Dr. David W.L. Ma

BSc - University of Alberta
PhD - University of Alberta
Postdoctoral - University of Alberta
Postdoctoral - Texas A&M University

 

Omega-3.  The focus of my research is to better understand how dietary fats influence health and disease throughout life with an emphasis on the prevention of chronic disease. Currently, a major area of study in my laboratory is the role of omega-3 fatty acids in breast cancer prevention.  We have shown that lifelong exposure to omega-3 fatty acids reduces mammary tumour development, which is mediated through changes in mammary gland development.  These findings provide evidence that omega-3 fatty acids are important components of the diet and play an important role in disease prevention.

Omega-6, trans, CLA, SAFA & MUFA.  I am also interested in the role of other bioactive fatty acids including omega-6 fatty acids, trans, conjugated linoleic acids, saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids in human health.  Other areas of research include brain health and Alzheimer's disease, bone development, fatty liver disease and nutrigenomics.

Guelph Family Health Study.  In addition, as the Director of the Guelph Family Health Study (https://guelphfamilyhealthstudy.com), I lead a multidisciplinary team investigating determinants of health and interventions for the prevention of childhood obesity 

Training. As the lead applicant, I support a national network focused on Implementation Science training in Healthy Cities. Increasing urbanization creates opportunities and wicked challenges that require multidisciplinary and multisectoral approaches and interventions.  Training the next generation of leaders in implementation science will provide trainees the necessary skills and perspectives to tackle the problems of today and the future.  

Service.  In addition to my research responsibilities I serve on several committees and former President of the Canadian Nutrition Society.  I have served on CIHR and Cancer Research Society grant review panels, provided consultation for the food/fats & oils industry, and scientific leadership in the development of an unsaturated fat and cholesterol reduction health claim in Canada.

Operating Grants.
My lab is supported through research grants from CIHR (2021-2026), NSERC (2022-2027) and Heart and Stroke (2022-2024) 

Major infrastructure.
1. Fatty acid research.  CFI and NSERC supported gas chromatographs equipped with FID detectors for fatty acid analyses.  Three instruments are setup for routine fatty acid and cis/trans isomer separation. 

2. Family health research.  CFI supported BodPods and accelerometers for measuring body composition and physical activity/sleep.

3. Basic research.  NSERC supported flow cytometer with cell sorting capability.

Selected Publications & Research Areas

Guelph Family Health Study - Family and Child Health.  Haines J, et al.  Guelph Family Health Study:  Pilot Study of a Home-Based Obesity Prevention Intervention.  Can. J. Public Health. 2018 Aug;109(4):549-560. PMID: 29981086

Fatty acids in humans - Omega-3s, Omega-6's, MUFA, SAFA, trans, & CLA.  Abdelmagid SA et al.  Comprehensive Profiling of Plasma Fatty Acid Concentrations in Young Healthy Canadian Adults.  PLoS One.  2015 Feb 12; 10(2):e0116195. PMID: 25675440

Omega-3's and Cancer.   Liu J, et al.  Marine Fish Oil is More Potent than Plant-Based n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Prevention of Mammary Tumors.  J. Nutr. Biochem. 2017 Dec 27 ;55:41-52. PMID: 29413488

Omega-3's and Nutrigenomics.  Abdelmagid SA, et al.  Ethnicity, Sex, FADS Genetic Variation, and Hormonal Contraceptive use Influence delta-5- and delta-6-desaturase Indices and Plasma Docosahexaenoic Acid Concentration in Young Canadian Adults:  A Cross-Sectional study.  Nutr. Metab. (Lond). 2015 Apr 21; 12:14. PMID: 25914723

Omega-3's and NASH.  Arendt BM et al.  Altered Hepatic Gene Expression in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease is Associated with Lower Hepatic n-3 and n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids.  Hepatology.  2015 May; 61(5):1565-78. PMID: 25581263

Omega-3's and Brain. Lecques JD et al. N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Ameliorate Neurobehavioral Outcomes Post-Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Fat-1 Mouse Model. Nutrients. 2021 Nov 15;13(11):4092. PMID: 34836347

Omega-3's and Bone. Lau BY et al.  Investigating the Role of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Bone Development Using Animal Models.  Molecules.  2013 Nov 15; 18(11):14203-27. PMID: 24248147

 

2024 Publications

Saher A, Tang L, Douglas S, Jacob R, Walton K, Sadowski A, Ma DWL, Haines J; Guelph Family Health Study. Fathers' use of social media for social comparison is associated with their food parenting practices. Appetite. 2024 Mar 1;194:107201. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107201. Epub 2024 Jan 6. PMID: 38191076. 

