Supportive nutrition environments are essential for promoting healthy eating habits and overall well-being. They consist of both physical (e.g., access to healthy food) and social (e.g. caregivers’ feeding practices) components.
Identifying research gaps in the early childhood food environment: A scoping review of nutritional guidelines for Early Learning and Child Care Centres in Canada.
Menu planning and feeding practices of childcare providers in the Ottawa region: A mixed method study
Partners: Ottawa Public Health, L’Association Québécoise des Centres de Petites Enfance (AQCPE)
Food parenting practices among school-aged children (the Health and Behaviours in Teens Study Cohort, HABITS)
Bossé A, Haines J, Duncan AM, Ma DWL, Tugault-Lafleur CN. (2024) How do meals and snacks consumed in childcare contribute to children’s diets? Canadian Journal of Dietetics Practice & Research. In press (accepted January 24th 2025).
Tugault-Lafleur CN, Naylor PJ, Faulkner G, Lau E, Temple VA, Carson VL, Wolfenden L, Mâsse LC. (2023) Factors associated with physical activity policy and practice implementation in British Columbia’s childcare settings: A longitudinal study. BMC Pub Health 23, 1651. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16502-0
Tugault-Lafleur CN, Naylor P, Faulkner G, Lau E, Temple VA, Carson VL, McKay H, Wolfenden L, Mâsse, LC. (2022) Does an Active Play Standard change childcare physical activity and nutrition policies? A natural policy experiment. BMC Public Health. 22; 687. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13079-y
De-Jongh González O, Marshall-Beaucoup S., Tugault-Lafleur CN, Mâsse LC. Adolescents’ mental health indicators are associated with food parenting practices among British Columbian families. Appetite. In press (Accepted October 16th, 2024.)
De-Jongh González O, Tugault-Lafleur CN, Mâsse LC. (2024) Obesity-related parenting practices, styles and family functioning: A natural experiment with pandemic and non-pandemic data. J Family Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2024-59431-001.html
De-Jongh González O, Hutchison SM*, Tugault-Lafleur CN, O’Connor TM, Hughes SO, Oberlander TF, Mâsse LC. (2023) Physical Activity Parenting Practices and Child Outcomes: A Latent Class Analysis Approach. Childhood Obesity. May 31. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2022.0226
Deslippes AL, Tugault-Lafleur CN, McGaughey T, Naylor PJ, Le Mare L, Mâsse LC. (2021) Gender plays a role in adolescents’ dietary behaviors as they transition to secondary school. Appetite, 167, 105642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105642
De-Jongh González O, Tugault-Lafleur CN, O’Connor TM, Hughes SO, Mâsse LC. (2021) Are fathers’ and mothers’ food parenting practices differentially associated with children’s eating behaviors? Appetite 166; 105434. https://10.1016/j.appet.2021.105434
Tugault-Lafleur CN, De-Jongh González O, O’Connor TM, Hughes SO, Mâsse LC. (2021) Identifying and predicting food parenting practice profiles among Canadian parents. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01119-6
Mâsse LC, O’Connor T, Lin Y, Hughes S, Tugault-Lafleur CN, Baranowski T, Beauchamp M. (2020) Calibration of the Food Parenting Practice Item Bank: Tools for improving the measurement of food parenting practices of 5-12-year-old children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(140). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-020-01049-9