Biography
Professor
BSc (UPEI); MSc, PhD (Toronto); RD
Dr. Taylor’s research focuses on children’s nutritional health, and the environmental factors which influences how children eat, their nutritional status and their risk of obesity and chronic disease. Her current research examines the role of school nutrition policies on children’s eating habits and weight status, and the perceptions of key stakeholders involved in implementing these policies. Other areas of interest include nutrition in early childhood and international nutrition.
Recent Publications
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Effect of nutrition education and dairy group membership on nutrition knowledge, practices and diet quality for rural Kenyan farm women
- African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2017
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The role of anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory foods in asthma: A population based study [Abstract]
- Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 2016
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Principal school food survey 2015
- , 2016
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Changes in children's lunch-time food group intakes over 5 years of school nutrition policy implementation
- Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice & Research, 2015
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SNAP 2012 (School Nutrition & Activity Project) Feedback Report
- , 2014
Research Classification
- no classification
Current Scholars in Applied Human Sciences
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