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RESUME

Jodi Bernstein PhD, MPH, RD

EDUCATION

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia (2020-2022)

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (2018-2019)

  • PhD, Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (2014-2018)

  • Fellow CIHR Fellowship in Population Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention (2014-2015)

  • Fellow CIHR Fellowship in Public Health Policy (2014-2015)

  • MPH, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto (2012-2014)

  • BASc, Food & Nutrition, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University (2008-2012)

PUBLISHED WORK - MANUSCRIPTS

  • Chen QJ, Gillis M, Bernstein J, Jacobs A, Morrison CL, Jessri M. (2024).  Modeling food substitution using the Ofcom nutrient profiling model on population intakes from the Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition 2015. Nutrients. 16(12): 1874.

  • Flexner N, Christoforou AK, Bernstein J, Ng AP, Yang Y, Fernandes Nilson EA, Labonté ME, L'Abbé M. (2023). Estimating Canadian sodium intakes and the health impact of meeting national and WHO recommended sodium intake levels: A macrosimulation modelling study. Plos One. 18(5): e0284733.

  • Flexner N, Bernstein J, Weippert M, Labonté ME, Christoforou AK, Ng AP, L'Abbé M. (2023). How many diet-related non-communicable disease deaths could be averted or delayed if Canadians reduced their consumption of calories derived from free sugars intake? A macrosimulation modeling study. Nutrients. 15(8): 1835.

  • Bernstein J, Christoforou AK, Ng AP, Weippert M, Mulligan C, Flexner N, L'Abbé M. (2023). Canadian free sugar intake and modelling of a reformulation scenario. Foods. 12(9): 1771.

  • Bernstein J, Christoforou AK, Flexner N, L'Abbé M. (2023). Comparing the nutritional composition of foods and beverages in the Canadian Nutrient File to a large representative database of Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages. Plos One. 18(3):e0280028.

  • Gilbert SZ, Morrison CL, Chen QJ, Punian J, Bernstein J, Jessri M. (2023). Algorithm-based mapping of products in a branded Canadian food and beverage database to their equivalents in Health Canada's Canadian Nutrient File. Frontiers in Nutrition. 16(9). 

  • Jessri M, Eddeen AB, Hennessy D, Bernstein J, Sanmartin C, Bennett C, Manuel D. (2022). Development and validation of a cardiovascular disease risk-prediction model using population health surveys and dietary indices: the Cardiovascular Disease Population Risk Tool–Nutrition (CVDPoRT-Nutrition). International Journal of Population Data Science. 7(3): 2102.

  • Hamel V, Nardocci M, Flexner N, Bernstein J, L’Abbé M, Moubarac JC. (2022). Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods Is Associated with Free Sugars Intake in the Canadian Population. Nutrients. 14(3): 708.

  • Vergeer L, Ahmed M, Vanderlee L, Mulligan C, Weippert M, Franco-Arellano B, Dickenson K, Bernstein J, Labonté ME, L’Abbé M. (2022). The relationship between voluntary product (re) formulation commitments and changes in the nutritional quality of products offered by the top packaged food and beverage companies in Canada from 2013 to 2017. BMC Public Health. 22:271.

  • Christoforou A, Norsen S, Bernstein J, L'Abbé M. (2021). Examining the prevalence, nutritional quality and marketing of foods with voluntary nutrient additions in the Canadian food supply. Nutrients. 13(9): 3115.

  • Vergeer L, Franco-Arellano B, Tjong GB, Bernstein J, L’Abbé M. (2021). The level of processing, nutritional composition and prices of Canadian packaged foods and beverages with and without gluten-free claims. Nutrients. 13(4): 1183.

  • Vergeer L, Ahmed M, Franco-Arellano B, Mulligan C, Dickenson K, Bernstein J, Labonté ME, L’Abbé M. (2020). Methodology for the determination of fruit, vegetable, nut and legume points for food supplies without quantitative ingredient declarations and its application to a large Canadian packaged food and beverage database. Foods. 9(8):1127.

  • Bernstein J, Christoforou A, Weippert M, L’Abbe M. (2020). Reformulation of sugar contents in prepackaged foods and beverages between 2013 and 2017 and resultant changes in nutritional composition of products with sugar reductions. Public Health Nutrition. 23(16): 2870-2878.

  • Mulligan C, Christoforou A, Vergeer L, Bernstein J, L'Abbé M. (2020). Evaluating the Canadian packaged food supply using Health Canada’s proposed nutrient criteria for restricting unhealthy food and beverage marketing to children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(4): 1250.

  • Bernstein J, Christoforou A, Mulligan C, L’Abbe M. (2020). Examining the relationship between sugars contents of Canadian foods and beverages and child-appealing marketing. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 111: 239-246. 

  • Vergeer L, Veira P, Bernstein J, Weippert M, L’Abbe M. (2019). The calorie and nutrient density of more versus less processed packaged food and beverage products in the Canadian food supply. Nutrients. 11(11): 2782.

