📢 New from @kozetamiliku.bsky.social lab: ⬆️ UPFs are associated with ⬆️ reported behavioural challenges in 🇨🇦 kids. Our findings are a starting point for more research on UPFs and child behaviour 🍽️ 🧠 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Thanks to Howard (Zheng) Chen & @childcohortstudy.bsky.social
Kozeta Miliku MD, PhD
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Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and McMaster University Clinical Science Officer @CHILDStudy #DOHaD #womeninstem #newPI #newmom www.milikulab.ca
Congratulations to the O’Connor Lab on their JAMA Pediatrics publication exploring patterns in formula supplementation after breastfeeding starts and how socio‑economic and racial factors relate. @joannabaxter.bsky.social @deborahoconnor.bsky.social Read more: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Hospital Formula Supplementation Postbreastfeeding Initiation, Neighborhood Economy, and Race
This study examines whether nonmedically indicated hospital formula supplementation of term-born breastfed newborns is associated with neighborhood socioeconomic status and/or maternal race.
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A wonderful article profiling some of Canada’s incredible next generation of researchers, including important leaders in our human development, child and youth health research community, @kozetamiliku.bsky.social & Grant Bruno
Making their mark: Meet Canada’s next generation of researchers. They’re still early in their careers, but making breakthroughs in health and medicine, by @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social, Jennifer Yang, @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Honoured to welcome Dean Lisa Robinson on a special visit to the Nutrition Intervention Center. Thank you for your support & for recognizing the innovative, impactful work happening at the intersection of medicine, nutrition & community health. @uoftmedicine.bsky.social @kozetamiliku.bsky.social
Dad’s weight before baby’s birth may influence child’s risk of #obesity: new CHILD research in International Journal of Obesity @springernature.com from the @nutrisci_uoft lab of @kozetamiliku.bsky.social More: childstudy.ca/dads-weight-...
Happy Father’s Day! 👨👧👦 Today, we celebrate the fathers & father figures who support & inspire the next generation. Pleased to share our publication showing that prenatal fathers' health matters for their child’s health and supports more inclusive prevention strategies. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Determining the interplay of prenatal parental BMI in shaping child BMI trajectories: the CHILD Cohort Study - International Journal of Obesity
International Journal of Obesity - Determining the interplay of prenatal parental BMI in shaping child BMI trajectories: the CHILD Cohort Study
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A father's prenatal health is closely linked to his children's early growth patterns and future risk of obesity, study by #TemertyMed Prof. Kozeta Miliku finds. bit.ly/4kI4x7v
#DOHaDCanada2025 meeting in Montreal was filled with compelling talks, great conversations with colleagues, mentors, and friends. The 🍒🔝 #ArtofCreation exhibition by the incredible @slobodalab.bsky.social beautifully bridged science & art. Congratulations to @dohadcanada.bsky.social & organizers!
Are you attending #DOHaDCanada2025 #CNPRM2025 in Montreal? If yes, come and check the posters from the #Milikulab team @childcohortstudy.bsky.social @uoftnutrisci.bsky.social 📌 Poster 150 – Zheng Hao (Howard) Chen 📌 Poster 115 – Maurya Hart 📌 Poster 264 – Sara Mousavi @dohadcanada.bsky.social
Next talk from @kozetamiliku.bsky.social at @dohadcanada.bsky.social #DOHaD2025 on ultra processed food consumption in 🇨🇦 children 👀DYK children & adolescents consume more UPF than adults? 🚨This has huge implications for longterm health and NCD risk in kids! #CHILDStudy
From Hawaii 🌸 to Poland 🇵🇱 — thrilled to be heading to #ICHCA2025! Excited for an incredible lineup of speakers, the workshops, and to share insights from our 🇨🇦 @childcohortstudy.bsky.social @uoftnutrisci.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social Looking forward to the next few days ichca.net
📢 We're hiring! The Dept. of Nutritional Sciences @UofT is seeking a tenure-stream Assistant Professor (start date: Jan 1, 2026). Apply by June 25, 2025. Details: jobs.utoronto.ca – Search Req ID: 39770. Please share widely! #AcademicJobs #NutritionScience
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Join the vibrant Department of Nutritional Sciences @uoft.bsky.social! We're hiring a full-time, tenure-stream Assistant Professor. Start Date: Sept 1, 2025 Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca Posting ID: #39771 Don't miss this chance to advance your career in a world-class academic environment. Spread the word
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Canadian preschoolers get nearly half of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods, study finds. What should parents do? www.thestar.com/life/health-... @thestar.com @kozetamiliku.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Canada is among the countries with the highest sales of ultraprocessed foods. A Canadian cohort study suggests that high consumption of these foods is associated with obesity in early childhood, particularly among boys. @kozetamiliku.bsky.social www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
High UPF Consumption Linked to Obesity in Canadian Children
High consumption of ultraprocessed foods containing high levels of added sugars, saturated fat, and sodium is associated with obesity in early childhood, especially in boys.
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Interested in Pursuing a Fellowship on Early Infant Feeding and the Microbiome - See Job ID22209 career.sickkids.ca:8001/psc/CRPRD/CA...
🚨 We're hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! 📍 Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, U of T 🔬 Research: Developmental origins of multimorbidity in Canadian children 💡 PhD degree, nutrition, epi & stats skills required 🌐 Details: milikulab.ca/our-team/job... #DOHaD #Postdoc #Hiring