/channels/taxonomy/term/17331/all en /channels/channels/news/three-researchers-mcgills-faculty-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences-honoured-prestigious-357787 <p>On June 14, the Government of Canada announced $693.8 million in funding for discovery and applied research, including $94.5 million for the <a href="http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2024/spring-printemps-eng.aspx">Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program</a> to support 121 new and renewed chair holders at 39 postsecondary institutions across the country.</p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:53:37 +0000 webfull 200593 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgills-prize-winning-researchers-and-scholars-shine-bravo-gala-356704 <p>On March 21, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ celebrated 111 laureates at the 19<sup>th</sup> edition of Bravo, a gala event honouring researchers who won major provincial, national, and international research prizes and awards in 2023. Guests, including researchers, their families and friends, faculty, students, and members of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.</p> <p>Eight of the honourees were from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:</p> Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:38:54 +0000 webfull 199335 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-school-human-nutrition-student-manon-fantino-wins-francophone-mcgill-mt180-competition-356693 <p>Congratulations to School of Human Nutrition PhD candidate Manon Fantino, winner of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s francophone 3-Minute Thesis (MT180) competition! Manon will represent ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ at the Concours <a href="https://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/ma-these-en-180-secondes">ACFAS MT180</a> Nationals in Ottawa on May 15<sup>th</sup>.</p> Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:34:55 +0000 webfull 199322 at /channels /channels/channels/news/social-environments-are-important-determinants-nutritional-risk-among-older-aged-adults-351628 <p>According to a new study published in <em><em>The Journal of Nutrition</em></em> by a team including Associate Professor <a href="/nutrition/staff/professors/daiva-e-nielsen">Daiva Nielsen</a> and other researchers from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's School of Human Nutrition, a supportive social environment may protect against nutritional risk among middle and older-aged adults.</p> Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:52:38 +0000 webfull 193537 at /channels /channels/channels/news/nielsen-and-brassard-2023-cns-awardees-347219 <p>Prof. <a href="/nutrition/staff/professors/daiva-e-nielsen">Daiva Nielsen</a><b> </b>is the recipient of the 2023 New Investigator Award 2023 by the Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) and the Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS). The award recognizes demonstrated excellence and outstanding contributions to nutrition-related research and/or improving the nutrition care of patients.</p> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:19:42 +0000 webfull 188448 at /channels /channels/channels/news/how-save-money-grocery-store-without-sacrificing-nutrition-347215 <p>Food experts [including Prof. <a href="/nutrition/staff/professors/daiva-e-nielsen">Daiva Nielsen</a> (SHN)] have said that eating healthy is top of mind for Canadians, but how do you do that while saving money? Dietitians have suggestions for people trying to find the cheapest sources of nutrition, especially in the winter when the freshest produce is imported – and expensive.</p> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:05:46 +0000 webfull 188443 at /channels /channels/channels/news/nutrition-professionals-should-promote-buying-local-study-finds-345604 <p>According to a <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F364811680_Food_values_food_purchasing_and_eating-related_outcomes_among_a_sample_of_Quebec_adults_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic&data=05%7C01%7Cvalerie.mcleod%40mcgill.ca%7C6d875d65aa47402a310d08daff0d7a4c%7Ccd31967152e74a68afa9fcf8f89f09ea%7C0%7C0%7C638102731594581467%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XpfmvYwX3U4RWF9XeV69Jnj5x00Fas64h4FcoFh18ks%3D&reserved=0">study</a> by a tea</p> Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:22:33 +0000 webfull 186674 at /channels /channels/channels/event/bridging-gaps-speaker-series-344474 <p><strong>EVENT POSTPONED</strong></p> <p>Mar 16, 2023-Meizah Kwofie, Bioresource Engineering and Daiva Nielsen, School of Human Nutrition</p> Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:19:19 +0000 webfull 185522 at /channels /channels/channels/news/covid-19-reshaped-way-we-buy-prepare-and-consume-food-343255 <p>To better understand food-related decisions during the pandemic, our research team conducted an online survey among a sample of adults from the province of Québec. This survey spanned three different time points between the initial lockdown in the spring of 2020 and the curfew period in Québec in the winter of 2021.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2022 19:15:24 +0000 webfull 184131 at /channels /channels/channels/news/cfi-invests-39-m-mcgill-research-342521 <p><a href="/nutrition/staff/professors/daiva-e-nielsen">Prof. Daiva Nielson</a> (SHN) has received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (CFI JELF) to establish the Sensometric Lab to investigate what influences human eating behaviour, for example, genetic predispositions, the role of price promotions and advertising, as well as other sensory stimuli, like smell. The lab will be equipped with novel wearable devices to monitor and map the brain’s activity related to eating.</p> Thu, 29 Sep 2022 21:02:17 +0000 webfull 183227 at /channels /channels/channels/event/feeding-world-population-sustainably-342510 <h3><span><span><span><span>A Path from Impactful Development to Empowerment Without Jeopardizing Environmental Health<span> </span></span></span></span></span></h3> Thu, 29 Sep 2022 19:40:40 +0000 webfull 183213 at /channels /channels/channels/news/survey-says-canadians-asking-better-food-systems-and-food-sparked-covid-19-access-327247 <p><em>Inter-provincial survey gauges how Canadians have accessed food during the pandemic and their perceptions of food systems</em></p> <p>Shopping anxiety, higher food prices and individual income limitations are some of the factors making access to food challenging for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests.</p> Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:42:33 +0000 webfull 166379 at /channels /channels/channels/news/survey-says-canadians-asking-better-food-systems-and-food-sparked-covid-19-access-327230 <p>Shopping anxiety, higher food prices and individual income limitations are some of the factors making access to food challenging for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests.</p> <p>Researchers conducted an online inter-provincial survey with residents of B.C., Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces during the first wave of COVID-19. The survey assessed how the pandemic affected food access and behaviour in each region and how perceptions regarding the food systems may have been altered.</p> Fri, 18 Dec 2020 12:43:37 +0000 webfull 166359 at /channels /channels/channels/news/school-human-nutrition-welcomes-four-new-faculty-284353 <p>The School of Human Nutrition is excited to welcome four new Faculty members:</p> Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:46:15 +0000 webfull 134630 at /channels