Ashraf R, Duncan AM, Darlington G, Buchholz AC, Haines J, Ma DWL; Guelph Family Health Study. The degree of food processing contributes to sugar intakes in families with preschool-aged children. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2024 Feb;59:37-47. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.11.010. Epub 2023 Nov 24. PMID: 38220399.

Sahye-Pudaruth S Sahye, Ma DWL, Prashad M, Haines J, The GFHS. Early life involvement in food skills is associated with children's cooking skills: A longitudinal analysis. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024 Jan 15. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0497. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38224581. 
 

2023 Publications

Burron S, Richards T, McCorkell TC, Trevizan L, Puttick D, Ma DWL, Pearson W, Shoveller AK. Effects of dietary camelina, flaxseed, and canola oil supplementation on plasma fatty acid concentrations and health parameters in horses. Animal. 2023 Dec;17(12):101034. doi: 10.1016/j.animal.2023.101034. Epub 2023 Nov 17. PMID: 38070473.

Jessica Yu, Rahbika Ashraf, Anisha Mahajan, Jaimie L. Hogan, Gerarda Darlington, Andrea C. Buchholz, Alison M. Duncan, Jess Haines, David W.L. Ma, on behalf of the Guelph Family Health Study. Dietary Sugar Research in Preschoolers: Methodological, Genetic, and Cardiometabolic Considerations. Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2023, 24(9), 259.  https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2409259.

Acosta PFC, Landon OA, Ribau ZJ, Haines J, Ma DWL, Duncan AM, On Behalf Of The Guelph Family Health Study. Plant-Based Dietary Indices in Relation to Nutrient and Food Group Intakes in Preschool-Aged Children. Nutrients. 2023 Oct 31;15(21):4617. doi: 10.3390/nu15214617. PMID: 37960273.

Richards T, Burron S, McCorkell TC, Trevizan L, Patterson K, Minikhiem D, Ma DWL, Pearson W, Shoveller AK. Effects of dietary camelina, flaxseed, and canola oil supplementation on transepidermal water loss, skin and coat health parameters, and plasma prostaglandin E2, glycosaminoglycan, and nitric oxide concentrations in healthy adult horses. J Anim Sci. 2023 Nov 4:skad373. doi: 10.1093/jas/skad373. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37935917.

Mahajan A, Haines J, Yu J, Darlington G, Buchholz AC, Duncan AM, Ma DWL, On Behalf Of The Guelph Family Health Study. Sugar Intake among Preschool-Aged Children in the Guelph Family Health Study: Associations with Sociodemographic Characteristics. Children (Basel). 2023 Aug 27;10(9):1459. doi: 10.3390/children10091459. PMID: 37761420.

Ramuscak AV, Duncan AM, Ma DWL, Haines J; Guelph Family Health Study. Parents' knowledge of the 2019 Canada's Food Guide recommendations. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2023 Dec 1;48(12):1015-1018. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0159. Epub 2023 Sep 15. PMID: 37712552

Burns JL, Bhattacharjee A, Darlington G, Haines J, Ma DWL, The Guelph Family Health Study. Parental Cooking Confidence is Associated with Children's Intake of Fish and Seafood. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2023 Jul 5:1-4. doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2023-012. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37403973. 

Hatherell J, Abdelmagid SA, Ma DWL, El-Sohemy A, Mutch DM. Dietary and plasma retinoids are not associated with fatty acid desaturase indices in healthy young adults. Lipids. 2023 Jun 13. doi: 10.1002/lipd.12376. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37309710.

