Title: The Life Course Perspective of Gestational Diabetes and its Implications for Embedding Ancillary Studies within the HeLTI Trials

When: Wednesday, April 8, 08:00 EDT (13:00 BST; 14:00 SAST; 17:30 IST; 20:00 CST)

Presenter: Dr. Lulu Wong, M.D., Physician, Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University

Objectives:

1. Elucidate life course relationships between maternal glucose in pregnancy and future risks of type

2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease 2. Discuss concept that maternal glucose in pregnancy identifies underlying tracks of evolving cardiometabolic risk in young women

3. Discuss resultant implications for embedding informative ancillary studies within the HeLTI Trials

Title: Parenting as a dynamic, modifiable pathway for obesity prevention across child development: Insights from observational and intervention studies

When: Thursday, July 9, 10:00 EDT (15:00 BST; 16:00 SAST; 19:30 IST; 22:00 CST)

Presenter: Dr. Olivia De-Jongh Gonzalez, Research Associate, University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

Brief Description: Obesity prevention in children and adolescents requires a better understanding of the family processes that shape eating, physical activity, and related health outcomes. Parenting practices are a key modifiable pathway through which families can support or hinder healthy development, yet these processes are complex, dynamic, and may vary across developmental stages. This presentation will explore how cross-sectional, longitudinal, intensive longitudinal, and intervention studies can deepen our understanding of parenting as a target for obesity prevention and inform the design of more effective family-based strategies across childhood and adolescence.

Title: TBD

When: TBD

Presenter: Cindy-Lee Dennis, PhD, Professor at University of Toronto and Colleagues

Brief Description: Influence of paternal precondeption health on perinatal outcomes

Title: Knowledge Translation

When: TBD

Presenter: Dan Sellen, PhD, Professor at University of Toronto and Jenna Hickey, Lead Research Coordinator

Brief Description: On the topic of knowledge translation / mobilization some work one of my teams has been doing with CANWACH on gender transformation of nutrition programs using Global Affairs Canada’s feminist development agenda translated through the “GTFN” framework adopted by Scaling Up Nutrition and a range of NGO’s may be relevant. Methodological highlights include c-creative approaches to MNCHN-program transformative tool design and testing.