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Joy Hutchinson
BASc MSc RD
​PhD Student

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Research interests: dietary intake, population-level dietary assessment methods, household food security, nutritional epidemiology, pediatric nutrition

Education:
PhD Student, School of Public Health and Health Systems, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo (2020 - )

MSc, Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (2017-2019) (Read Joy's thesis)

Dietetic Intern, Hamilton Health Sciences (Pediatric Stream) (2016-2017)

BASc, Applied Human Nutrition, with Distinction, College of Social and Applied Health Sciences, University of Guelph (2012-2016)

Select publications:
Peer-reviewed:

• Chamoun E, Hutchinson JM, Krystia O, Mirotta JA, Mutch DM, Buchholz AC, Duncan AM, Darlington G, Haines J, Ma DWL. (2018). Single nucleotide polymorphisms in taste receptor genes are associated with snacking patterns of preschool-aged children in the Guelph Family Health Study: A pilot study. Nutrients, 2018. 10(2), 153.
• Hutchinson JM, Watterworth JC, Haines J, Duncan AM, Mirotta JA, Ma DWL, Buchholz AC. Snacking patterns of preschool-aged children: Opportunity for improvement. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. 2017. 79(1), 2-6.
• Watterworth JC, Hutchinson JM, Buchholz AC, Darlington G, Randall Simpson J, Ma DWL, Haines J. Parental feeding practices and their association with child nutrition risk status:
  comparing mothers and fathers. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 2017. 42, 667-671.

Reports and other publications:

• Hutchinson JM, Buchholz AC. (2016). Guelph kids love to snack. Research Matters. yourontarioresearch.ca.

Select presentations:

• Hutchinson JM, Prange, ME, Tarasuk V. Applying research and advocacy to household food insecurity. Dietitians of Canada Conference, 2019.
• Hutchinson JM, Tarasuk V. The diet quality of food-insecure Canadians is worse in 2015 than 2004. Canadian Nutrition Society Conference, 2019. Oral Competition Finalist.
  
• Hutchinson JM, Tarasuk V. The nutritional implications of household food insecurity in Canada. Canadian Research Data Centre Network National Conference, 2018.
  

Select recognitions:

• 2020: University of Waterloo Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women
  
• 2019: Christine Gagnon Memorial Travel Award
  
• 2018: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
• 2017: Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canada Graduate Scholarship
• 2017: Betty Isobel MacKay Award
• 2017: University of Toronto Fellowship

Select professional activities and networks:

• Registered Dietitian, McMaster University Medical Centre (2020 - Present)
• Dietitians of Canada Toronto Area Networking Commitee (2019 - Present)
• Member in Good Standing, College of Dietitians of Ontario (2017 – Present)
• Registered Dietitian, KIngston Health Sciences (2017-2018)
• Executive Member, Food Security Network, Dietitians of Canada (2017-2018)

 Joy's MSc thesis:
The nutritional implications of household food insecurity in Canada

• Household food insecurity affects 4 million Canadians and has negative implications for health and diet, as evidenced by the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS).
  
• The objectives of this thesis were to i) evaluate how household food insecurity status related to nutritional vulnerability among Canadian adults (19-64 y), using CCHS 2015 Nutrition; and ii) compare the nutritional vulnerability of Canadians (1-64 y) stratified by age-/sex-groups in moderately/severely food-insecure households between CCHS 2004 and 2015.
• Greater nutritional vulnerability was observed among adults on a gradient of worsening severity of food insecurity in 2015 and among older children and women in 2015 compared to 2004, but no differences were observed in the adequacy of men’s or children’s nutrient intakes over time.
• Considering the strong association between household food insecurity and poor health and the health-eroding effects of chronically poor nutrition, the nutritional vulnerability of individuals in food-insecure households should be addressed.

Read Joy's MSc Thesis