Lisa Kakinami, PhD (Epidemiology)

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Weight history, eating behaviours, and health

1.   *Yuan TY, *Bouzari N, *Bains A, Cohen TR, Kakinami L. Weight-control compensatory behaviors patterns and correlates: a scoping review. Front Psychol. 2024;15:1383662.

2.  *Sedemedes K, Knäuper B, Sadikaj G, *Yuan TY, Wrosch C, Santosa S, Alberga AS, Kakinami L. Compensatory health motivations and behaviors scale: Development, evaluation, psychometric properties and a preliminary validation. Appetite. 2023; 191:107075.

3.  *Gödde JU, *Yuan TY, Kakinami L, Cohen TR.. Intuitive eating and its association with psychosocial health in adults: A cross-sectional study in a representative Canadian sample. Appetite. 2022; 168: 105782.

4.  Kakinami L, Knäuper B, Brunet J. Weight cycling is associated with adverse cardiometabolic markers in a cross-sectional representative US sample. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020; 74(8):662-6677. 

5.  *Houle-Johnson SA, Kakinami L. Do sex differences in reported weight loss intentions and behaviours persist across demographic characteristics and weight status in youth? A systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2018; 18(1):1343. 

6.  Kakinami L, *Houle-Johnson SA, Demissie Z, Santosa S, Fulton JE. Meeting fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity recommendations among adolescents intending to lose weight. Prev Med Rep. 2018; 13:11-15. 

Health methodologies (validation and epidemiological studies)

1.  Van Hulst A, Zheng S, *Argiropoulos N, Ybarra M, Ball GDC, Kakinami L. Overweight and obesity in early childhood and obesity at 10 years of age: a comparison of World Health Organization definitions. Eur J Pediatr 2025 Mar 27;184(4):270.

2.  Kakinami L, *Plummer S, Cohen TR, Santosa S, Murphy J. Body-composition phenotypes and their associations with cardiometabolic risks and health behaviours in a representative general US sample. Prev Med. 2022 Nov; 164:107282. 

3.   Kakinami L, *Smyrnova A, Paradis G, Tremblay A, Henderson M. Comparison of different severe obesity definitions in predicting future cardiometabolic risk in a longitudinal cohort of children. BMJ Open. 2022 Jun 15;12(6):e058857.

4.   Kakinami L, *Danieles PK, *Ajibade K, Santosa S, Murphy J. Adiposity and muscle mass phenotyping is not superior to BMI in detecting cardiometabolic risk in a cross-sectional study. Obesity. 2021; 29(8):1279-1284.

5.   *van Rassel CR, *Bewski NA, *O'Loughlin EK, Wright A, *Scheel DP, *Puig L, Kakinami L. Validity of electrical impedance myography to estimate percent body fat: comparison to bio-electrical impedance and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2019;59(4):632-639.

6.   Kakinami L, Henderson M, Chiolero A, Cole TJ, Paradis G. Identifying the best body mass index metric to assess adiposity change in children. Arch Dis Child. 2014;99(11):1020-4.

7.   Kakinami L, Henderson M, Delvin EE, Levy E, O’Loughlin J, Lambert M, Paradis G. Association between different growth curve definitions of overweight and obesity and cardiometabolic risk in children. CMAJ.2012;184(10):E539-50.

Environment (social/built) and health

1.  *Infantino E, Barnett TA, Côté-Lussier C, Van Hulst A, Henderson M, Mathieu ME, Sabiston C, Kakinami L. Feeling safe: a critical look at the effect of neighborhood safety features and perceptions on childhood symptoms of depression. BMC Pediatr. 2024;24(1):774.

2.  Kakinami L, *Danieles PK, *Hosseininasabnajar F, Barnett TA, Henderson M, Van Hulst A, Serbin LA, Stack DM, Paradis G. The longitudinal effects of maternal parenting practices on children's body mass index z-scores are lagged and differential. BMC Pediatr. 2023;23(1):270.

3.  Côté-Lussier C, Kakinami L, *Danieles PK. Ego-centered relative neighborhood deprivation and reported dietary habits among youth. Appetite. 2019;132:267-274.

4.  Ghenadenik A, Kakinami L, van Hulst A, Henderson M, Barnett T. Neighbourhoods and obesity: a longitudinal study of characteristics of the built environment and their association with adiposity outcomes in children in Montreal, Canada. Prev Med. 2018;111:35-40.

5.  Kakinami L, Serbin LA, StackDM, *Karmaker SC, Ledingham JE, Schwartzman AE. Neighbourhood disadvantage and behaviouiral problems during childhood and risk of cardiovascular disease and events from a prospective cohort. Prev Med Reports. 2017;5(8):294-300.

6.   Kakinami L, Barnett TA, Paradis G. Parenting style and obesity risk in children. Prev Med. 2015;75:18-22.

Socioeconomic status and health

1.   Kakinami L, *Wissa R, *Khan R, Paradis G, Barnett TA, Gauvin L. The association between income and leisure-time physical activity is moderated by utilitarian lifestyles: A nationally representative US population (NHANES 1999-2014). Prev. Med. 2018;113:147-152.

2.  Kakinami L, Gauvin L, Séguin, L, Lambert M, Nikiema B, Paradis G. Persistent and occasional poverty and children’s food consumption: evidence from a longitudinal Québec birth cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health.2014;68(10): 987-92.

3.  Kakinami L, Gauvin L, Barnett T, Paradis G. Trying to lose weight: the association of income and age to weight loss strategies in the US. Am J Prev Med. 2014;46(6):585-92.

4.  Kakinami L, Séguin L, Lambert M, Gauvin L, Nikiema B, Paradis G. Poverty’s latent effect on adiposity during childhood: evidence from a Québec birth cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2014;68(3):239-45.