  • Franco-Arellano B, Kim MA, Vandevijvere S, Bernstein J, Labonté MÈ, Mulligan C, L’Abbé M. (2019) Assessment of Packaged Foods and Beverages Carrying Nutrition Marketing against Canada’s Food Guide Recommendations. Nutrients. 11(2): 411.

  • Bernstein J. (2018) Examination of the sugars contents of Canadian prepackaged foods and the role that nutrition labelling can play in helping Canadians identify foods consistent with World Health Organization Guidelines [Doctoral Thesis].

  • Franco-Arellano B, Labonté ME, Bernstein J, L'Abbé M. (2018) Examining the nutritional quality of Canadian packaged foods and beverages with and without nutrition claims. Nutrients. 10(7): E832.

  • Bernstein J, Labonté ME, Franco-Arellano B, Schermel A, L'Abbé M. (2018) A free sugars daily value (DV) identifies more "less healthy" prepackaged foods and beverages than a total sugars DV. Preventive Medicine. 109:98-105.

  • Bernstein J, Lou W, L'Abbé M. (2017). Examining the Relationship between Free Sugar and Calorie Contents in Canadian Prepacked Foods and Beverages. Foods 6(9):75.

  • Franco-Arellano B, Bernstein J, Norsen S, Schermel A, L'Abbé M. (2017) Assessing nutrition and other claims on food labels: A repeated cross-sectional analysis the Canadian food supply. BMC Nutrition 3(1): 74.

  • Bernstein J, Franco-Arellano B, Labonté ME, Schermel A, L'Abbé M. (2017) Healthfulness and nutritional composition of Canadian prepackaged foods with and without sugar claims. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 42(11): 1217-1224.

  • Labonté ME, Poon T, Mulligan C, Bernstein J, Franco-Arellano B, L’Abbé M. (2017) Comparison of global nutrient profiling systems for nutrient profiling systems for restricting the commercial marketing of foods and beverages of low nutritional quality to children in Canada. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 106(6): 1471-1481.

  • Bernstein J, Schermel A, Mills C, L'Abbé M. (2016) Total and free sugar content of Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages. Nutrients. 8(9): E582.

  • Bernstein J, L’Abbé M. (2016) Added sugars on nutrition labels: a way to support population health in Canada. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 188(15): 373-374.

PUBLISHED WORK - ABSTRACTS

  • Christoforou A, Ng A, Bernstein J, L'Abbe M. (2021). Estimating Usual Sodium Intake and Sodium-to-Potassium Molar Ratios From Urine Excretion Among Canadian Adults: An Analysis of the Canadian Health Measures Survey. Current Developments in Nutrition. 5(S2): 1020.

  • L’Abbé M, Christoforou A, Mulligan C, Vergeer L, Bernstein J. (2020) The impact of proposed nutrient criteria for the display of mandatory front-of-package 'high-in' symbols in the Canadian prepackaged foods supply. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 79(OCE2): E717.

  • Bernstein J, L’Abbé M. (2018) Differences in the nutrient composition of products reformulated to be lower in sugars. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 43 (4): S1-S42.

  • Christoforou A, Goorang S, Tran S, Bernstein J, L’Abbé M. (2018) Characterizing the extent and nature of prepackaged foods with small reference amounts in Canada. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 43 (4): S1-S42.

  • Christoforou A, Bernstein J, Franco-Arellano B, Mulligan C, L’Abbé M. (2018) Products with nutrition-related marketing are more expensive than those without in most food categories. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 43 (4): S1-S42.

  • Franco-Arellano B, Kim M, Vandevijvere S, Bernstein J, Labonte ME, Swinburn B, L’Abbé M. (2017) Healthfulness of Canadian packaged food products with and without health-related claims: An INFORMAS-based approach. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 71: 723-733.

  • Bernstein J, Franco-Arellano B, Schermel A, L’Abbé M. (2017) Is nutrition marketing more common in high sugar foods? Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 42 (5): S1-S56.

  • Franco-Arellano B, Labonté ME, Bernstein J, L’Abbé M. (2017) Assessing the nutritional quality of prepackaged foods carrying nutrient content and front-of-pack claims in the Canadian food supply. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 42 (5): S1-S56.

  • Poon T, Labonté ME, Bernstein J, L’Abbé M. (2017) Comparison of applying two WHO nutrient profiling models (Americas and Europe) for the purpose of restricting marketing of less healthy foods to children in Canada. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 42 (5): S1-S56.

  • Franco-Arellano B, Bernstein J, Noorhosseini S, Schermel A, L’Abbé M. (2016) Food label information program using big data: continuous monitoring of nutrition marketing in Canada. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 41(5): S1-S45.

  • Labonté ME, Noorhosseini S, Bernstein J, Ahmed M, L’Abbé M. (2016) Are foods of higher nutritional quality more expensive than their less healthy counterparts? An analysis of Canadian Packaged Foods. FASEB Journal. 30(S1): 131.7.

  • Bernstein J, L’Abbé M. (2015) Evaluating the Discrimination of Sugar Content Thresholds in the Canadian Nutrient File Classification System. FASEB Journal. 29 (S1): 124.7.

