‘Tis the season for holiday feasts and thinking about healthy habits for the new year. Western University has the following experts available on nutrition and wellness.
Danielle Battram
Associate Professor, Interim Director, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, registered dietitian
Areas of expertise: Holidays and nutrition, food behaviours and practices, food literacy in children and adolescents, household economics.
Brenda Hartman
Associate Professor, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, clinical dietitian
Areas of expertise: Science of nutrition, diets and nutrition, exclusionary diet patterns in women.
Joy Hoard
Lecturer, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences
Areas of expertise: Clinical nutrition, nutrition and navigating the holidays.
Lesley Macaskill
Lecturer, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences
Areas of expertise: Diets and nutrition, student nutrition programs, restaurants and nutrition.
Janet Madill
Professor, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences
Areas of expertise: Nutrition and chronic disease, nutrition and genetic makeup, how diets and genes interact to impact health.
Colleen O’Connor
Associate Professor, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, registered dietitian
Areas of expertise: Clinical nutrition, microbiome and human health, smart phone apps and healthy behaviour.
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Justin Zadorsky, Media Relations Officer, Western University, 226.377.1673 (mobile), jzadorsk@uwo.ca.
