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Spring 2020

Sugden, Scott A

Animals live in close association with communities of microbes that play important roles modulating host nutrition, immunity, health, and behavior. Many of these microbes live on or in their animal host, most notably in the vertebrate gut, but microbiome studies now encompass disparate taxa from...

2021-01-01

Sapkovskaja, Jelena

Background: Depression is a common condition. One in five Canadians will experience a mental health condition such as depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder in his/her lifetime. It has been claimed that diet quality is associated with depression. We sought to investigate the evidence for this...

Spring 2019

Shave, Justin

Plains bison (Bison bison bison) were nearly driven to extinction in the late 19th century due to overhunting and habitat loss, and populations occurring within their historic range and co-existing with natural predators are exceedingly rare. Studies examining gray wolf (Canis lupus) predation on...

Spring 2020

van der Haas, Victoria Marie-Louise

While substantial progress has been made in studying hunter-gatherer diets through stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15N), research on diet during childhood remains rather poor. This study uses dentine micro-samples to reconstruct childhood diet of individuals from six...

Fall 2021

Ayala Romero, Rocio

Background: Cardio-metabolic dysregulation (CMD) and sarcopenia have been shown to influence important co-morbid conditions in children after liver transplantation (LTx). In adults with liver disease, suboptimal intake of some nutrients (protein, vitamin D) and high takes of added sugars and...

Fall 2017

Faught, Erin L

Lifestyle behaviours, including diet, physical activity, sleep, and sedentary behaviour, have been shown to be associated both with health outcomes, including childhood obesity, and academic achievement in children and youth. The improvement of these lifestyle behaviours to prevent chronic...

Fall 2021

Villanueva, Emily

The intersection of diet culture with the rise of online communities has led to the rapid growth of virtual diet communities, including the LoseIt community on Reddit. Using a conceptual framework of information behaviours in virtual communities and social positioning theory, this project studied...

2025-02-27

Armet, Anissa M., Walter, Jens

Industrialized diets – high in processed foods and low in fibre – disrupt the gut microbiome and predispose us to chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, that have reached epidemic proportions in industrialized countries. Microbiome scientists Anissa Armet (PhD in...

2021-12-01

Cruz, Christofer, Prado, Carla M., Punja, Salima, Tandon, Puneeta

Background: Diet and nutrition applications (apps) have become more readily accessible as smartphone ownership increases. These apps have the potential to improve nutritional outcomes, but it remains unclear whether they are effective in patients with catabolism-prone conditions and specialized...

Fall 2023

Dewart, Lindsey

Prey selection by predators is a complex process, with acquisition strategies varying between generalists and specialists. However, generalist predators like wolves (Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758), can select prey in response to increases in abundance or vulnerability of the prey, often influenced...