  • Wang F, Bernstein J, Diangelo C, Marsden S. (2014) Health Professionals’ understanding of added sugars consumption in relation to key nutrition issues in Canada Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 38(5): S32.

  • Bernstein J, DiAngelo C, Brisbois T, Marsden S. (2013) Front-of-pack sugar claims: health professionals' understanding compared with marketplace practice Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. 74(3): e318-e334.

  • Brisbois T, Bernstein J, DiAngelo C, Marsden S. (2013) Front-of-pack sugar claims: health professionals' understanding compared with marketplace practice Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, Canadian Nutrition Society Annual Meeting. 38(4):433-476.

PUBLISHED WORK - PERIODICALS

ACKNOWLEDGED MEDICAL WRITING/EDITING

  • Renard E, Weinstock RS, Aleppo G, Bode BW, Brown SA, Castorino K, Hirsch IB, Kipnes MS, Laffel LM, Lal RA, Penfornis A, Riveline JP, Shah VN, Thivolet C, Ly TT. (2024). Efficacy and Safety of a Tubeless AID System Compared With Pump Therapy With CGM in the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes in Adults With Suboptimal Glycemia: A Randomized, Parallel-Group Clinical Trial. Diabetes Care. 47(12): 1-10.

  • Criego A, Carlson AL, Brown SA, Forlenza GP, Bode BW, Levy CJ, Hansen DW, Hirsch IB, Bergenstal RM, Sherr JL, et al. (2024). Two years with a tubeless automated insulin delivery system: A single-arm multicenter trial in children, adolescents, and adults with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 26(1): 11-23.

  • Jessri M, Hennessey D, Bader Edden A, Bennet C, Zhang Z, Yang Q, Sanmartin C, Manuel D. (2023). Sodium, added sugar and saturated fat intake in relation to mortality and CVD events in adults: Canadian National Nutrition Survey linked with vital statistics and health administrative databases. British Journal of Nutrition. 129(10): 1740-1750.

  • Jessri M, Jacobs A, Ng A, Bennett C, Quinlan A, Nutt C, Brown J, Hennessey D, Manuel D. (2023). Development and evaluation of the dietary pattern calculator (DiPaC) for personalized assessment and feedback. Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. 85(1): 25-31.

  • Davis GM, Peters AL, Bode BW, Carlson AL, Dumais B, Vienneau TE, Huyett LM, Ly TT. (2023). Safety and efficacy of the Omnipod 5 automated insulin delivery system in adults with type 2 diabetes: From injections to hybrid closed-loop therapy. Diabetes Care. 46(4): 742-750.

  • Criego A, Carlson AL, Brown S, Forlenza G, Bode B, Levy C, Hansen D, Hirsch IB, Bergenstal RM, Sherr JL, Mehta S, Laffel LMB, Shah VN, Bhargava A, Weinstock RS, MacLeish SA, DeSalvo DJ, Jones TC, Aleppo G, Buckingham BA, Ly TT. (2023). Two years with a tubeless AID system: A single-arm multicenter trial in children, adolescents, and adults with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 

  • Sherr JL, Bode BW, Forlenza GP, Laffel LM, Schoelwer MJ, Buckingham BA, Criego AB, DeSalvo DJ, MacLeish SA, Hansen DW, Ly TT. (2022). Safety and Glycemic Outcomes With a Tubeless Automated Insulin Delivery System in Very Young Children With Type 1 Diabetes: A Single-Arm Multicenter Clinical Trial. Diabetes Care. 45(8): 1907-1910.

  • Carlson AL, Huyett L, Jantz J, Chang A, Vienneau T, Ly TT. (2021). Improved glycemic control in 3,592 adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus initiating a tubeless insulin management system. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 174: 108735.

  • Forlenza G, Buckingham B, Brown S, Bode B, Levy C, Criego A, Wadwa R, Cobry E, Slover R, Messer L, Berget C, McCoy S, Ekhlaspour L, Kingman R, Voelmle, Boyd J, O'Malley G, Grieme A, Kivilaid K, Kleve K, Dumais B, Vienneau T, Huyett L, Bok Lee J, O'Connor J, Benjamin E, Ly T. (2021). First outpatient evaluation of a tubeless automated insulin delivery system with customizable glucose targets in children and adults with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 23(6).

  • Brown SA, Forlenza GP, Bode BW, Pinsker JE, Levy CJ, Criego AB, Hansen DW, Hirsch IB, Carlson AL, Bergenstal RM, Sherr JL, Mehta SN, Laffel LM, Shah VN, Bhargava A, Weinstock RS, MacLeish SA, DeSalvo DJ, Jones TC, Aleppo G, Buckingham BA, Ly TT. (2021). Multicenter trial of a tubeless, on-body automated insulin delivery system with customizable glycemic targets in pediatric and adult participants with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 44:1-11.

PEER-REVIEW EXPERIENCE

  • Health Reports

  • American Journal of Public Health

  • Canadian Journal of Dietetic Research and Practice

  • Canadian Medical Association Journal

  • Nutrients

  • Public Health Nutrition

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