Clermont-Dejean NM, Schwenger KJP, Arca C, Somlaw N, Alhanaee A, Hortencio TDR, Jin J, Jung H, Lou W, Ma D, Allard JP. Comparing mixed oil to soybean oil lipid emulsion in patients on home parenteral nutrition: a pilot prospective double-blind, crossover, randomized trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2023 Apr 20;9(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s40814-023-01295-1. PMID: 37081524.

Richards TL, Burron S, Ma DWL, Pearson W, Trevizan L, Minikhiem D, Grant C, Patterson K, Shoveller AK. Effects of dietary camelina, flaxseed, and canola oil supplementation on inflammatory and oxidative markers, transepidermal water loss, and coat quality in healthy adult dogs. Front Vet Sci. 2023 Mar 9;10:1085890. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1085890. eCollection 2023. PMID: 36968475.

Yu J, Mahajan A, Darlington G, Buchholz AC, Duncan AM, Haines J, Ma DWL; Guelph Family Health Study. Free sugar intake from snacks and beverages in Canadian preschool- and toddler-aged children: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nutr. 2023 Mar 8;9(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s40795-023-00702-3. PMID: 36890595.

Sahye-Pudaruth S, Ma DWL. Assessing the Highest Level of Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials in Omega-3 Research. Nutrients. 2023 Feb 16;15(4):1001. doi: 10.3390/nu15041001. PMID: 36839358.

Lust CAC, Burns J, Jones MT, Smith SB, Choi SH, Krk M, Gable DA, Oliver JM, Ma DWL. The Dose-Response Effect of Docosahexaenoic Acid on the Omega-3 Index in American Football Athletes. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2023 Jan 11. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003117. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36728325.

Laila A, Leme AC, Hou S, Ma DWL, Haines J. Perceived challenges and strategies to achieve Canada’s Food Guide recommendation to “Cook more often”: Findings from parents of young children. Appetite. 2023 Mar 1;182:106413. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106413. Epub 2022 Dec 15. PMID: 36529319.

Smith EK, Lewis R, Buchholz AC, Haines J, Ma DWL, Duncan AM. Breakfast Quality of Preschool-aged Canadian Children. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2023 Mar 1;84(1):58-61. doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2022-023. Epub 2022 Aug 25. PMID: 36004742

 

2022 Publications

Ashraf R, Duncan AM, Darlington G, Buchholz AC, Haines J, Ma DWL. The degree of food processing is associated with anthropometric measures of obesity in Canadian families with preschool-aged children. Front Nutr. 2022 Sep 23;9:1005227. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1005227. eCollection 2022. PMID: 36211496.

Zhang F, Laila A, Leme ACB, Ma DWL, Haines J. Knowledge and perceptions of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide: a qualitative study with Canadian children. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2022 Sep 12. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2022-0271. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36095331.

Ramuscak AV, Ma DWL, Forbes LE, Duncan AM, Sadowski A, Haines J. Comparing the perceptions and opinions of the 2007 and 2019 Canada’s food guides among parents of young children. Front Public Health. 2022 Aug 9;10:944648. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.944648. eCollection 2022. PMID: 36016900.

Martin JLA, Cartwright NM, Hutchinson AL, Robinson LE, Ma DWL, Monk JM. Differential Effects of Short-Chain Fatty Acids on L6 Myotube Inflammatory Mediator Production in Response to Lipopolysaccharide- or Palmitic Acid-Stimulation. Nutrients. 2022 Jul 9;14(14):2826. doi: 10.3390/nu14142826. PMID: 35889783.

Burns JL, Mirotta JA, Duncan AM, Darlington G, Haines J, Shivappa N, Hebert JR, Ma DWL. Intakes of PUFA are Low in Preschool-aged Children in the Guelph Family Health Study Pilot Cohort. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2022 Jun 1. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0618. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35649282.

Mahajan A, Haines J, Carriero A, Hogan JL, Yu J, Buchholz AC, Duncan AM, Darlington G, Ma DWL, On Behalf Of The Guelph Family Health Study. Non-Nutritive Sweetener Intake Is Low in Preschool-Aged Children in the Guelph Family Health Pilot Study. Nutrients. 2022 May 17;14(10):2091. doi: 10.3390/nu14102091. PMID: 35631232 Free PMC article.

