Publications by authors named "Mylene Turcotte"
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- * Using qualitative case studies and interviews with Québec baking industry participants, the research identified key themes related to the industry's environment and motivations for improving product nutrition.
- * The findings suggest that more effective knowledge mobilization strategies are needed, including consumer education and addressing specific product adjustments, like sodium and fiber content in bread.
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- - Nutrient profiling (NP) models help assess how healthy various foods are and are essential for shaping public health nutrition initiatives, with many new models being created globally since a previous review in 2016.
- - The current study revisited the literature from May 2016 to September 2020 to identify new and previously excluded NP models, resulting in the assessment of 151 models, of which 26 met the criteria for inclusion.
- - These included models mainly focus on food labeling and regulating marketing to children, emphasizing nutrients to limit like sodium, saturated fat, and total sugars; 42% of the included models underwent content validity testing.
Objective: More than half of pregnant Canadian people exceed current gestational weight gain recommendations, which has been associated with adverse outcomes for both parent and child. Although the physiological causes of excessive gestational weight gain have been well investigated, few studies have evaluated the context of gestational weight gain and body changes through the perspective of pregnant people. Therefore, we aim to explore factors influencing body changes and weight gain during pregnancy as experienced by pregnant individuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Implementation integrity is known to be critical to the success of interventions. The Health At Every Size® (HAES®) approach is deemed to be a sustainable intervention on weight-related issues. However, no study in the field has yet investigated the effects of implementation on outcomes in a real-world setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate awareness of the Eat Well Campaign (EWC) among parents and assess perceptions about its effectiveness.
Design: Post-campaign evaluation study with a cross-section of parents recruited through random digit dialling. Participants completed an online survey about EWC awareness, its perceived effectiveness among parents and their meal planning practices (attitudes, behaviours and self-efficacy).
Objective: Health At Every Size® (HAES®) interventions have been increasingly recognized as a sustainable strategy in obesity management. Nevertheless, heterogeneity among obese individuals leads to challenges as it translates in mixed responses to treatment. In this context, our objective was to identify trajectories of responses to a non-diet intervention for adult overweight/obese women to highlight profiles of responders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo explore the associations between full-time employment status, food skills, and diet quality of Canadian parents. A sample of Canadian parents (n = 767) were invited to complete a web-based survey that included sociodemographic variables, questions about food skills, and a validated food frequency questionnaire. Results were analyzed with linear and logistic regression models, controlling for sociodemographic variables and multiple testing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To report the outcomes of a Health at Every Size (HAES) intervention in a real-world setting.
Design: Quasi-experimental design evaluating eating behaviors and psychological factors.
Setting: The HAES intervention is offered in Health and Social Services Centers in Québec (Canada).
Objective: To identify facilitators and barriers that Health Canada's (HC) cross-sector partners experienced while implementing the Eat Well Campaign: Food Skills (EWC; 2013-2014) and describe how these experiences might differ according to distinct partner types.
Design: A qualitative study using hour-long semi-structured telephone interviews conducted with HC partners that were transcribed verbatim. Facilitators and barriers were identified inductively and analysed according partner types.
Background: The Eat Well Campaign (EWC) was a social marketing campaign developed by Health Canada and disseminated to the public with the help of cross-sector partners. The purpose of this study was to describe factors that influenced cross-sector partners' decision to adopt the EWC.
Methods: Thematic content analysis, based primarily on an a priori codebook of constructs from Roger's diffusion of innovations decision process model, was conducted on hour-long semi-structured telephone interviews with Health Canada's cross-sector partners (n = 18).
Background & Aims: Health at Every Size (HAES) interventions focus on healthy lifestyle by promoting behavioral changes related to diet and physical activity while emphasizing self-acceptance and well-being through an empowerment and intuitive approach. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a HAES program on intuitive eating and diet quality in women.
Methods: The HAES intervention, offered by professionals from Health and Social Services Centers in Quebec (Canada), was composed of thirteen 3-h weekly meetings and a 6-h intensive day.