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Joy Hutchinson
BASc MSc RD

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

Education:
PhD Student, Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, 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:

• Google Scholar
  

Reports and other publications:

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

Select presentations:

• Hutchinson JM, Tarasuk V. The relationship between adults’ dietary intakes and food insecurity status in Canada: implications for future population assessment. International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods. 2021.
  
• 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:

• 2021-2024: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
  
• 2021-2024: University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship
  
• 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:

• Nutritionist, Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Health Canada (2021 - Present)
  
• Peer Mentorship Coordinator, School of Public Health Sciences Graduate Student Association (2021 - Present)
  
• Registered Dietitian, McMaster University Medical Centre (2020 - 2021)
• Dietitians of Canada Toronto Area Networking Committee (2019 - Present)
• Member in Good Standing, College of Dietitians of Ontario (2017 – Present)

 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