Sheremeta J MSc, Ma DWL, Haines J PhD, RD, Duncan AM PhD, RD, Darlington G PhD, Newton G PhD, DC, Buchholz AC PhD, RD; Guelph Family Health Study. Cheese Intake is Inversely Associated with LDL Cholesterol in Young Children. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2022 May 3:1-4. doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2022-012. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35503897.

LeMoire A, Abdelmagid S, Ma DWL, El-Sohemy A, Mutch DM. Δ5 and Δ6 desaturase indices are not associated with zinc intake as determined by dietary assessment or modified by a zinc-FADS1 rs174547 SNP interaction in young Canadian adults. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2022 Apr 21;180:102439. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2022.102439. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35500529.

Becky Breau, Hannah J. Coyle-Asbil, Jess Haines, Ma DWL, Lori Ann Vallis, and on behalf of the Guelph Family Health Study. ActiGraph Cutpoints Impact Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Outcomes in Young Children. Journal for the measurement of physical behaviour. Published online 13 May 2022. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2021-0042

Coyle-Asbil HJ, Ma DWL, Vallis LA. Comparison of Different Signal Processing Methodologies and Their Impact on the Range of Acceleration Amplitudes Experienced by Preschool-Aged Children. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. Published online 26 Dec 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2021.2009836

Lust CAC, Lin X, Rock EM, Limebeer CL, Parker LA, Ma DWL. Short communication: Tissue distribution of major cannabinoids following intraperitoneal injection in male rats. PLoS One . 2022 Jan 19;17(1):e0262633. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262633. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35045097.

 

2021 Publications

Lecques JD, Kerr BJK, Hillyer LM, Kang JX, Robinson LE, Ma DWL. N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Ameliorate Neurobehavioral Outcomes Post-Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Fat-1 Mouse Model. Nutrients. 2021 Nov 15;13(11):4092. doi: 10.3390/nu13114092. PMID: 34836347

Carroll N, Perreault M, Ma DW, Haines J; Guelph Family Health Study. Assessing food and nutrition literacy in children and adolescents: a systematic review of existing tools. Public Health Nutr. 2021 Nov 3:1-16. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021004389. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34728004.

Armstrong A, Anzalone AJ, Pethick W, Murray H, Dahlquist DT, Askow AT, Heileson JL, Hillyer LM, Ma DWL, Oliver JM. An Evaluation of Omega-3 Status and Intake in Canadian Elite Rugby 7s Players. Nutrients 2021, 13(11), 3777; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113777.

Coyle-Asbil B, Coyle-Asbil HJ, Ma DWL, Haines J, and Vallis LA. Association between accelerometer and parental reported weekend and weekday sleeping patterns and adiposity among preschool-aged children. Journal for the measurement of physical behaviour. 2021 Sep;4(3):266-273. Doi: 10.1123/jmpb.2021-0004

Heileson JL, Anzalone AJ, Carbuhn AF, Askow AT, Stone JD, Turner SM, Hillyer LM, Ma DWL, Luedke JA, Jagim AR, Oliver JM. The effect of omega-3 fatty acids on a biomarker of head trauma in NCAA football athletes: a multi-site, non-randomized study. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2021 Sep 27;18(1):65. doi: 10.1186/s12970-021-00461-1. PMID: 34579748.

Mahajan A, Yu J, Hogan JL, Jewell K, Carriero A, Annis A, Sadowski A, Darlington G, Buchholz AC, Duncan AM, Haines J, Ma DWL; Guelph Family Health Study. Dietary sugar intake among preschool-aged children: a cross-sectional study. CMAJ Open. 2021 Sep 14;9(3):E855-E863. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200178. Print 2021 Jul-Sep. PMID: 34521651.

Templeman JR, Trevizan L, Ma DWL, Shoveller AK. Fatty Acid Profiles of Serum Lipid Fractions Change Minimally in Sled Dogs Before and After Short Bouts of Exercise. Front Vet Sci. 2021 Aug 23;8:704770. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.704770. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34497842.

Gonzalez-Soto M, Abdelmagid SA, Ma DWL, El-Sohemy A, Mutch DM. Soy Consumption, but Not Dairy Consumption, Is Inversely Associated with Fatty Acid Desaturase Activity in Young Adults. Nutrients. 2021 Aug 17;13(8):2817. doi: 10.3390/nu13082817. PMID: 34444977.

