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Monique Potvin Kent

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Assistant ProfessorSchool of Epidemiology and Public HealthUniversity of Ottawa

Monique Potvin Kent

Assistant Professor

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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44 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 20 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 5 trainee awards (5 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

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Youth Policy Adolescents Children Food Marketing Digital Food Applications Marketing

Latest papers

Food-related sponsorship of children's sports clubs in two Canadian policy environments: a survey of sports club representatives.
Health promotion international · 2026 · senior author
Examining public support for food marketing policy among adults in Canada.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2026 · senior author
Examining Canadian youth's engagement with food companies via digital media.
PLOS digital health · 2025 · senior author

All 68 publications

Latest funding

Navigating protein misinformation: how nutrition misinformation shapes everyday eating in Canada
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$89,970
Digital Exposure to Unhealthy Food Marketing among Children in Canada and the United States: A Binational Mixed-Methods Study Assessing Health Impacts and Equity
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Digital Diets: The Impact of Restaurant and Food Delivery Service Apps on Young Canadians
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$378,676

All 12 grants and awards

68 publications.

Food-related sponsorship of children's sports clubs in two Canadian policy environments: a survey of sports club representatives.

Pauzé E, Bagnato M, Mah CL, Taljaard M, Soto Fajardo C, Pritchard M, Potvin Kent M

Health promotion international2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daag121 PMID: 42703721

Examining public support for food marketing policy among adults in Canada.

Vergeer L, Pritchard M, Vanderlee L, White C, Hammond D, Potvin Kent M

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2026-0127 PMID: 42190280

Examining Canadian youth's engagement with food companies via digital media.

Vergeer L, Pritchard M, Soto C, Pauzé E, Amson A, Olstad DL, Potvin Kent M

PLOS digital health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0001167 PMID: 41468457

#notforkids: alcohol, vaping, and cannabis marketing by social media influencers popular with children and adolescents on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok and policy implications.

Potvin Kent M, Bagnato M, Pritchard M, Amson A, Remedios L, Sabir S, Gillis G, Pauzé E, Vergeer L, Vanderlee L, White CM, Hammond D

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-025-01799-7 PMID: 41327414

The association between exposure to food marketing and dietary intake among youth in six countries.

Vergeer L, Gillis G, Rynard VL, Vanderlee L, White CM, Nieto C, Hammond D, Potvin Kent M

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12966-025-01828-2 PMID: 41121155

Restaurant marketing to kids in Canada: associations with restaurant consumption and appealing restaurant advertisement features in a nationally representative sample of Canadian young people aged 9-17 years.

Minaker L, Olstad DL, Pauzé E, Potvin Kent M

Public health nutrition2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s1368980025101262 PMID: 41084742

The Effectiveness of Partnerships With Commercial Actors to Improve Food Environments: A Systematic Review.

Blanchard L, Bridge G, Bidonde J, Egan M, Rutter H, Petticrew M, Lucas PJ, Potvin Kent M, Bennet C, Ray S, Law C, Knai C

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2025

DOI: 10.1111/obr.13952 PMID: 40582961

Examining Differences in Children's Reported Exposure to Food Advertising in Amateur Sports Settings in Canada's 2 Policy Environments: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Pauzé E, Mah CL, Taljaard M, Potvin Kent M

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2025.06.029 PMID: 40562173

Child and non-child-targeted food and beverage advertisements on child television in two policy environments in Canada.

Guimaraes JS, Pritchard M, Gillis G, Bagnato M, Remedios L, Sabir S, Vanderlee L, Ramsay T, Elliott C, Potvin Kent M

Appetite2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108186 PMID: 40516612

The power of product: how food advertising affects children's perceptions of child and non-child targeted food advertising?

Soares Guimaraes J, Pritchard M, Sabir S, Vanderlee L, Ramsay T, Elliott C, Potvin Kent M

BMC public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-24281-z PMID: 41029642

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Monique Potvin Kent

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Food-related sponsorship of children's sports clubs in two Canadian policy environments: a survey of sports club representatives.

Examining public support for food marketing policy among adults in Canada.

Examining Canadian youth's engagement with food companies via digital media.

#notforkids: alcohol, vaping, and cannabis marketing by social media influencers popular with children and adolescents on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok and policy implications.

The association between exposure to food marketing and dietary intake among youth in six countries.

Restaurant marketing to kids in Canada: associations with restaurant consumption and appealing restaurant advertisement features in a nationally representative sample of Canadian young people aged 9-17 years.

The Effectiveness of Partnerships With Commercial Actors to Improve Food Environments: A Systematic Review.

Examining Differences in Children's Reported Exposure to Food Advertising in Amateur Sports Settings in Canada's 2 Policy Environments: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Child and non-child-targeted food and beverage advertisements on child television in two policy environments in Canada.

The power of product: how food advertising affects children's perceptions of child and non-child targeted food advertising?

Navigating protein misinformation: how nutrition misinformation shapes everyday eating in Canada

Digital Exposure to Unhealthy Food Marketing among Children in Canada and the United States: A Binational Mixed-Methods Study Assessing Health Impacts and Equity

Digital Diets: The Impact of Restaurant and Food Delivery Service Apps on Young Canadians

#Harmfulproductmarketing: The Digital Marketing of Unhealthy Food, Alcohol, Gambling, Vape and Cannabis Products to Youth, the Impact of Policy Environment and Key Policy Solutions

The Digital Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Beverages to Children and Youth: Examining Gendered Differences in Exposure and Impact

Folate and vitamin B12 and global health - evaluation of policies informed by integrated assessment of health effects

Unhealthy food and beverage sponsorship of children's sports clubs in two policy environments

The physiological and behavioural effects of fodd marketing in children and adults.

The food and beverage industry's sponsorship of junior sports clubs in Canada: its extent, nature and potential effect on child and adolescent health

The food and beverage industry's sponsorship of junior sports clubs in Canada: its extent, nature and potential effect on child and adolescent health

Frequent collaborators

Lana Vanderlee

David Hammond

Lise Dubois

Vivian Welch

Timothy Ramsay

Charlene Elliott

Leia Minaker

Monica Taljaard

Rachel Prowse

Sara Kirk

Julian Little