Research interests: dietary intake, population-level dietary assessment methods, household food security, nutritional epidemiology, pediatric nutrition
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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:
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Joy's MSc thesis:
The nutritional implications of household food insecurity in Canada
Read 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