Dodd SAS, Shoveller AK, Fascetti AJ, Yu ZZ, Ma DWL, Verbrugghe A. A Comparison of Key Essential Nutrients in Commercial Plant-Based Pet Foods Sold in Canada to American and European Canine and Feline Dietary Recommendations. Animals (Basel). 2021 Aug 9;11(8):2348. doi: 10.3390/ani11082348. PMID: 34438805.

Broad J, Forbes LE, Darlington G, Ma DWL, Haines J. Child Involvement in Meal Preparation and Grocery Shopping is Associated with Lower Levels of Food Fussiness Among Young Children. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0390. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34432990.

Barco Leme AC, Laila A, Hou S, Fisberg RM, Ma DWL, Fisberg M, Haines J. Perceptions of the 2019 Canada's Food Guide: a qualitative study with parents from Southwestern Ontario. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2021 Aug 19. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0414. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34411486.

Salazar E, Alenezi S, Schwenger KJP, Casselman S, Somlaw N, Kim P, Adjemian D, Lu Z, Lou W, Ma D, Allard JP.  Olive oil-based lipid emulsion is noninferior to soybean oil-based lipid emulsion in the acute care setting: A double-blind randomized controlled trial.  Nutrition.  2021 Apr 18; 89:111283. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111283.  Online ahead of print. PMID: 34090216.

Monk JM, Liddle DM, Hutchinson AL, Burns JL, Wellings H, Cartwright NM, Muller WJ, Power KA, Robinson LE, Ma DWL.  Fish oil supplementation increases expression of mammary tumor apoptosis mediators and reduces inflammation in an obesity-associated HER-2 breast cancer model.  J. Nutr. Biochem.  2021 Jun 6;  95:108763.  doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2021.108763.  Online ahead of print.  PMID: 33965532.

Hruska V, Shivappa N, Hébert JR, Duncan AM, Haines J, Ma DWL.  Associations between Family-Based Stress and Dietary Inflammatory Potential among Families with Preschool-Aged Children.  Nutrients.  2021 Apr 26; 13(5):1464. doi: 10.3390/nu13051464.  PMID: 33925798.

Leme AC, Muszynski D, Mirotta JA, Caroll N, Hogan JL, Jewell K, Yu J, Fisberg RM, Duncan AM, Ma DWL, Haines J; Guelph Family Health Study.  Diet Quality of Canadian Preschool Children:  Associations with Socio-demographic Characteristics.  Can. J. Diet Pract. Res.  2021 Apr 20:1-5.  doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2021-009.  Online ahead of print.  PMID: 33876988.

Buchanan CDC, Lust CAC, Burns JL, Hillyer LM, Martin SA, Wittert GA, Ma DWL.  Analysis of major fatty acids from matched plasma and serum samples reveals highly comparable absolute and relative levels.  Prostaglandins Leukot. Essent. Fatty Acids.  2021 Mar 31;168:102268. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2021.102268.  Online ahead of print.  PMID: 33831721.

Tang L, Broad J, Lewis R, Ma DWL, Haines J; Guelph Family Health.  Transitioning a home-based, motivational interviewing intervention among families to remote delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic: Key lessons learned. Study.Patient Educ Couns.  2021 Feb 25:S0738-3991(21)00165-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.02.043.  Online ahead of print. PMID: 33674132.

Laila A, Topakas N, Farr E, Haines J, Ma DWL, Newton G, Buchholz AC. Barriers and facilitators of household provision of dairy and plant-based dairy alternatives in families with preschool-aged children.  Public Health Nutr. 2021 Feb 19:1-35. doi: 10.1017/S136898002100080X.  Online ahead of print.  PMID: 33602360.

Racey M, MacFarlane AJ, Carlson S, Stark KD, Plourde M, Field CJ, Yates AA, Wells GA, Grantham A, Bazinet RP, Ma DWL.  Dietary Reference Intakes Based on Chronic Disease Endpoints: Outcomes from a case study workshop for omega 3's EPA and DHA.  Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.  2021 Feb 13. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2020-0994.  Online ahead of print. PMID: 33583256.

