2014

Warkentin, Lindsey M

The impact of weight and weight loss on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in obese individuals and, in particular, the severely obese, is poorly understood. We completed a meta-analysis of published weight loss intervention trials; conducted cross-sectional analyses to examine...

Spring 2012

McMartin, Seanna E.

Mental health disorders are a significant problem facing children. Emerging research suggests there is a link between nutrition and mental health. This thesis examines the association between diet quality and mental health in children. The first objective was to examine the cross-sectional...

Fall 2011

North, Constance Rebecca

Worldwide, depression is the leading cause of disability However, its etiology is not yet fully understood. The current research investigated the relationship between early cognitive development and adolescent depression. Two studies were conducted using data from a prospective longitudinal...

Fall 2018

Loewen, Olivia Kara

Mental health disorders are an issue of epidemic proportions, affecting children and adolescents worldwide. Recent studies have suggested a link between lifestyle behaviours of diet, physical activity, screen time, and sleep with mental health in adolescence. However, a combined lifestyle...

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Quinney, H. A.

Fall 2024

Gonzalez Hernandez, Carolina

Obesity is a major public health problem since it is associated with different complications, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, type 2 diabetes (T2D), and a higher risk of infections. This is due in part to the fact that obesity is characterized by the presence of chronic low-grade...

Fall 2021

Patricny, Nicol

In their quest to better understand the development and varying trajectories of psychopathology, developmental psychopathologists seek to identify both risk and protective factors (Rutter & Sroufe, 2000). This approach is relevant to forensic professionals working with young persons within...

Spring 2018

Whitford, Adam N

The World in an Object Lesson addresses the ways in which nineteenth-century reading audiences of the United States were taught to make sense of the visual stimulus of worlds fairs. The Object Lesson was one visual method which was both promoted and critiqued in the material culture of the...