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Annalijn Conklin
Assistant Professor
Research Classification
Research Interests
Chronic Diseases in Elderly
Community Health / Public Health
disease management evaluation
food and nutrition policy
Gender Epidemiology
gender and health equity
Health Policies
healthcare quality improvement
healthy ageing
Indigenous health
Obesity
obesity & CVD risk factors
Professional Practices
Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders
social nutritional epidemiology
ethics of research and public health
Relevant Degree Programs
Affiliations to Research Centres, Institutes & Clusters
Research Options
I am interested in and conduct interdisciplinary research.
Research Methodology
observational study designs
multilevel modelling
gender-sensitive analysis
quantitative data analysis
qualitative data analysis
impact assessment
Intersectionality Theory of Human Rights
Feminist Post-Structuralism
Graduate Student Supervision
Master's Student Supervision
Theses completed in 2010 or later are listed below. Please note that there is a 6-12 month delay to add the latest theses.
The associations of sleep deficits and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in adolescents (2021)
Background: Sleep deficits, which include social jetlag, poor sleep quality, and short sleep duration, have been commonly observed in adolescents due to development-specific late chronotype, early school start time, and other physiological and environmental factors. Recent findings indicate that sleep is potentially associated with unhealthy eating habits, such as frequent consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). The associations may also differ by gender. This thesis examined the gender-specific associations between three different types of sleep deficits and SSB consumption among adolescents. Methods: This thesis used a cross-sectional study design and included 1031 adolescents from Wave 6 (Spring 2012) of the British Columbia Adolescent Substance Use Survey (BASUS) (mean age: 15±0.7 years). Descriptive statistics analyzed the prevalences of self-reported sleep deficits and SSB consumption by gender. Multivariable logistic regression models using interaction terms examined the associations between each sleep deficit variable and three measures of SSB consumption, by gender. Additional confounders were included in the sensitivity analyses to test the robustness of results. Results: Compared to no social jetlag (≤ 1h), consistent positive associations of higher social jetlag levels were observed with above-median (OR 1.63 (95% CI: 1.01, 2.65)) and any weekly SSB intake (1.97 (1.06, 3.66)) in girls; boys showed a similar positive but non- statistically significant OR trend with any SSB intake. Non-significant positive associations were seen between more frequent restless sleep and daily SSB intake in girls, but only boys with occasional restless sleep (1-2 days/week) had significantly higher odds of any SSB intake (3.21 (1.31, 7.88)), compared to no restless sleep (
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News Releases
This list shows a selection of news releases by UBC Media Relations over the last 5 years.
Publications
- A systematic review of evidence on employment transitions and weight change by gender in ageing populations (2022)
PLOS ONE, - Letter to Editor: a cautionary note about “Dietary diversity score and cardio-metabolic risk factors: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis” (2022)
Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, - Therapeutic carbohydrate restriction pre-COVID pandemic: assessing registered dietitians’ knowledge, use and perceived barriers in Canada (2022)
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, - Adiposity and the role of diverse social supports: an observational, gender-sensitive study using the baseline Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (2021)
Public Health Nutrition, 24 (18), 6103--6112 - Gender Differences in the Role of Social Support for Hypertension Prevention in Canada: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Cohort (2021)
CJC Open, 3 (12), S62--S70 - Is eating a mixed diet better for health and survival?: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal observational studies (2021)
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, , 1--17 - Pharmacist-led cardiovascular risk prevention in Western Canada: a qualitative study (2021)
International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 29 (1), 45--54 - Plant-based dietary practices in Canada: examining definitions, prevalence and correlates of animal source food exclusions using nationally representative data from the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey–Nutrition (2021)
Public Health Nutrition, 24 (5), 777--786 - Socioeconomic inequalities in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (2021)
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, - The role of dietary diversity in preventing metabolic‐related outcomes: Findings from a systematic review (2021)
Obesity Reviews, - Associations between social connections, their interactions, and obesity differ by gender: A population-based, cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (2020)
PLOS ONE, - Social connections and hypertension in women and men (2020)
Journal of Hypertension, Publi - Chronic sleep deprivation and adolescent health: Two longitudinal studies of youth in Western Canada (2019)
European Journal of Public Health, 29 (Array) - Chronic sleep disturbance, not chronic sleep deprivation, is associated with self-rated health in adolescents (2019)
Preventive Medicine, - Does Ethnic Identification Moderate the Impact of Depression on Obesity in Young People? Results of a Systematic Scoping Review (2019)
Adolescent Research Review, - Factors associated with noncommunicable disease among adults in Mecha district, Ethiopia: A case control study (2019)
PLOS ONE, 14 (5), e0216446 - Obesity prevention in corticosteroid‐treated patients: Use and effectiveness of strategies for weight management (2019)
Clinical Obesity, 9 (4) - Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Western countries: discrepancies in published estimates (2019)
European Journal of Epidemiology, - Stressful life events, gender and obesity: A prospective, population-based study of adolescents in British Columbia (2019)
International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, - The gender-specific role of prolonged sleep deficits on adolescent health: two longitudinal studies of youth depression and health in Western Canada (2019)
