Ana Deaconu, Université de Montréal

Research

Latest papers

Measurement of diet quality among First Nations peoples in Canada and associations with health: a scoping review.
Nutrition reviews · 2024
Promoting traditional foods for human and environmental health: lessons from agroecology and Indigenous communities in Ecuador.
BMC nutrition · 2021 · first author
The Agroecological Farmer's Pathways from Agriculture to Nutrition: A Practice-Based Case from Ecuador's Highlands.
Ecology of food and nutrition · 2019 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Bringing nutrition to life among vulnerable populations: experiences from Latin America and Canada
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$6,000

All 1 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Measurement of diet quality among First Nations peoples in Canada and associations with health: a scoping review.

Sebai I, Deaconu A, Mobetty F, Nardocci M, Ing A, Batal M

Nutrition reviews2024

DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuad073 PMID: 37421656

02

Promoting traditional foods for human and environmental health: lessons from agroecology and Indigenous communities in Ecuador.

Deaconu A, Ekomer, Mercille G, Batal M

BMC nutrition2021First author

DOI: 10.1186/s40795-020-00395-y PMID: 33413686

03

The Agroecological Farmer's Pathways from Agriculture to Nutrition: A Practice-Based Case from Ecuador's Highlands.

Deaconu A, Mercille G, Batal M

Ecology of food and nutrition2019First author

DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2019.1570179 PMID: 30691294

Bringing nutrition to life among vulnerable populations: experiences from Latin America and Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2023CIHR Café Scientifique Program - Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes

Principal investigators: Batal, Malek; Deaconu, Ana L

Keywords: Canada; Diet-Related Chronic Disease; Ecuador; Farming Communities; Healthy Diets; Indigenous People; Nutrition; Participatory Action Research; Popular Education

$6,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Malek Batal

Nutrition

2 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Canada Dear Professor Deaconu, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Measurement of diet quality among First Nations peoples in Canada and associations with health: a scoping review." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Bringing nutrition to life among vulnerable populations: experiences from Latin America and Canada" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]