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Andraea Van Hulst

ResearcherSchool of NursingMcGill University

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Andraea Van Hulst

Researcher

School of Nursing

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
29 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Early Childhood Ethnic Minorities Health Equity Immigration Maternal Health Participatory Research Perinatal Health Primary Health Care

Latest papers

Neighborhood Environments and Changes in Obesity and in Lifestyle Behaviors Among Children Enrolled in Obesity Management Interventions: A Systematic Review
Obesity Reviews · 2026 · senior author
Residential Neighbourhood Environments and Health Behaviours Among Children and Adolescents Initiating Obesity Management Care: Secondary Analyses of Data From the CANadian Paediatric Weight Management Registry (CANPWR)
Pediatric obesity · 2026 · senior author
Experiences and Preparedness of Nursing Students and Recent Nurse Graduates Delivering Cardiovascular Health Promotion for People Living With Intellectual Disabilities.
Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2026 · first author

All 54 publications

Latest funding

Using an intersectionality approach to explore breastfeeding determinants and inequities in Canadian breastfeeding rates: Secondary analysis of the 2024 Parental Experience Survey
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Co-developing and assessing a primary care intervention to promote physical activity in children living with obesity
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000
Co-design and evaluation of a patient navigator intervention for migrant Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs experiencing care transitions
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$960,000

All 7 grants and awards

54 publications.

Neighborhood Environments and Changes in Obesity and in Lifestyle Behaviors Among Children Enrolled in Obesity Management Interventions: A Systematic Review

Tang Y, Tock L, Calleja S, Semenic S, Baillot A, Riva M, Morrison KM, Van Hulst A

Obesity Reviews20263 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1111/obr.70032

Residential Neighbourhood Environments and Health Behaviours Among Children and Adolescents Initiating Obesity Management Care: Secondary Analyses of Data From the CANadian Paediatric Weight Management Registry (CANPWR)

Tang Y, Semenic S, Baillot A, Riva M, Ball GDC, Hadjiyannakis S, Hamilton J, Ho J, Legault L, Zenlea I

Pediatric obesity2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.70087

Experiences and Preparedness of Nursing Students and Recent Nurse Graduates Delivering Cardiovascular Health Promotion for People Living With Intellectual Disabilities.

Van Hulst A, Ponce-Alcala RE, Cuerrier A, Pelaez S, Delmas T, Sanzone L

Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/jar.70235 PMID: 42051053

Neighbourhood environment and cardiorespiratory fitness in youth: A cross-sectional random forest analysis.

Salimi D, Schuster T, de Fátima Guimarães R, Van Hulst A, Henderson M, Mathieu ME, Després JP, Barnett TA

Environmental research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2026.125648 PMID: 42753892

Socio-Environmental Typologies and Incidence of Dental Caries from Childhood to Adolescence among Youth in Montreal: The QUALITY Cohort.

Ying Y, Nicolau B, Van Hulst A, Henderson M, Madathil SA, Barnett TA

Caries research2026

DOI: 10.1159/000546747 PMID: 40489962

Gender-related perceptions among healthcare providers and mothers in a pregnancy and early childhood obesity prevention intervention in Shanghai, China.

Christianson K, Jiang H, Zeng F, Yin A, Li X, Fan J, Baillargeon JP, Mâsse LC, González OD, Abdelouahab N, Fraser W, Huang H, Herba CM, Van Hulst A

International journal for equity in health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-026-02878-z PMID: 42192446

Overweight and obesity in early childhood and obesity at 10 years of age: a comparison of World Health Organization definitions.

Van Hulst A, Zheng S, Argiropoulos N, Ybarra M, Ball GDC, Kakinami L

European journal of pediatrics2025First author

DOI: 10.1007/s00431-025-06098-5 PMID: 40140102

Development and Application of Children's Sex- and Age-Specific Fat-Mass and Muscle-Mass Reference Curves From Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Data for Predicting Cardiometabolic Risk.