Sleep Medicine, 64, S78--S79 - The impact of rising food prices on obesity in women: a longitudinal analysis of 31 low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2014 (2019)
International Journal of Obesity, 43 (4), 774--781 - UK government’s sugar reduction programme on test (2019)
BMJ, - Chronic sleep deprivation and gender-specific risk of depression in adolescents: a prospective population-based study (2018)
BMC Public Health, 18 (1) - Economic policy and the double burden of malnutrition: Cross-national longitudinal analysis of minimum wage and women's underweight and obesity (2018)
Public Health Nutrition, 21 (5), 940-947 - Gender, stressful life events and interactions with sleep: a systematic review of determinants of adiposity in young people (2018)
BMJ Open, - P28 Cumulative sleep problems and overall health: a longitudinal analysis of 3104 young women and men in the BASUS cohort study (2018)
Poster presentations, - P29 Does chronic sleep deprivation influence the risk of depression in young people? a longitudinal and gender-based analysis of the BASUS cohort study (2018)
Poster presentations, - The impact of rising food prices on obesity in women: a longitudinal analysis of 31 low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2014 (2018)
International Journal of Obesity, 43 (4), 774--781 - Economic Determinants of Diet in Older Adults (2017)
Food for the Aging Population: Second Edition, , 145-167 - Economic policy and the double burden of malnutrition (2017)
Public Health Nutrition, - Dietary diversity, diet cost, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in the United Kingdom (2016)
PLOS Medicine, - Dietary Diversity, Diet Cost, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in the United Kingdom: A Prospective Cohort Study (2016)
PLoS Medicine, 13 (7) - Marital transitions and associated changes in fruit and vegetable intake (2016)
Social Science & Medicine, - Marital transitions and associated changes in fruit and vegetable intake: Findings from the population-based prospective EPIC-Norfolk cohort, UK (2016)
Social Science and Medicine, 157, 120-126 - Minimum wage and overweight and obesity in adult women (2016)
PLoS One, - Minimum wage and overweight and obesity in adult women: A multilevel analysis of low and middle income countries (2016)
PLoS ONE, 11 (3) - Gender and the double burden of economic and social disadvantages on healthy eating (2015)
BMC Public Health, - Gender and the double burden of economic and social disadvantages on healthy eating: Cross-sectional study of older adults in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort (2015)
BMC Public Health, 15 (1) - Evaluating chronic disease management in real-world settings in six European countries (2014)
International Journal of Care Coordination, - Evaluating chronic disease management in real-world settings in six European countries: Lessons from the collaborative DISMEVAL project (2014)
International Journal of Care Coordination, 17 (1-2), 25-37 - Gender, diet quality and obesity (2014)
University of Cambridge, - Persistent financial hardship, 11-year weight gain, and health behaviors in the Whitehall II study (2014)
Obesity, 22 (12), 2606-2612 - Persistent financial hardship, 11‐year weight gain, and health behaviors in the Whitehall II study (2014)
Obesity, - Social relationships and healthful dietary behaviour (2014)
Social Science & Medicine, - Social relationships and healthful dietary behaviour: Evidence from over-50s in the EPIC cohort, UK (2014)
Social Science and Medicine, 100, 167-175 - The growing price gap between more and less healthy foods (2014)
PLoS One, - The growing price gap between more and less healthy foods: Analysis of a novel longitudinal UK dataset (2014)
PLoS ONE, 9 (10) - The underlying challenges of coordination of chronic care across Europe (2014)
International Journal of Care Coordination, 17 (3-4), 83-92 - Variety more than quantity of fruit and vegetable intake varies by socioeconomic status and financial hardship (2014)
Appetite, - Variety more than quantity of fruit and vegetable intake varies by socioeconomic status and financial hardship. Findings from older adults in the EPIC cohort (2014)
Appetite, 83, 248-255 - Approaches to chronic disease management evaluation in use in europe: A review of current methods and performance measures – corrigendum (2013)
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 29 (1), 113 - Economic determinants of diet in older adults (2013)
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, - Economic determinants of diet in older adults: Systematic review (2013)
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67 (9), 721-727 - Is Europe putting theory into practice? (2013)
International Journal of Integrated Care, - Is Europe putting theory into practice? A qualitative study of the level of self-management support in chronic care management approaches (2013)
BMC Health Services Research, 13 (1) - Reported barriers to evaluation in chronic care (2013)
Health Policy, - Reported barriers to evaluation in chronic care: Experiences in six European countries (2013)
Health Policy, 110 (2-3), 220-228 - Socioeconomic status, financial hardship and measured obesity in older adults (2013)
BMC Public Health, - Socioeconomic status, financial hardship and measured obesity in older adults: A cross-sectional study of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort (2013)
BMC Public Health, 13 (1) - Approaches to chronic disease management evaluation in use in Europe: a review of current methods and performance measures. (2012)
International journal of technology assessment in health care, - Barriers and facilitators to integrating care: experiences from the English Integrated Care Pilots. (2012)
International journal of integrated care, 12 (JULY-) - Case management for at-risk elderly patients in the English integrated care pilots: observational study of staff and patient experience and secondary care utilisation. (2012)
International journal of integrated care, 12 (JULY-) - Overcoming fragmentation in health care: chronic care in Austria, Germany and The Netherlands. (2012)
Health economics, policy, and law, - What is the evidence base for public involvement in health-care policy?: results of a systematic scoping review. (2012)
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, - A ‘vector of rights’ approach for public health: towards an intersectional human rights framework for considering the prevention and treatment of harms to girl child soldiers (2008)
Australian Journal of Human Rights, - Loss of translation elongation factor (eEF1A2) expression in vivo differentiates between Wallerian degeneration and dying-back neuronal pathology. (2008)
Journal of anatomy,
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