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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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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Carbonneau E, Lamarche B, Provencher V, Desroches S, Robitaille J, Vohl MC, Bégin C, Bélanger M, Couillard C, Pelletier L, Bouchard L, Houle J, Langlois MF, Corneau L, Lemieux S

Associations Between Nutrition Knowledge and Overall Diet Quality: The Moderating Role of Sociodemographic Characteristics-Results From the PREDISE Study

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Am J Health Promot, 35 (1), 2021.

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

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J Acad Nutr Diet, 121 (7), 2021.

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Lebrun A, Cloutier-Langevin C, Plante AS, Savard C, Weisnagel SJ, Robitaille J, Lemyre FC, Morisset AS

Trimester-Specific and Total Gestational Weight Gain in Two Consecutive Pregnancies

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J Obstet Gynaecol Can, 43 (4), 2021.

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Savard C, Yan E, Plante AS, Begin C, Robitaille J, Michaud A, Lemieux S, Provencher V, Morisset AS

Positive attitudes toward weight gain in late pregnancy are associated with healthy eating behaviours

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Eat Weight Disord, 26 (6), 2021.

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Dumas AA, Lemieux S, Lapointe A, Provencher V, Robitaille J, Desroches S

Factors influencing engagement and dietary behaviour change of mothers and their children in a blog-delivered healthy eating intervention: a process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial

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Public Health Nutr, 24 (9), 2021.

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Carbonneau N, Holding A, Lavigne G, Robitaille J

Feel Good, Eat Better: The Role of Self-Compassion and Body Esteem in Mothers' Healthy Eating Behaviours

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Nutrients, 13 (11), 2021.

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

Clinical Practice Guidelines Using GRADE and AGREE II for the Impact of Genetic Variants on Plasma Lipid/Lipoprotein/Apolipoprotein Responsiveness to Omega-3 Fatty Acids

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Front Nutr, 8 , 2021.

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Carbonneau E, Lamarche B, Provencher V, Desroches S, Vohl MC, Robitaille J, Bégin C, Bélanger M, Couillard C, Pelletier L, Houle J, Langlois MF, Rabasa-Lhoret R, Corneau L, Lemieux S

Liking for foods high in salt and fat is associated with a lower diet quality but liking for foods high in sugar is not - Results from the PREDISE study

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Food Qual Prefer, 88 , 2021.

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Dumas AA, Lemieux S, Lapointe A, Provencher V, Robitaille J, Desroches S

Recruitment and retention of mothers of preschoolers and school-aged children in a social media-delivered healthy eating intervention: lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial

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Trials, 21 (1), 2020.

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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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