Lust CAC, Bi X, Henry CJ, Ma DWL.  Development of Fatty Acid Reference Ranges and Relationship with Lipid Biomarkers in Middle-Aged Healthy Singaporean Men and Women. Nutrients.  2021 Jan 29;13(2):435.  doi: 10.3390/nu13020435. PMID: 33572735.

Carroll N, Sadowski A, Parizeau K, von Massow M, Wallace A, Jewell K, Ma DWL, Buchholz AC, Duncan AM, Chan B, Haines  J. Food Skills:  Associations With Diet Quality and Food Waste Among Canadian Parents.  J. Nutr. Educ. Behav. 2021 Jan 30:S1499-4046(20)30696-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2020.10.018.  Online ahead of print. PMID: 33526389.

Akbari Moghaddam Kakhki R, Ma DWL, Price KR, Moats J, Karrow NA, Kiarie EG.  Impact of feeding n-3 fatty acids to layer breeders and their offspring on concentration of antibody titers against infectious bronchitis, and Newcastle diseases and plasma fatty acids in the offspring.  Br. Poult. Sci.  2021 Apr;62(2):270-277. doi: 10.1080/00071668.2020.1847254. Online ahead of print.  PMID: 33155822.

Drolet J, Buchner-Duby B, Stykel MG, Coackley C, Kang JX, Ma DWL, Ryan SD.  Docosahexanoic acid signals through the Nrf2-Nqo1 pathway to maintain redox balance and promote neurite outgrowth.  Mol. Biol. Cell.  2021 Jan 27:mbcE20090599. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E20-09-0599.  Online ahead of print.  PMID: 33502893.

Chamoun E, Liu AS, Duizer LM, Feng Z, Darlington G, Duncan AM, Haines J, Ma DWL.  Single nucleotide polymorphisms in sweet, fat, umami, salt, bitter and sour taste receptor genes are associated with gustatory function and taste preferences in young adults.  Nutr. Res.  2021 Jan; 85:40-46. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2020.12.007. Epub 2020 Dec 5. PMID: 33444969.

 

2020 Publications

Liddle DM, Hutchinson AL, Monk JM, DeBoer AA, Ma DWL, Robinson LE.  Dietary Long-Chain n-3 PUFA Mitigate CD4+ T Cell/Adipocyte Inflammatory Interactions in Co-Culture Models of Obese Adipose Tissue.  J. Nutr. Biochem.  2020 Aug 19:108488. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2020.108488.  Online ahead of print.  PMID: 32827664. 

Ye Wang, Nick Bellissimo, David D. Kitts, Huguette Turgeon, O’Brien,W. L. David Ma, Miyoung Suh, Bohdan Luhovyy, Chiara DiAngelo, Laura Pasut ,Sandra Marsden, Mei Chung, Anil Gurcan. Knowledge and Perceptions of Carbohydrates among Nutrition-major and Nutrition-elective Undergraduate Students in Canada. J Am Coll Nutr . 2020 Apr 16;1-8. doi:10.1080/07315724.2020.1750503. PMID: 32297831

Carroll N, Sadowski A, Laila A, Hruska V, Nixon M, Ma DWL, Haines J, On Behalf Of The Guelph Family Health Study.  The Impact of COVID-19 on Health Behavior, Stress, Financial and Food Security among Middle to High Income Canadian Families with Young Children.  Nutrients.  2020 Aug 7;12(8):E2352. doi: 10.3390/nu12082352. PMID: 32784530. 

Coyle-Asbil HJ, Breau B, Ma DWL, Haines J, Vallis LA.  Examining the Effects of Applying ActiGraph Low Frequency Extension Feature to Analyze the Sleeping Behaviours of Preschool Aged Children.  Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.  2020 Aug 11. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2019-0969.  Online ahead of print. PMID: 32780964. 

Hruska V, Darlington G, Haines J, Ma DWL. Nutrients.  Parent Stress as a Consideration in Childhood Obesity Prevention:  Results From the Guelph Family Health Study, a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.  Nutrients.  2020 Jun 19;12(6):E1835. doi: 10.3390/nu12061835.  PMID: 32575660. 

