Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Primary Specialization Affiliation: Population/Public Health My research program aims to inform development and implementation of policies, both inside and outside the health sector, to improve dietary behaviours, body weight, and health, particularly among disadvantaged groups. My research program is structured into three complementary streams: 1) The first stream of my research seeks to understand the policy process, and the factors that facilitate or impede uptake and impact of health promoting policies. 2) The second stream of my work investigates the impact of policies on food environments, dietary behaviours, body weight and health. I am particularly interested in examining the impact of policy on socioeconomic inequities in obesity and obesity-related behaviours. 3) The third stream of my work focusses on dietary patterns, and their association with health and disease, particularly among disadvantaged groups. I use qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods (i.e. qualitative and quantitative methods within the same study) in my research. Expertise key words: Nutrition, Policy, Dietary behaviours, Dietary patterns, Obesity, Socioeconomic inequities, Food environments, Health promotion, Public health, Mixed methods