The Lancet commission on Obesity published a report today on the joint pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. In the report, the commissioners point to the fact that malnutrition in all its forms, including undernutrition and obesity, is by far the biggest cause of ill-health and premature death globally. Excess body weight affects 2 billion people worldwide, 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiency, and both are expected to be made significantly worse by climate change.
Published on: 11 Feb 2019
Dietetics and Nutrition students Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam pitched their startup snack business on the popular CBC television show Dragons' Den.
Seeking 鈥� and securing 鈥� an investment in their fledgling startup from six high-powered entrepreneurs on the popular CBC TV show Dragons鈥� Den was the last thing that Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam could have imagined less than a year earlier, when they came up with their business idea: a nutritious chocolate-based snack.
Published on: 11 Jan 2019
Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam are two newly graduated Dietetics students from 9I制作厂免费 and the proud co-founders of .
Published on: 17 Dec 2018
Every night, some 800 million people 鈥� one in nine people on earth 鈥� go to bed hungry. And projections suggest that unless creative solutions are found, the world will need to increase food production by an additional 50% in the next 30 years, when the planet鈥檚 population is expected to exceed 9 billion.
Published on: 11 Oct 2018
Les universit茅s canadiennes accueillent encore bien peu d'茅tudiants autochtones, encore moins dans le domaine de la sant茅.
Published on: 27 Aug 2018
Based in Kahnawake, Quebec Indigenous Mentorship Network seeks to support and encourage Indigenous students. (...) "We do need more representation in all health-related fields. There's a growing number, but we're all very stretched with demands," said Treena Delormier, an associate professor in the School of Human Nutrition at 9I制作厂免费.
Published on: 20 Aug 2018
It鈥檚 one more feather in the cap for Keenoa co-founders, Registered Dietitian and PhD candidate ANNE-JULIE TESSIER, BSc(NutrSc)鈥�16 (right), ANTONY GARANT, and business partner ANGEL ONG, RD, BSc(NutrSc)鈥�09, MSc鈥�11, PhD Candidate in the School of Human Nutrition. Not only was Keenoa a finalist in 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 2017 Dobson Cup (Innovation Track) Competition, but Anne-Julie won the 鈥淪ight and Life Elevator Pitch鈥� competition at the recent American Society of Nutrition conference.
Published on: 20 Aug 2018
9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Sustainability experts [including Elena Bennett and Nil Basu] are involved in examining the effects of everything from locust swarms to urban heat islands to mountains of toxic e-waste.聽 The new 9I制作厂免费 Sustainability Systems Initiative hopes to play a crucial role in those efforts. #9I制作厂免费NewsMag
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Published on: 13 Aug 2018
Kudos to Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD candidate in the School of Human Nutrition, who won the Elevator Pitch Contest organized by the at the last American Society of Nutrition鈥檚 annual conference 鈥� Nutrition 2018 鈥� in Boston on June 10, 2018.聽
Published on: 15 Jun 2018
Kudos to Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD candidate in the School of Human Nutrition, who won the Elevator Pitch Contest organized by the at the last American Society of Nutrition鈥檚 annual conference 鈥� Nutrition 2018 鈥� in Boston on June 10, 2018.聽
Published on: 15 Jun 2018
The BETTER study (BEhaviors, Therapies, TEchnologies and hypoglycemic Risk in Type 1 diabetes), co-led by Professor Anne-Sophie Brazeau, RD, PhD (9I制作厂免费 School of Human Nutrition) and Dr R茅mi Rabasa-Lhoret (Institut de Recherches Clinique de Montr茅al), is a 4-year project co-funded by CIHR, through the strategies for patient-oriented research (SPOR), and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (total funding $3,000,000).
Published on: 1 Jun 2018
Harriet Kuhnlein, PhD, RD, FASN, FIUNS, LLD (honoris causa), Professor Emerita (9I制作厂免费) was recently recognized with a 2018 Alumni Recognition Award from the Health and Human Development Alumni Society of the Pennsylvania State University.
Published on: 24 Apr 2018
If you participated in the MEDLIFE 9I制作厂免费 Macdonald Branch/Global Food Security Club Krispy Kreme fundraiser, the We Are Aware: Montreal Campaign, or the Mac Basket Food Drive, you likely crossed paths with the ever-cheery Christine Ha, U3, BScNutrSc (Global Nutrition).
Published on: 4 Apr 2018
Discovery of calnexin protein鈥檚 role in the blood-brain barrier could lead to new MS treatments.
A discovery led by scientists at the University of Alberta and 9I制作厂免费 is providing hope of a new therapeutic target in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients, which could one day be used to prevent the symptoms and progression of the disease.
Published on: 8 Mar 2018
From the 9I制作厂免费 Reporter...
On Saturday, Feb. 24, the cilantro flew and the paring knives flashed as talented student chefs from five North American universities took part in the hotly-contested Inter-University Iron Chef Competition.
After the final succulent morsel had been devoured, the panel of judges named the University of Massachusetts Amherst聽as this year鈥檚 champion. The win was UMASS Amherst鈥檚 fourth in five years, sparking whispers of a Dine-esty in the making.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2018
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