Seafood and Neurocognitive Development in Children: A Systematic Review

Authors: O’Connor, Lauren E, Spill, Maureen K ^⁎, Saha, Sanjoy, Balalian, Arin, Davis, Julie S, MacFarlane, Amanda J ^⁎⁎

Source: In Advances in Nutrition April 2025 16(4)

Association between Maternal Lead Exposure from Seafood Consumption and Neurodevelopment: A Systematic Review

Authors: Balalian, Arin A ¹, Spill, Maureen K ^{1, ⁎}, Thoerig, Rachel C ¹, Trivedi, Rupal ¹, Saha, Sanjoy ¹, Foster, Margaret J ², MacFarlane, Amanda J ^{1, 3}

Source: In Advances in Nutrition March 2025 16(3)

Mercury exposure and childhood outcomes: An overview of systematic reviews

Authors: O'Connor, Lauren E. ^a, Spill, Maureen K. ^{a, ⁎}, Trivedi, Rupal ^a, Saha, Sanjoy ^a, Thoerig, Rachel C. ^a, Foster, Margaret ^b, MacFarlane, Amanda J. ^{a, c, 1, ⁎}

Source: In Environmental Research 1 June 2025 274

Prenatal PFAS exposures and cardiometabolic health in middle childhood in the MIREC cohort

Authors: Fossa, Alan J. ^a, Hall, Amber M. ^a, Papandonatos, George D. ^b, Arbuckle, Tye E. ^c, Ashley-Martin, Jillian ^c, Borghese, Michael M. ^c, Bruin, Jenny ^d, Chen, Aimin ^e, Fisher, Mandy ^c, Krzeczkowski, John E. ^f, Lanphear, Bruce P. ^g, MacFarlane, Amanda J. ^h, Manz, Katherine E. ⁱ, Morrison, Katherine M. ^j, Oulhote, Youssef ^k, Palaniyandi, Jana ^d, Palmert, Mark R. ^l, Pennell, Kurt D. ^m, Vuong, Ann M. ⁿ, Walker, Douglas I. ^o, Weiler, Hope A. ^h, Braun, Joseph M. ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In Environmental Research 1 June 2025 274

Folic Acid-Containing Supplement Use among Females Aged 15–55 in the Canadian Community Health Survey 2015–2018

Authors: Hopperton, Kathryn E ^{1, ⁎}, Loukine, Lidia ², Luong, The Minh ², Nguyen, Loan ², Bertinato, Jesse ¹, Bonvalot, Yvette ², Cooper, Marcia ¹, Luo, Wei ³, MacFarlane, Amanda J ¹, McCrea, Jennifer ⁴, Nicholson, Carley ⁵, Rana, Huma ⁴, Vercammen, Kelsey ³, Yuan, Jane ⁶, Brule, Shawn ⁶, Weiler, Hope A ¹

Source: In The Journal of Nutrition March 2025

Seafood Toxicant Exposure During Pregnancy, Lactation, and Childhood and Child Outcomes: A Scoping Review

Authors: Trivedi, Rupal ¹, Spill, Maureen K ^{1, ⁎}, Saha, Sanjoy ¹, Thoerig, Rachel C ¹, Davis, Julie S ¹, MacFarlane, Amanda J ^{1, 2}

Source: In Advances in Nutrition January 2025 16(1)

Associations Between Maternal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Exposure from Seafood Consumption during Pregnancy and Lactation and Child Growth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Authors: Balalian, Arin A ¹, Spill, Maureen K ^{1, ⁎}, Thoerig, Rachel C ¹, Trivedi, Rupal ¹, Saha, Sanjoy ¹, Foster, Margaret J ², MacFarlane, Amanda J ^{1, 3}

Source: In Advances in Nutrition January 2025 16(1)

Concentrations and predictors of select nutrients in Canadian human milk samples from the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals pregnancy cohort

Authors: Hopperton, Kathryn E, O’Neill, Erica, Chakrabarti, Subhadeep, Stanton, Melanie, Parnel, Sophie, Arbuckle, Tye E, Ashley-Martin, Jillian, Bertinato, Jesse, Bouchard, Maryse F, Borghese, Michael M, Brooks, Stephen, Cockell, Kevin, Dabeka, Robert, Joung, Meong Jin, Lanphear, Bruce P, Lapointe, Pascal, MacFarlane, Amanda J, MacPherson, Susan, Krzeczkowski, John, Rawn, Dorothea F K, von Dadelszen, Peter, Weiler, Hope A, Xiao, Chao Wu, Fisher, Mandy

Source: In The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition December 2024 120(6):1419-1431

The Use of Ginger Bioactive Compounds in Pregnancy: An Evidence Scan and Umbrella Review of Existing Meta-Analyses

Authors: Tiani, Kendra A, Arenaz, Cristina M, Spill, Maureen K, Foster, Margaret J, Davis, Julie S, Bailey, Regan L, Field, Martha S, Stover, Patrick J, MacFarlane, Amanda J

Source: In Advances in Nutrition November 2024 15(11)

Excess Folic Acid Exposure Increases Uracil Misincorporation into DNA in a Tissue-Specific Manner in a Mouse Model of Reduced Methionine Synthase Expression

Authors: Heyden, Katarina E, Malysheva, Olga V, MacFarlane, Amanda J, Brody, Lawrence C, Field, Martha S

Source: In The Journal of Nutrition November 2024 154(11):3225-3234

A scoping review shows that no single existing risk of bias assessment tool considers all sources of bias for cross-sectional studies

Authors: Kelly, Shannon E., Brooks, Stephen P.J., Benkhedda, Karima, MacFarlane, Amanda J., Greene-Finestone, Linda S., Skidmore, Becky, Clifford, Tammy J., Wells, George A.