Saputra ST, Van Hulst A, Henderson M, Brugiapaglia S, Faustini C, Kakinami L

Pediatric obesity2025

DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.70051 PMID: 40878792

A stepwise approach to designing and delivering the SCHeLTI trial community-family-mother-child obesity prevention intervention.

De-Jongh González O, Fan J, Marc I, Jiang H, Van Hulst A, Tugault-Lafleur CN, Wu Y, Hao Y, Wang L, Hu X, Wang C, Sun W, Semenic S, Yu Y, Chen L, Wu W, Zhou Y, Li T, Fang W, Liu Y, Zhang R, Zhu Q, Peng A, Dubois L, Chen Z, Tayier R, Xu J, Liu H, Luo ZC, Vaillancourt C, Landry M, Allard C, Zhan J, Ouyang F, Abdelouahab N, Bouchard L, Baillargeon JP, Fraser WD, Huang H, Mâsse LC

MethodsX2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2025.103493 PMID: 40687358

Associations between clusters of maternal or paternal characteristics and offspring adiposity in late adolescence.

Ybarra M, Van Hulst A, Barnett TA, Meng L, Zaihra T, Mathieu ME, Henderson M

BMC pediatrics2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-05787-2 PMID: 40618030

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Andraea Van Hulst

Research

Latest papers

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Neighborhood Environments and Changes in Obesity and in Lifestyle Behaviors Among Children Enrolled in Obesity Management Interventions: A Systematic Review

Residential Neighbourhood Environments and Health Behaviours Among Children and Adolescents Initiating Obesity Management Care: Secondary Analyses of Data From the CANadian Paediatric Weight Management Registry (CANPWR)

Experiences and Preparedness of Nursing Students and Recent Nurse Graduates Delivering Cardiovascular Health Promotion for People Living With Intellectual Disabilities.

Neighbourhood environment and cardiorespiratory fitness in youth: A cross-sectional random forest analysis.

Socio-Environmental Typologies and Incidence of Dental Caries from Childhood to Adolescence among Youth in Montreal: The QUALITY Cohort.

Gender-related perceptions among healthcare providers and mothers in a pregnancy and early childhood obesity prevention intervention in Shanghai, China.

Overweight and obesity in early childhood and obesity at 10&#xa0;years of age: a comparison of World Health Organization definitions.

Development and Application of Children's Sex- and Age-Specific Fat-Mass and Muscle-Mass Reference Curves From Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Data for Predicting Cardiometabolic Risk.

A stepwise approach to designing and delivering the SCHeLTI trial community-family-mother-child obesity prevention intervention.

Associations between clusters of maternal or paternal characteristics and offspring adiposity in late adolescence.

Using an intersectionality approach to explore breastfeeding determinants and inequities in Canadian breastfeeding rates: Secondary analysis of the 2024 Parental Experience Survey

Co-developing and assessing a primary care intervention to promote physical activity in children living with obesity

Co-design and evaluation of a patient navigator intervention for migrant Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs experiencing care transitions

Developing a research agenda for social perinatal care and maternal and early childhood health at La Maison Bleue

Co-constructing and evaluating a precision health strategy to promote physical activity in primary care: a multi-stakeholder plan

Personal Social Networks, Built Environment and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: a Prospective Investigation with Young Adults

Neighbourhood environments and weight management outcomes in the Canadian Pediatric Weight Management Registry (CANPWR)

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Lisa Kakinami

Vicky Drapeau

Gilles Paradis

Andrea Benedetti

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Andrea Benedetti

Marie-Eve Mathieu

Yan Kestens

Yan Kestens

Katerina Maximova

Jennifer O'Loughlin

Lise Gauvin

Katherine Morrison

Belinda Nicolau

Lise Gauvin

Marie-Pierre Sylvestre

Melanie Henderson

Marie-Soleil Cloutier

Jean-Patrice Baillargeon

Melanie Henderson

Belinda Nicolau

Josephine Ho

Olivier Drouin

Matthias Friedrich

Patricia Li

Olivier Drouin

Lise Dubois

Laurent Legault

Jill Hamilton

Overweight and obesity in early childhood and obesity at 10 years of age: a comparison of World Health Organization definitions.