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Kathryn Walton

ResearcherUniversity of Guelph

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Kathryn Walton

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Dental Caries Dental Health Family Cohort Study Nutrigenomics Oral Health Personalized Health Precision Nutrition Randomized Control Trial

Latest papers

Caregiver feeding practices, dietary intake and weight status of very low birthweight infants compared to term-born peers at school-entry.
Appetite · 2026 · first author
Impact of a home-based obesity prevention intervention on children's eating behaviours: Findings from the Guelph Family Health Study randomised controlled trial
Appetite · 2026
Vitamin B12 concentrations vary greatly in milk donated to a large provincial milk bank, and are influenced by supplementation and parity.
Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2025

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Added sugar, dental health, & family-based precision nutrition: The Precision Dentrition Trial
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Shared Lives, Shared Welfare: The Family Dog's Role in Family Wellbeing and Functioning
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$54,820
Towards the development of dyadic feeding quality monitor
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$124,953

All 4 grants and awards

15 publications.

Caregiver feeding practices, dietary intake and weight status of very low birthweight infants compared to term-born peers at school-entry.

Walton K, Hopperton KE, Lambis A, Law N, Vaz S, Kiss A, Unger SL, O'Connor DL

Appetite2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108338 PMID: 41072552

Impact of a home-based obesity prevention intervention on children's eating behaviours: Findings from the Guelph Family Health Study randomised controlled trial

Jacob R, Walton K, Buchholz AC, Darlington G, Duncan AM, W.L. D, Haines J, Study GFH

Appetite2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2026.108609

Vitamin B12 concentrations vary greatly in milk donated to a large provincial milk bank, and are influenced by supplementation and parity.

Greco A, Baxter JB, Walton K, Aufreiter S, Pitino MA, Jenkins C, Ismail S, Kiss A, Stone D, Unger SL, O'Connor DL

Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2024.11.027 PMID: 39608084

Is Maternal Body Weight or Composition Associated with Onset of Lactogenesis II, Human Milk Production, or Infant Consumption of Mother's Own Milk? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Montana AV, Mildon A, Daniel AI, Pitino MA, Baxter JB, Beggs MR, Unger SL, O'Connor DL, Walton K

Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.advnut.2024.100228 PMID: 38609047

Fathers' use of social media for social comparison is associated with their food parenting practices.

Saher A, Tang L, Douglas S, Jacob R, Walton K, Sadowski A, Ma DWL, Haines J, Guelph Family Health Study

Appetite2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107201 PMID: 38191076

Household Food Waste Intervention Is Feasible, Acceptable, and Effective.

Laila A, Gallant M, Bain M, Alexander C, Reis L, Welboren A, von Massow M, Parizeau K, Walton K, Ma DWL, Haines J

Journal of nutrition education and behavior2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2023.11.004 PMID: 38325952

Associations between feeding coparenting and food parenting practices: An observational study.

Douglas S, Walton K, Schoppe-Sullivan S, Tam S, Haines J

Appetite2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.107088 PMID: 37858762

Putting family into family-based obesity prevention: enhancing participant engagement through a novel integrated knowledge translation strategy.

Walton K, Ambrose T, Annis A, Ma DW, Haines J, Guelph Family Health Study Family Advisory Council; on behalf of the Guelph Family Health Study

BMC medical research methodology2018First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12874-018-0588-5 PMID: 30409164

Exploring the Role of Family Functioning in the Association Between Frequency of Family Dinners and Dietary Intake Among Adolescents and Young Adults.

Walton K, Horton NJ, Rifas-Shiman SL, Field AE, Austin SB, Haycraft E, Breen A, Haines J

JAMA network open2018First author

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5217 PMID: 30646382

Guelph Family Health Study: pilot study of a home-based obesity prevention intervention

Haines J, Douglas S, Mirotta JA, O’Kane C, Breau R, Walton K, Krystia O, Chamoun E, Annis A, Darlington GA

Canadian Journal of Public Health201862 citations

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-018-0072-3

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Kathryn Walton

Research

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Caregiver feeding practices, dietary intake and weight status of very low birthweight infants compared to term-born peers at school-entry.

Impact of a home-based obesity prevention intervention on children's eating behaviours: Findings from the Guelph Family Health Study randomised controlled trial

Vitamin B12 concentrations vary greatly in milk donated to a large provincial milk bank, and are influenced by supplementation and parity.

Is Maternal Body Weight or Composition Associated with Onset of Lactogenesis II, Human Milk Production, or Infant Consumption of Mother's Own Milk? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Fathers' use of social media for social comparison is associated with their food parenting practices.

Household Food Waste Intervention Is Feasible, Acceptable, and Effective.

Associations between feeding coparenting and food parenting practices: An observational study.

Putting family into family-based obesity prevention: enhancing participant engagement through a novel integrated knowledge translation strategy.

Exploring the Role of Family Functioning in the Association Between Frequency of Family Dinners and Dietary Intake Among Adolescents and Young Adults.

Guelph Family Health Study: pilot study of a home-based obesity prevention intervention

Added sugar, dental health, & family-based precision nutrition: The Precision Dentrition Trial

Shared Lives, Shared Welfare: The Family Dog's Role in Family Wellbeing and Functioning

Towards the development of dyadic feeding quality monitor

Supper Heroes: Testing the impact of a family-based intervention to promote healthy and environmentally sustainable eating

Frequent collaborators

Jess Haines

Andrea Buchholz

Emma Allen-Vercoe

Paula Brauer

Kate Parizeau