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Latest papers
Measuring diet intake in adolescents: Relative validation of an artificial intelligence enhanced, image assisted mobile application
Clinical Nutrition · 2026
Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Behavioral Outcomes in Canadian Children
JAMA Network Open · 2026 · senior author
Breastfeeding may lessen socioeconomic disparities in child health through differences in the infant gut microbiome
Cell Reports Medicine · 2026
Latest funding
- $10,000
Unpacking the Impact of Ultra-Processed Food on Youth Cardiovascular Health: A Multi-Omic, Translational Approach
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
- $9,999
Reducing ultra-processed food consumption among children in underserved communities: advancing measurement and evaluating equitable school-based interventions
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $142,000
Leveraging Interpretable Machine Learning Approaches to Improve the Health of Children with Multimorbidity.
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
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76 publications.
Measuring diet intake in adolescents: Relative validation of an artificial intelligence enhanced, image assisted mobile application
Moyen A, Rossi A, Hart M, Simons E, Mandhane PJ, Moraes TJ, Azad MB, Turvey SE, Subbarao P, Tessier A-J
Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Behavioral Outcomes in Canadian Children
Kavanagh ME, Chen ZH, Tamana SK, Moraes TJ, Simons E, Turvey SE, Subbarao P, Mandhane PJ, Miliku K
Breastfeeding may lessen socioeconomic disparities in child health through differences in the infant gut microbiome
Dai DLY, Manus MB, Hoskinson C, Jiang J, Sbihi H, Miliku K, Campisi SC, Korczak DJ, Duan Q, Moraes TJ
Milk fat intake, adiposity, and obesity in Canadian children: findings from the prospective Canadian CHILD Cohort Study
Zeitoun T, Chen ZH, Burgner D, MacKechnie G, Huntington P, Mansell T, Longmore D, Mandhane PJ, Simons E, Turvey SE
Human Milk and Infant Gut Microbiome in Association With Infant Fecal Metabolome and Child Blood Pressure
Liu T, Petersen C, Zhao N, Moraes TJ, Subbarao P, Simons E, Azad MB, Miliku K, Bode L, Moore B
Gut microbiota responses to complementary food sources differ by milk feeding type
Perrett BM, Miliku K, Moraes TJ, Simons E, Mandhane P, Kebbe M
Associations Between Dietary Patterns and Mental Health Symptoms in Early Childhood: Findings From the CHILD Cohort Study
Campisi SC, Chen ZH, Simons E, Mandhane P, Moraes TJ, Turvey SE, Subbarao P, Miliku K, Korczak DJ
Multilevel predictors of ultra-processed food intake in Canadian preschoolers
Mousavi S, Chen ZH, Lu Z, Santos S, L’Abbe MR, Azad MB, Mandhane PJ, Moraes TJ, Subbarao P, Turvey SE
Reply - Letter to the editor - "Comment on “Measuring diet intake in adolescents: Relative validation of an artificial intelligence enhanced, image assisted mobile application”"
Moyen A, Hart M, Tessier A-J, Miliku K
The association between preschool dietary patterns and mental health outcomes over two years
Campisi SC, Chen ZH, Simons E, Mandhane P, Moraes TJ, Turvey SE, Subbarao P, Miliku K, Korczak DJ
Unpacking the Impact of Ultra-Processed Food on Youth Cardiovascular Health: A Multi-Omic, Translational Approach
Principal investigators: Miliku, Kozeta; Beaudry, Jacqueline; Brinkman, Fiona S; L'Abbe, Mary R; Raffoul, Amanda
Keywords: Adolescence; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Food Additives; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Multi-Omics; Ultra-Processed Foods
Reducing ultra-processed food consumption among children in underserved communities: advancing measurement and evaluating equitable school-based interventions
Principal investigators: Maximova, Katerina; Flynn, Jenn; Dabravolskaj, Julia; Tugault-Lafleur, Claire; Veugelers, Paul J
Keywords: Child Nutrition; Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial; School Food Programs; School-Aged Children; School-Based Interventions; Ultra-Processed Foods; Underserved School Communities
Leveraging Interpretable Machine Learning Approaches to Improve the Health of Children with Multimorbidity.
Principal investigators: Lu, Zihang; Miliku, Kozeta
Keywords: Birth Cohorts; Child Multimorbidity; Developmental And Social Factors; Exposome And Environmental Determinants; Human Development, Child And Youth Health; Longitudinal Development; Population And Health; Statistical And Machine Learning
Let's be precise: harnessing the diversity of the child study to improve asthma outcomes for all
Principal investigators: Subbarao, Padmaja; Azad, Meghan; Gadermann, Anne M; Lu, Zihang; Turvey, Stuart E
Keywords: Childhood Asthma; Infection; Microbiome; Social Determinants Of Asthma; Youth Engagement
Let's Be Precise: Harnessing the diversity of the CHILD study to improve asthma outcomes for all.
Principal investigators: Subbarao, Padmaja; Azad, Meghan; Gadermann, Anne M; Miliku, Kozeta; Turvey, Stuart E
Keywords: Childhood Asthma; Infection; Patient Engagement; Puberty; Social Determinants
Addressing a Global Public Health Concern: Investigating the Impact of Ultra-Processed Food on the Development of Multimorbidity during Adolescence
Principal investigators: Miliku, Kozeta
Keywords: Adolescence; Diet Trajectories; Gut Microbiota; Multimorbidity; Ultra-Processed Food
Early childhood diet, cardiometabolic health, and puberty development
Principal investigators: Chen, Zheng Hao
Keywords: Blood Pressure; Cardiometabolic Disease; Childhood Diet; Dietary Patterns; Obesity; Ultra-Processed Foods
Disentangling the prenatal role of fathers in the developmental origins of offspring's cardiometabolic disease
Principal investigators: Rossi, Antonio
Keywords: Cardiometabolic Disease; Father Role; Hypertension; Obesity
Determining the Role of Fathers in the Developmental Origins of Cardiovascular Health
Principal investigators: Miliku, Kozeta
Keywords: Blood Pressure Trajectories; Bmi; Cardiovascular Health; Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease (Dohad); Growth Trajectories; Lipids Profile; Metabolomics; Obesity; Paternal Origins Of Cardiovascular Health; Pediatrics
Understanding the Common CHILDhood Inflammatory Origins of Asthma and Atherosclerosis
Principal investigators: Subbarao, Padmaja
Keywords: Asthma; Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors; Cohort Study; Developmental Origins; Immune Responses; Inflammation; Lung Function; Puberty
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