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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Bernier E, Plante AS, Robitaille J, Lemieux S, Girard M, Bujold E, Gagnon C, Weisnagel SJ, Tchernof A, Morisset AS

First-trimester diet quality in association with maternal subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue thicknesses and glucose homeostasis during pregnancy

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Int J Food Sci Nutr, 74 (2), 2023.

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Dugas C, Laberee L, Perron J, St-Arnaud G, Richard V, Perreault V, Leblanc N, Marc I, Di Marzo V, Doyen A, Veilleux A, Robitaille J

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Human Milk Composition, and Infant Growth

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Breastfeed Med, 18 (1), 2023.

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Côté M, Osseni MA, Brassard D, Carbonneau É, Robitaille J, Vohl MC, Lemieux S, Laviolette F, Lamarche B

Are Machine Learning Algorithms More Accurate in Predicting Vegetable and Fruit Consumption Than Traditional Statistical Models? An Exploratory Analysis

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Front Nutr, 9 , 2022.

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Horne JR, Nielsen DE, Madill J, Robitaille J, Vohl MC, Mutch DM

Guiding Global Best Practice in Personalized Nutrition Based on Genetics: The Development of a Nutrigenomics Care Map

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J Acad Nutr Diet, 122 (2), 2022.

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Paradis F, Lamarche B, Robitaille J, Couillard C, Lafrenière J, Tremblay AJ, Corneau L, Lemieux S

Validation of an automated self-administered 24-hour dietary recall web application against urinary recovery biomarkers in a sample of French-speaking adults of the province of Québec, Canada

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Appl Physiol Nutr Metab, 47 (2), 2022.

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Dugas C, Brassard D, Bélanger M, Perron J, Weisnagel SJ, Marc I, Robitaille J

Determinants of Healthy Diet Among Children Exposed and Unexposed to Gestational Diabetes

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J Nutr Educ Behav, 54 (5), 2022.

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Keathley J, Garneau V, Marcil V, Mutch DM, Robitaille J, Rudkowska I, Sofian GM, Desroches S, Vohl MC

Nutrigenetics, omega-3 and plasma lipids/lipoproteins/apolipoproteins with evidence evaluation using the GRADE approach: a systematic review

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BMJ Open, 12 (2), 2022.

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St-Laurent A, Savard C, Plante AS, Gagnon M, Robitaille J, Lemieux S, Ruchat SM, Morisset AS

Health-Related Preconception Factors: Adherence to Guidelines and Associations with Weight Status

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J Acad Nutr Diet, 122 (10), 2022.

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Laramée C, Lemieux S, Robitaille J, Lamarche B

Comparing the Usability of the Web-Based 24-h Dietary Recall R24W and ASA24-Canada-2018 among French-Speaking Adults from Québec

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Nutrients, 14 (21), 2022.

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Rochefort G, Brassard D, Paquette MC, Robitaille J, Lemieux S, Provencher V, Lamarche B

Adhering to Canada's Food Guide Recommendations on Healthy Food Choices Increases the Daily Diet Cost: Insights from the PREDISE Study

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Nutrients, 14 (18), 2022.

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Active projects

  • Appel à projet "Nouvelles équipes", from 2023-04-01 to 2026-03-31
  • Approche novatrice pour l'étude du lait maternel en contexte de diabète gestationnel : Utilisation d'un modèle d’organoïdes de la glande mammaire, from 2024-01-31 to 2025-03-31
  • Associations entre l'exposition in utero au diabète gestationnel, la composition du lait maternel et le microbiote fécal: impact sur la croissance du nourisson, from 2022-03-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Cannabis et alimentation : quels sont les effets sur la composition du lait humain ?, from 2024-07-02 to 2025-07-31
  • Étudier le lien entre les perturbateurs endocriniens, les profils endocannabinoïdes et de microbiome avec la survenue de troubles métaboliques chez les couples mère-enfant allaitants, from 2024-05-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF), from 2024-04-01 to 2030-03-31
  • Promoting healthy eating in early pregnancy in women at risk of gestational diabetes mellitus : does it improve glucose homeostasis ?, from 2022-03-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Promoting healthy eating in early pregnancy in women at risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: does it improve glucose homeostasis?, from 2023-04-01 to 2027-03-31
  • Utilisation de modèles d'organoïdes de la glande mammaire pour l'étude du lait maternel en contexte de diabète gestationnel, from 2023-12-07 to 2024-12-31

Recently finished projects

  • Effets d'une intervention visant l'amélioration de qualité alimentaire chez les femmes à risque de diabète gestationnel : une étude pilote, from 2021-10-28 to 2022-12-31
  • Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF), from 2017-04-01 to 2024-03-31
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