Carroll N, Wallace A, Jewell K, Darlington G, Ma DWL, Duncan AM, Parizeau K, von Massow M, Haines J.  Association Between Diet Quality and Food Waste in Canadian Families:  A Cross-Sectional Study.  Nutr. J.  2020 Jun 9;19(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s12937-020-00571-7.  PMID: 32517706. 

Fernandez M, Bertolo RF, Duncan AM, Phillips SM, Elango R, Ma DWL, Desroches S, Grantham A, House JD.  Translating ‘Protein Foods’ from the New Canada’s Food Guide to Consumers: Knowledge Gaps and Recommendations.  Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.  2020 May 27. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2020-0192.  PMID: 32459974. 

Laila A, Darlington G, Duncan AM, Haines J, Ma DWL, Von Massow M, Wallace A, Newton G, Buchholz AC.  Dairy and Plant-based Dairy Alternatives Purchasing Habits of Guelph-based Families with Preschool-Aged Children.  Can. J. Diet. Pract. Res.  2020 Jun 4;1-3.  doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2020-018.  PMID: 32495684. 

Lisa Tang, Valerie Hruska, David W.L. Ma, Jess Haines, and on behalf of the Guelph Family Health Study.  Parenting Under Pressure: Stress is Associated with Mothers’ and Fathers’ Media Parenting Practices in Canada.  Journal of Children and Media.  Published online 15 May 2020. 

Ducrocq F, Walle R, Contini A, Oummadi A, Caraballo B, van der Veldt S, Boyer ML, Aby F, Tolentino-Cortez T, Helbling JC, Martine L, Grégoire S, Cabaret S, Vancassel S, Layé S, Kang JX, Fioramonti X, Berdeaux O, Barreda-Gómez G, Masson E, Ferreira G, Ma DWL, Bosch-Bouju C, De Smedt-Peyrusse V, Trifilieff P.  Causal Link between n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Deficiency and Motivation Deficits.  Cell Metab.  2020 Mar 2. pii: S1550-4131(20)30071-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2020.02.012. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID: 32142670. 

Lust CAC, Mountjoy M, Robinson LE, Oliver JM, Ma DWL.  Sports-Related Concussions & Sub-Concussive Impacts in Athletes:  Incidence, Diagnosis, and the Emerging Role of EPA & DHA.  Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.  2020 Mar 2:1-7. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2019-0555.  [Epub ahead of print]  PMID: 32119565. 

Akbari Moghaddam Kakhki R, Ma DWL, Price KR, Moats JR, Karrow NA, Kiarie EG.  Enriching Isa Brown and Shaver White Breeder Diets with Sources of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Increased Embryonic Utilization of Docosahexaenoic Acid.  Poult Sci.  2020 Feb;99(2):1038-1051. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2019.09.002. Epub 2019 Dec 12. PMID: 32036961. 

Hruska V, Ambrose T, Darlington G, Ma DWL, Haines J, Buchholz AC; Guelph Family Health Study.  Stress is Associated with Adiposity in Parents of Young Children.  Obesity (Silver Spring).  2020 Feb 6. doi: 10.1002/oby.22710.  [Epub ahead of print].  PMID: 32030916. 

Liddle DM, Monk JM, Hutchinson AL, Ma DWL, Robinson LE.  CD8+ T Cell/Adipocyte Inflammatory Cross Talk and Ensuing M1 Macrophage Polarization are Reduced by Fish-Oil-Derived n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, in Part by a TNF-α-Dependent Mechanism.  J. Nutr. Biochem.  2019 Oct 24;76:108243. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2019.108243. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID: 31760229. 

Wedde S, Haines J, Ma D, Duncan A, Haines J, Darlington, G.  Associations Between Family Meal Context and Diet Quality Among Preschool-aged Children in the Guelph Family Health Study.  Can. J. Diet Pract. Res.  2020 Mar 1;81(1):21-27. doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2019-022.  PMID: 31512491. 

