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- 4Dietary intake
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- 1Al-Thobaity, Najla'a
- 1Coleman, Robert J.
- 1Duncan, A. M. Nancy.
- 1Harrison, Margaret Joan.
- 1Hartt, Donald J.
- 1Lewis, Erin D
- 5Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 2Faculty of Nursing
- 1Department of Foods and Nutrition
- 1Department of Pharmacology
- 1Department of Physiology
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- 2Field, Catherine (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Anna Farmer (Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science and the Centre for Health Promotion Studies)
- 1Austin, Wendy (Faculty of Nursing)
- 1Jacobs, Rene (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Mager, Diana ( Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science)
- 1Noreen Willows (Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
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Fall 2009
There are different opinions on who the appropriate decision makers are for extremely premature infants. Some argue the responsibility should fall to the parents, and others argue the neonatal experts should be responsible for decision making. This study explored parental perceptions of their...
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Fall 2012
The prevalence of child overweight/obesity in Canada has increased over the last 25 years. The prevalence is 2-3 times higher in Aboriginal compared to non-Aboriginal children. Some dietary behaviors are directly associated with obesity. The consumption of vegetables and fruit, milk, and...
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Fall 2016
Choline is an essential micronutrient with increased requirements during pregnancy and lactation due to a high demand by the developing fetus and infant. Animal studies have demonstrated that choline is essential for brain development, and as a component of all cell membranes it is hypothesized...
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Maternal Essential Fatty Acid Status During Pregnancy and Postpartum in the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) Study and Infant Outcomes
DownloadSpring 2017
Docosahexaenoic (DHA) and arachidonic (AA) acids are essential fatty acids found in breast milk and are important for the infant’s brain development and cognitive functions such as those that regulate sleep and crying. The overall goal of this research was to use a large maternal infant cohort,...