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Fall 2011

Ruby, Kelsi

To determine the efficacy of feeding monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) via a high MUFA Canola oil on T2D risk factors diet induced obese rats were fed either a low fat diet (LF), a high fat low MUFA diet (HF), a high fat high MUFA olive oil diet (OO), or a high fat high MUFA Canola oil diet...

Fall 2017

Sheppard, Caroline E

Obesity is a recognized complex chronic disease that impacts millions of people globally. Bariatric surgery is the only evidence-based method for sustainable weight loss and resolution of obesity associated morbidities. However, complications can occur after surgery, in particular...

Spring 2014

Bemile, Esther N

Despite significant efforts to inform and educate consumers across North America on healthy eating through “easy to follow” dietary guidelines, diet related non-communicable diseases are on the ascendancy. The objective of this thesis is to use the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey...

Fall 2024

Vasilev, Boyan S

Background: Dyslipidemia is a common characteristic in both diabetes and obesity, due in part to elevated triglyceride (TG)-rich very-low density lipoprotein (VLDL-TG) secretion from the liver. Excessive levels and/or action of glucocorticoids (GCs) is also observed in these metabolic diseases...

Spring 2022

Cardoso, Miguel

Background: In metabolic disease statues, such as diabetes and obesity, dyslipidemia is characterized by a dysregulation of lipid homeostasis, due in part to elevated triglyceride (TG)-rich very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL-TG) production and secretion by the liver. Further, these metabolic...

Fall 2013

Ferland, Adam R

Childhood obesity has risen dramatically over recent decades in Canada, attributed largely to increasingly obesogenic environments. Our understanding of obesity now recognizes its complex ecological etiology, yet life skills – critical to how children engage with their surroundings – have been...

Spring 2011

Rueda-Clausen, Christian Federico

Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases are still the primary cause of death and disability in modern society. Although genetic factors play a fundamental role in the development of these chronic conditions, the remarkable variability in an individual’s susceptibility to develop these pathologies...

Fall 2015

Li, Jiaying

Although genetic factors, diet choices and sedentary lifestyle have long been considered main risk contributors for obesity and diabetes mellitus, years of study show that these factors cannot fully explain the increasing rate of worldwide metabolic disease. Epidemiological studies in recent...

Fall 2016

Potter, Morgan R

Background: High fitness is associated with several positive health outcomes; however, fitness of Canadian children has declined over the past two decades. Correlates of fitness in children under 10 years of age are relatively unexplored, and few studies involving young children have looked at...

Fall 2019

Krysa, Jacqueline

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Abnormal levels of circulating lipids (dyslipidemia) is a well-known risk factor for CVD. Traditionally, fasting lipids, inclusive of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and total cholesterol (TC), have...