Maternal Influences and Paternal Origins of Health and Disease (POHaD) 

• The combined and independent impact of maternal and paternal health on child health and development  

• The role of maternal and paternal preconception nutrition on child health and developmental trajectories 

Child Diet (Preschool to Adolescence) 

Ultra-processed food (UPF) 

• Determinants of ultra-processed food intake 

• Trends of UPF consumption in Canadian children 

• Role of UPF consumption in child growth, puberty, behaviour and chronic disease development (from single disease to multimorbidity) 

Dietary indices and dietary patterns 

• Trajectories of hypothesis-driven and data-driven dietary pattern adherence 

• Early childhood dietary patterns and chronic disease development 

Dairy intake and other food groups 

• Tracking of dairy consumption in Canada children and cardiovascular and metabolic health 

• Non-nutritive sweeteners and chronic disease development 

Mechanism 

• Epigenetics  

• Gut microbiome  

• Inflammation and immunity  

Technology-Assisted Diet Assessment Tools 

• Assessing diet intake in adolescents using AI

• Validation of AI mobile app diet tracking app