Alejandra Wiedeman
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Alejandra Wiedeman postdoctoral research involves studies assessing dietary intake, nutritional status, and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and youth. Dr Wiedeman will investigate the relationship between dietary intakes and biomarker status in children. In addition, she will investigate why children treated with antipsychotic medication develop side effects such as excessive weight gain and other risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Antipsychotic drugs are used to treat a number of serious mental health conditions and can be life-saving. The aim of this work is to find new ways to identify which children are at risk for metabolic complications from second-generation antipsychotics. This valuable information could help clinicians work with families to develop a treatment plan that gives each child the best chance of long-term physical and mental health.
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Publications
- Dietary Riboflavin Intake and Riboflavin Status in Young Adult Women Living in Metro Vancouver, Canada (2021)
Current Developments in Nutrition, - Variability of Water-Soluble Forms of Choline Concentrations in Human Milk during Storage, after Pasteurization, and among Women (2019)
Nutrients, - Concentrations of Water-Soluble Forms of Choline in Human Milk from Lactating Women in Canada and Cambodia (2018)
Nutrients, 10 (3), 381 - Dietary Choline Intake: Current State of Knowledge Across the Life Cycle (2018)
Nutrients, 10 (10), 1513 - Milk Fat Globule Membrane Supplementation in Formula-fed Rat Pups Improves Reflex Development and May Alter Brain Lipid Composition (2018)
Scientific Reports, 8 (1) - Plasma Betaine Is Positively Associated with Developmental Outcomes in Healthy Toddlers at Age 2 Years Who Are Not Meeting the Recommended Adequate Intake for Dietary Choline (2018)
The Journal of Nutrition, 148 (8), 1309--1314 - Variations in plasma choline and metabolite concentrations in healthy adults (2018)
Clinical Biochemistry, 60, 77--83 - Effect of Increasing Concentrations of Zinc on the Absorption of Iron from Iron-Fortified Milk (2012)
Biological Trace Element Research, 150 (1-3), 21--25 - UTILIZACIÓN DE SUPLEMENTOS NUTRICIONALES PARA EL MANEJO DEL SOBREPESO Y OBESIDAD: UNA REVISIÓN DE LA EVIDENCIA (2011)
Revista chilena de nutrición, 38 (2), 234--242 - SUPLEMENTACIÓN CON COBRE ENTRE COMIDAS NO TIENE EFECTO SOBRE LA NUTRICIÓN DE HIERRO EN HOMBRES (2009)
Revista chilena de nutrición, 36 (4)
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