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Jasna Twynstra

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Associate Professor & Graduate ChairBrescia School of Food and Nutritional SciencesWestern University

Jasna Twynstra

Associate Professor & Graduate Chair

Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Cannabis Use and Diet Quality Among University Students: The Role of Meal Skipping and Health Behaviours.
Nutrients · 2026
Exploring the Effects of Dietary, Exercise, and Combined Lifestyle Interventions in the Prevention and Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
Dietary Patterns and Brain Health in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Narrative Review.
Nutrients · 2025

All 14 publications

14 publications.

Cannabis Use and Diet Quality Among University Students: The Role of Meal Skipping and Health Behaviours.

Alfares R, Twynstra J, Gilliland JA, Seabrook JA

Nutrients2026

DOI: 10.3390/nu18132210 PMID: 42451210

Exploring the Effects of Dietary, Exercise, and Combined Lifestyle Interventions in the Prevention and Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review.

Altahan L, Twynstra J, Seabrook JA, Mottola MF

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2026

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare14091149 PMID: 42121592

Dietary Patterns and Brain Health in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Narrative Review.

Seabrook JA, Avan A, O'Connor C, Prapavessis H, Nagamatsu L, Twynstra J, Stranges S, MacDougall A, Hachinski V

Nutrients2025

DOI: 10.3390/nu17091436 PMID: 40362745

Canadian Midwives' Experiences with Nutrition in Their Training and Practice: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Butler J, Sawaya Y, Seabrook JA, Madill J, Twynstra J

Journal of midwifery & women's health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.13665 PMID: 39104149

Correlates of self-harm in university students: A cross-sectional study.

Griffin K, Twynstra J, Gilliland JA, Seabrook JA

Journal of American college health : J of ACH2023

DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1909049 PMID: 34242122

Correlates of Lifetime and Past Month Vape Use in a Sample of Canadian University Students.

Seabrook JA, Twynstra J, Gilliland JA

Substance abuse : research and treatment2021

DOI: 10.1177/11782218211052059 PMID: 34720584

Prevalence of Low Birth Weight, Premature Birth, and Stillbirth Among Pregnant Adolescents in Canada: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

DeMarco N, Twynstra J, Ospina MB, Darrington M, Whippey C, Seabrook JA

Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2021.03.003 PMID: 33727190

Antenatal depression and offspring health outcomes.

Smith A, Twynstra J, Seabrook JA

Obstetric medicine2020

DOI: 10.1177/1753495x19843015 PMID: 32714436

Risk Factors and Birth Outcomes Associated with Teenage Pregnancy: A Canadian Sample.

Wong SPW, Twynstra J, Gilliland JA, Cook JL, Seabrook JA

Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2019.10.006 PMID: 31634579

The contribution of muscarinic-receptor-mediated responses to epineurial vascular diameter at the sciatic nerve.

Killey C, Cleary S, Orr J, Frisbee JC, Jackson D, Twynstra J

Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2018-0166 PMID: 29883548

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Jasna Twynstra

Research

Latest papers

Cannabis Use and Diet Quality Among University Students: The Role of Meal Skipping and Health Behaviours.

Exploring the Effects of Dietary, Exercise, and Combined Lifestyle Interventions in the Prevention and Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review.

Dietary Patterns and Brain Health in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Narrative Review.

Canadian Midwives' Experiences with Nutrition in Their Training and Practice: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Correlates of self-harm in university students: A cross-sectional study.

Correlates of Lifetime and Past Month Vape Use in a Sample of Canadian University Students.

Prevalence of Low Birth Weight, Premature Birth, and Stillbirth Among Pregnant Adolescents in Canada: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Antenatal depression and offspring health outcomes.

Risk Factors and Birth Outcomes Associated with Teenage Pregnancy: A Canadian Sample.

The contribution of muscarinic-receptor-mediated responses to epineurial vascular diameter at the sciatic nerve.

Frequent collaborators

Arlene Macdougall

Saverio Stranges

Lindsay Nagamatsu

Janet Madill

Colleen O'Connor