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- 16Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 5Department of Physiology
- 4Faculty of Nursing
- 3Medical Sciences-Paediatrics
- 2Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
- 2Department of Psychiatry
- 3Field, Catherine (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 2Bell, Rhonda (Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 2Kozyrskyj, Anita (Pediatrics)
- 1Adams, Eric (Law)
- 1Anna Farmer (Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science and the Centre for Health Promotion Studies)
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Pre and postnatal maternal distress and infant gut immunity in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) birth cohort
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Introduction: Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) plays a critical role in gut mucosal immunity and is a marker of immune maturation in early life. Delayed IgA production is associated with increased risk of allergic diseases. Animal models of stressful events before birth and during infancy show...
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Pregnancy and Motherhood: Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination in the Canadian Workplace
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This thesis analyses discrimination against pregnant women and new mothers in Canadian workplaces, and examines how the current legal framework is insufficient to combat harmful stereotypes surrounding motherhood that result in subtle forms of pregnancy discrimination. It argues that the parental...
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Preliminary Analysis of Dietary Sugar Consumption During Pregnancy Using a Potential Biomarker of Urinary Fructose Excretion
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A 24 hour urinary fructose excretion correlates with total sugar intakes. However, whether or not a random (“spot”) urinary fructose measurement is a reliable biomarker of fructose intake is not known. This study was done to determine the extent to which it is possible to estimate fructose intake...
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Quality of Life, Exercise Behaviour and Baseline Dietary Intake of Women Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in the DHA WIN Randomized Controlled Trial
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Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in Canada. It is estimated that one in eight Canadian women will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is often prescribed to improve surgical resection outcomes and reduce micrometastases. Achieving a pathological...
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Representations of Aboriginal women in pregnancy information sources: a critical discourse analysis
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The goal of this study is to critically examine health information sources in order to determine whether Aboriginal women are represented in these resources, and if so, how they are being presented. This research is intended to illuminate the practices around the construction of information, and...
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Reproductive Knowledge Specific to Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among Women with IBD and Physicians who Treat Women with IBD
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) affects women in their reproductive years. Women with IBD often choose not to have children, and this voluntary childlessness may be due to their concerns regarding the adverse effects of their IBD and its treatment on fertility, pregnancy, and the...
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Simultaneous measurement of protein and energy metabolism and application to determine lysine requirements in sows
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Simultaneous measurements of energy and protein metabolism can provide valuable information about their interactions. Dietary lysine is limiting in typical feedstuffs fed to swine and, therefore, limits protein synthesis. Current recommendations for dietary amino acid and energy intakes may not...
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The Effectiveness of Client-Centered Conversations to Promote Healthy Diets, Physical Activity, and Guideline Concordant Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Mothers: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
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Background: To promote healthy gestational weight gain, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends healthcare providers regularly weigh every pregnant woman, and follow with a discussion about gestational weight gain recommendations and healthy lifestyles. Research suggests that healthcare...
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Spring 2014
Bleeding during pregnancy affects as many as one in four pregnancies with roughly half of these resulting in pregnancy loss. An interpretive descriptive design was employed to explore the research question: “How do women with bleeding in early pregnancy describe their experience of waiting in the...