 

2019 Publications

Hillyer LM, Kang JX, Ma DWL.  Lifelong n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Exposure Modulates Size of Mammary Epithelial Cell Populations and Expression of Caveolae Resident Proteins in Fat-1 Mice.  Nutrients.  2019 Oct 15;11(10). pii: E2477. doi: 10.3390/nu11102477.  PMID: 31619022.

von Massow M, Parizeau K, Gallant M, Wickson M, Haines J, Ma DWL, Wallace A, Carroll N, Duncan AM.  Valuing the Multiple Impacts of Household Food Waste.  Front. Nutr.  2019 Sep 4;6:143. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00143. eCollection 2019.  PMID: 31552260. 

Monk JM, Liddle DM, Hutchinson AL, Wu W, Lepp D, Ma DWL, Robinson LE, Power KA.  Fish Oil Supplementation to a High-Fat Diet Improves both Intestinal Health and the Systemic Obese Phenotype.  J. Nutr. Biochem.  2019 Jul 25;72:108216. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2019.07.007. [Epub ahead of print].  PMID: 31476608. 

O'Kane C, Irwin JD, Morrow D, Tang L, Wong S, Buchholz AC, Ma DWL, Haines J;  Guelph Family Health Study.  Motivational interviewing with families in the home environment.  Patient Educ. Couns.  2019 Jun 8. pii: S0738-3991(19)30237-X. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.06.002. [Epub ahead of print].  PMID: 31285065. 

Schwenger KJP, Arendt BM, Smieja M, Ma DWL, Smaill F, Allard JP.  Relationships between Atherosclerosis and Plasma Antioxidant Micronutrients or Red Blood Cell Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in People Living with HIV.  Nutrients.  2019 Jun 7;11(6). pii: E1292.  doi: 10.3390/nu11061292.  PMID: 31181624.

Peeters M, Davison K, Ma D, Haines J.  Meeting Report on the Conference on Fathers' Role in Children's Weight-Related Behaviors and Outcomes.  Obesity (Silver Spring).  2019 Apr;27(4):523-524.  doi: 10.1002/oby.22396.  PMID: 30900414.

Krystia O, Ambrose T, Darlington G, Ma DWL, Buchholz AC, Haines J;  Guelph Family Health Study.  A Randomized Home-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Pilot Intervention has Favourable Effects on Parental Body Composition:  Preliminary Evidence from the Guelph Family Health Study.  BMC Obes.  2019 Mar 4;6:10. doi: 10.1186/s40608-019-0231-y.  eCollection 2019.  PMID: 30873285. 

Arendt BM, Teterina A, Pettinelli P, Comelli EM, Ma DWL, Fung SK, McGilvray ID, Fischer SE, Allard JP.  Cancer-Related Gene Expression is Associated with Disease Severity and Modifiable Lifestyle Factors in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.  Nutrition.  2019 Jun;62:100-107. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2018.12.001.  Epub 2018 Dec 13.  PMID: 30870804. 

Jeremy Bauman-Fortin, Ma DWL, David Mutch, Salma Abdelmagid, Alaa Badawi, Ahmed El-Sohemy, Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson.  The Association between Plasma omega-6/omega-3 Ratio and Anthropometric Traits Differs by Racial/Ethnic Groups and NFKB1 Genotypes in Healthy Young Adults.  J. Pers. Med.  2019, 9, 13;  doi:10.3390/jpm9010013. 

Chamoun E, Liu AAS, Duizer LM, Darlington G, Duncan AM, Haines J, Ma DWL.  Taste Sensitivity and Taste Preference Measures are Correlated in Healthy Young Adults.  Chem. Senses.  2019 Jan 29;44(2):129-134.  doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjy082.  PMID: 30590512.

Sarr O, Payne GW, Hucik B, Abdelmagid S, Nakamura MT, Ma DWL, Mutch DM.  Dietary EPA and DHA Prevent Changes in White Adipose Tissue omega-3 PUFA and Oxylipin Content Associated with a Fads2 Deficiency.  J. Nutr. Biochem.  2019 Jan;63:140-149.  doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2018.09.017.  Epub 2018 Sep 26.  PMID: 30368227. 

• University of Guelph-Humber,  Kin*2020 Fundamentals of Nutrition: Pharmacology and Toxicology
• University of Guelph-Humber, Kin*4400 Individual study, literature review
• University of Guelph, 3rd year individual study and 4th year research projects
• University of Guelph, UNIV*6900, SMART Training Platform Methods Cafe

 

 

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