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Genetic and environmental contributions to weight, height, and BMI from birth to 19 years of age: an international study of over 12,000 twin pairsLise Dubois
Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
PLoS ONE 7:e30153. 2012..To examine the genetic and environmental influences on variances in weight, height, and BMI, from birth through 19 years of age, in boys and girls from three continents...
Social factors and television use during meals and snacks is associated with higher BMI among pre-school childrenLise Dubois
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Institute of Population Health, 1 Stewart Street Office 303, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5
Public Health Nutr 11:1267-79. 2008....- Breakfast skipping is associated with differences in meal patterns, macronutrient intakes and overweight among pre-school childrenLise Dubois
Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5
Public Health Nutr 12:19-28. 2009..To examine the association between skipping breakfast, daily energy, macronutrients and food intakes, and BMI in pre-school children... 
Determinants of high birth weight by geographic region in CanadaLise Dubois
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
Chronic Dis Can 28:63-70. 2007..The relationship between social disparities and macrosomia was found to vary by geographic region...- Genetic and environmental influences on body size in early childhood: a twin birth-cohort studyLise Dubois
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada
Twin Res Hum Genet 10:479-85. 2007..g., uniform nutritional habits) that leaves genetic differences between children to generate most of the variance in weight... - Regular sugar-sweetened beverage consumption between meals increases risk of overweight among preschool-aged childrenLise Dubois
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Am Diet Assoc 107:924-34; discussion 934-5. 2007..To examine the relationship between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (eg, nondiet carbonated drinks and fruit drinks) and the prevalence of overweight among preschool-aged children living in Canada... - Accuracy of maternal reports of pre-schoolers' weights and heights as estimates of BMI valuesLise Dubois
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Institute at Population Health, 1 Stewart Street, Office 303, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Int J Epidemiol 36:132-8. 2007..We analysed the accuracy of parental reports of children's weights and heights as estimates of body mass index, and evaluated the factors associated with the misclassification of overweight and obese children... - Preschool children's eating behaviours are related to dietary adequacy and body weightL Dubois
Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Eur J Clin Nutr 61:846-55. 2007..The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationships between eating behaviours (picky eating, irregular eating and overeating), and dietary adequacy in accordance with nutrition recommendations and body weight during the preschool years... - Breakfast eating and overweight in a pre-school population: is there a link?Lise Dubois
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
Public Health Nutr 9:436-42. 2006..5-year-old children. We hypothesised that a relationship could be observed between breakfast skipping and overweight independently of socio-economic factors such as ethnicity, maternal education, single parenting and family income... - Early determinants of overweight at 4.5 years in a population-based longitudinal studyL Dubois
Canada Research Chair in Nutrition and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:610-7. 2006..5 years, to determine which factors exert the most influence in early life... - Psychosocial determinants of the early introduction of complementary foodsFabiola Tatone-Tokuda
University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Health Educ Behav 36:302-20. 2009..05). Future research must carefully consider the psychosocial aspects involved in adhering to infant feeding guidelines... - Social position and nutrition: a gradient relationship in Canada and the USAL Dubois
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eur J Clin Nutr 55:366-73. 2001..corrected] To study the existence of a graded relationship between the nutrient content of the diet and some measures of social position... - Determinants of breast-feeding and weaning in Alberta, CanadaQiuying Yang
McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 26:975-81. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Smoking cessation during pregnancy, adequate treatment of early breast problems, and breast-feeding promotion campaigns targeting socioeconomically disadvantaged populations could serve to increase breast-feeding in Canada... - Exclusive breastfeeding duration and later intake of vegetables in preschool childrenD Burnier
Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Eur J Clin Nutr 65:196-202. 2011..To examine whether a relationship exists between exclusive breastfeeding duration and later vegetable consumption in 4-year-old children, independently of factors traditionally associated with children's vegetable intake... - Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Québec: a gender-based analysisLise Dubois
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Institute of Population Health, 1 Stewart Street, Office 303, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
BMC Public Health 11:199. 2011..This study presents a comparative gender-based analysis of the association between household food insecurity and overweight among 10-to-11-year-old children living in the Canadian province of Québec and in the country of Jamaica... - Neighbourhoods and child adiposity: a critical appraisal of the literatureMegan Ann Carter
Population Health Program, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart St, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Health Place 16:616-28. 2010..It is unclear at this time if and how other neighbourhood environmental features play a role. Heterogeneity and methodological issues across studies limits our ability to draw overall conclusions... - Examining the relationship between obesity and math performance among Canadian school children: a prospective analysisMegan Ann Carter
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Int J Pediatr Obes 5:412-9. 2010..Our main hypothesis was that obese children would obtain lower overall math scores than their non-obese peers... - Social inequalities in infant feeding during the first year of life. The Longitudinal Study of Child Development in Québec (LSCDQ 1998-2002)Lise Dubois
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
Public Health Nutr 6:773-83. 2003..It examines the extent to which different recommendations are followed in different social groups and highlights the main factors influencing the total adherence to three recommendations at the population level... - Family food insufficiency is related to overweight among preschoolersLise Dubois
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont, Canada
Soc Sci Med 63:1503-16. 2006..5 years. Given this important finding, supportive interventions targeting low-income and food insufficient families, including pregnant women, are recommended for preventing overweight and obesity among their children... - Determinants of birthweight inequalities: population-based studyLise Dubois
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Canada
Pediatr Int 48:470-8. 2006.... - Breast-feeding, day-care attendance and the frequency of antibiotic treatments from 1.5 to 5 years: a population-based longitudinal study in CanadaLise Dubois
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart Street, Office 303, Ottawa, Ont, Canada, K1N 6N5
Soc Sci Med 60:2035-44. 2005..Over the long term, it will be important to continue to monitor the health of children and to implement public health interventions aimed at reducing health problems among children of preschool age... - Social determinants of initiation, duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding at the population level: the results of the Longitudinal Study of Child Development in Quebec (ELDEQ 1998-2002)Lise Dubois
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Can J Public Health 94:300-5. 2003..The results will help the development of public health interventions aimed at improving the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding for at least the first 4 to 6 months of babies' life...