Source: In Journal of Clinical Epidemiology August 2024 172

Ultra-processed foods and human health: An umbrella review and updated meta-analyses of observational evidence

Authors: Dai, Shuhui, Wellens, Judith, Yang, Nan, Li, Doudou, Wang, Jingjing, Wang, Lijuan, Yuan, Shuai, He, Yazhou, Song, Peige, Munger, Ron, Kent, Monique Potvin, MacFarlane, Amanda J., Mullie, Patrick, Duthie, Susan, Little, Julian, Theodoratou, Evropi, Li, Xue

Source: In Clinical Nutrition June 2024 43(6):1386-1394

Proportions of trans fatty acids in erythrocytes of Canadian adults before the prohibition of partially hydrogenated oils in foods: results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey 2012–2015

Authors: Demonty, Isabelle, Nguyen, Loan, MacFarlane, Amanda J, Rudkowska, Iwona, Zoka, Rana, Hopperton, Kathryn E

Source: In The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition June 2024 119(6):1485-1494

Combined Exposure to Folate and Lead during Pregnancy and Autistic-Like Behaviors among Canadian Children from the MIREC Pregnancy and Birth Cohort.

Authors: Alampi, Joshua D.¹, jalampi@sfu.ca, Lanphear, Bruce P.¹, MacFarlane, Amanda J.², Oulhote, Youssef³, Braun, Joseph M.⁴, Muckle, Gina⁵, Arbuckle, Tye E.⁶, Ashley-Martin, Jillian⁶, Hu, Janice M. Y.¹, Aimin Chen⁷, McCandless, Lawrence C.¹

Source: Environmental Health Perspectives; Oct2024, Vol. 132 Issue 10, p107003-1-107003-10, 10p

Higher Than Recommended Folic Acid Intakes is Associated with High Folate Status Throughout Pregnancy in a Prospective French-Canadian Cohort

Authors: St-Laurent, Audrey, Plante, Anne-Sophie, Lemieux, Simone, Robitaille, Julie, MacFarlane, Amanda J., Morisset, Anne-Sophie

Source: In The Journal of Nutrition May 2023 153(5):1347-1358

Phenome-wide association study of genetically predicted B vitamins and homocysteine biomarkers with multiple health and disease outcomes: analysis of the UK Biobank

Authors: Wang, Lijuan, Li, Xue, Montazeri, Azita, MacFarlane, Amanda J., Momoli, Franco, Duthie, Susan, Senekal, Marjanne, Eguiagaray, Ines Mesa, Munger, Ron, Bennett, Derrick, Campbell, Harry, Rubini, Michele, McNulty, Helene, Little, Julian, Theodoratou, Evropi

Source: In The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition March 2023 117(3):564-575

Associations between folic acid supplement use and folate status biomarkers in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy in the Maternal–Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (MIREC) Pregnancy Cohort Study

Authors: Patti, Marisa A ¹, Braun, Joseph M ¹, Arbuckle, Tye E ², MacFarlane, Amanda J ^{3, 4, *}

Source: In The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition December 2022 116(6):1852-1863

Poor Reporting Quality in Basic Nutrition Research: A Case Study Based on a Scoping Review of Recent Folate Research in Mouse Models (2009–2021)

Authors: Munezero, Esther, Behan, Nathalie A, Diaz, Stephanie G, Neumann, Eva-Marie, MacFarlane, Amanda J ^*

Source: In Advances in Nutrition November 2022 13(6):2666-2678

Perspective: Human Milk Composition and Related Data for National Health and Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research

Authors: Ahuja, Jaspreet K C ^*, Casavale, Kellie O, Li, Ying, Hopperton, Kathryn E, Chakrabarti, Subhadeep, Hines, Erin P, Brooks, Stephen P J, Bondy, Genevieve S, MacFarlane, Amanda J, Weiler, Hope A, Wu, Xianli, Borghese, Michael M, Ahluwalia, Namanjeet, Cheung, Winnie, Vargas, Ashley J, Arteaga, Sonia, Lombo, Tania, Fisher, Mandy M, Hayward, Deborah, Pehrsson, Pamela R

Source: In Advances in Nutrition November 2022 13(6):2098-2114

Finding the right evidence: The role of evidence scans in the review of DRIs

Authors: DeSilva, Dana M, de Jesus, Janet M, Friedl, Karl E, Yamini, Sedigheh, Davis, Cindy D, Butera, Gisela, MacFarlane, Amanda J ^*

Source: In The Journal of Nutrition August 2022 152(8):1819-1822