Dr. Julie Robitaille is a trained nutritionist and completed her Master’s degree and PhD in Nutrition at Laval University. She subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, United States. Dr. Robitaille is a full professor at Laval University’s School of Nutrition, as well as a researcher at the CHU Research Centre of Quebec (Endocrinology and Nephrology) and the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF) of Laval University. Since the beginning of her career, her research has been funded by the FRQS, CIHR, CFI, Diabetes Quebec, Danone Institute of Canada, and Diabetes Canada.
Dr. Robitaille is interested in studying the maternal determinants of chronic diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, using gestational diabetes as a model. Gestational diabetes is defined as hyperglycemia that occurs or is first noticed during pregnancy. Nearly one in 10 pregnancies is complicated by gestational diabetes. This disease can have different consequences for the short- and long-term health of mothers and children, including an increase in the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Dr. Robitaille’s work focuses on these different consequences on mother and child health. Her work also investigates postnatal lifestyle factors such as healthy eating, regular physical activity, and breastfeeding that can prevent the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes in mothers and children.
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Trimester-Specific Assessment of Diet Quality in a Sample of Canadian Pregnant Women.
Journal ArticleInt J Environ Res Public Health, 16 (3), 2019, ISSN: 1661-7827.
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Correction: Savard et al. Trimester-Specific Dietary Intakes in a Sample of French-Canadian Pregnant Women in Comparison with National Nutritional Guidelines. Nutrients 2018, 10, 768.
Journal ArticleNutrients, 11 (1), 2019, ISSN: 2072-6643.
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Promoting fruit and vegetable intake in childbearing age women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus: A randomised controlled trial.
Journal ArticleJ Health Psychol, 24 (5), pp. 600-612, 2019, ISSN: 1359-1053.
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Association between early introduction of fruit juice during infancy and childhood consumption of sweet-tasting foods and beverages among children exposed and unexposed to gestational diabetes mellitus in utero.
Journal ArticleAppetite, 132 , pp. 190-195, 2019, ISSN: 0195-6663.
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Relative validity of a web-based, self-administered, 24-h dietary recall to evaluate adherence to Canadian dietary guidelines.
Journal ArticleNutrition, 57 , pp. 252-256, 2019, ISSN: 0899-9007.
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Trimester-Specific Intuitive Eating in Association With Gestational Weight Gain and Diet Quality.
Journal ArticleJ Nutr Educ Behav, 51 (6), pp. 677-683, 2019, ISSN: 1499-4046.
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Current knowledge and interest of French Canadians regarding nutrigenetics.
Journal ArticleGenes Nutr, 14 , pp. 5, 2019, ISSN: 1555-8932.
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Assessment of the American Heart Association's "Life's simple 7" score in French-speaking adults from Québec.
Journal ArticleNutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 29 (7), pp. 684-691, 2019, ISSN: 0939-4753.
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Trimester-Specific Dietary Intakes in a Sample of French-Canadian Pregnant Women in Comparison with National Nutritional Guidelines.
Journal ArticleNutrients, 10 (6), 2018, ISSN: 2072-6643.
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Validation of a self-administered web-based 24-hour dietary recall among pregnant women.
Journal ArticleBMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 18 (1), pp. 112, 2018.
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Active projects
- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Subvention, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Centres de recherche affiliés, from 2017-01-01 to 2099-12-31