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Vanderlee Lana

Regular Researcher

Professeure agrégée
Université Laval

Entité(s)

INAF - Entité NUTRISS

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Thèmes de recherche

Theme 6 – Nutrition and Society

Theme 5 – Autonomy, Prosperity and Food Accessibility

Theme 3 – Food Supply and Well-Being

Mots clés

Food systems

Public nutrition policies

Dietary habits

Population health

Societal determinants

Social inequalities

Food environment

Équipe

Caroline Vaillancourt

Vaillancourt
Caroline

  • Scientific Staff

étudiants gradués

Drolet-Labelle
Virginie

(Directrice de recherche)

Etudiante au doctorat,

Projet:

Charest
Oliver

(Directrice de recherche)

Etudiant à la maîtrise,

Projet:

Pauzé
Elise

Postdoctroante,

Projet:

Coordonnées

  • Université Laval

Faculté des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation
School of Nutrition

Pavillon des services, Local 2729-E
2440 boulevard Hochelaga
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
Canada

418-656-7661

lana.vanderlee@fsaa.ulaval.ca

Liens et réseaux sociaux

Expertises

Dr. Lana Vanderlee’s research program examines the impact of population-level policies and interventions that influence the food environment. The food environment—defined as the set of physical, economic, sociocultural, and political factors that influence dietary practices—has a significant impact on diet quality.

At a global scale, policymakers are working to implement strategies that make the “healthy choice the easy choice” and to positively influence diets and promote health. Dr. Vanderlee’s research aims to identify ways in which public and industry stakeholders can promote healthier diets among Canadians and globally.

Formation

Postdoctoral fellowship - Public health - University of Waterloo

Postdoctoral fellowship - Nutrition - University of Toronto

PhD - Public health and health systems - University of Waterloo

Bachelor's - Kinesiology - University of Waterloo

En savoir plus

  • INFORMAS DECADE2
  • INFORMAS Canada (www.informascanada.org) à évaluer des environnements alimentaire au Canada
  • International Food Policy Study (www.foodpolicystudy.com) à évaluer l’impacts des politiques publiques au plusiers pays du monde
  • Publicité axée sur la santé et étiquettes de mise en garde sur les contenants d’alcool / Health-oriented advertising and health warning labels on alcohol containers
  • Consommation de boissons sucrées chez les adultes et les jeunes / Sugary drink consumption among adults and youth

 

Vanderlee, L., Vaillancourt, C., McLaughlin, A., Olstad, D.L., Ahmed, M., Kirk, S., Labonté, M.È., Mah, C.L., Minaker, L., Moubarac, J.-C., Mulligan, C., Potvin Kent, M., Provencher, V., Prowse, R., Raine, K., Schram, A., Vergeer, L., L’Abbé, M.R. An in-depth look at Canada’s food environments: Results from INFORMAS Canada. 2025. https://informascanada.com/2025-report
Vanderlee, L., Garton, K., Ahmed, M. et al. Prioritising Indicators for Large-scale Monitoring and Assessment of Food Environments for Public Health. Curr Obes Rep 15, 37 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-026-00705-8
Schram A, Garton K, Vaillancourt C, Vanderlee L. Monitoring the impacts of international trade and investment agreements on food environments: a Canadian case study. Public Health Nutrition. 2026;29(1):e77. doi:10.1017/S1368980026102122
Abran, S.-M., Vaillancourt, C., Franco-Arellano, B., Lee, J., Pomerleau, S., Provencher, V., Labonté, M.-E., Vanderlee, L. Mixed messages: evaluating the concurrent presence of nutrition and health claims and front-of-pack warning symbols in five food categories in Canada. Public Health Nutrition. 2026;29(1):e38. https://doi.org/10.1017/S136898002610189X.
Vanderlee, L., White, C.M., Hammond, D., Hobin, E. The impact of nutrition information labels on alcohol containers in Canada: an online randomized trial. Preventive Medicine. 2025;202:108475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2025.108475
Gaucher-Holm, A., Chan, J., Sacks, G., Vaillancourt, C., Vergeer, L., Potvin Kent, M., Olstad, D.L., Vanderlee, L. Food and beverage manufacturing and retailing company policies and commitments to improve the healthfulness of Canadian food environments. BMC Public Health. 2024: 24, 2419 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19864-1
Vaillancourt, C., Ahmed, M., Kirk, S., L’Abbe, M.R., Labonté, M.E., Laar, A., Mah, C.L., Minaker, L.M., Olstad, D.L., Potvin Kent, M., Provencher, V., Prowse, R., Raine, K.D., Schram, A., Zavala Mora, D., Rancourt-Bouchard, M., Vanderlee, L. Food environment research in Canada: a rapid review of methodologies and measures deployed between 2010 and 2021. International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2024:21;18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01558-x
Gaucher-Holm, A., Wood, B., Sacks, G., Vanderlee, L. The structure of the Canadian packaged food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturing and grocery retailing sectors through a public health lens. Globalization and Health. 2023;19(1):1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00917-w
Demers-Potvin, É., Gaucher-Holm, A., Hobin, E.P., Provencher, V., Niquette, M., Bélanger-Gravel, A., Vanderlee, L. Nutrition cues on ready-to-drink alcoholic beverage containers sold in grocery stores in Québec City, Canada. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2023;32:102164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102164
Demers-Potvin, É., White, M., Potvin Kent, M., Nieto, C., White, C.M., Zueying, X., Hammond, D., Vanderlee, L. Adolescents’ media usage and self-reported exposure to advertising across six countries: implications for less healthy food and beverage marketing. BMJ Open. 2022;12 e058913. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058913

  • Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC) / Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  • Santé Canada / Health Canada
  • Canada Research Chair in Healthy Food Policy / Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les politiques visant une saine alimentation
  • International Development Research Centee / Centre de recherches pour le développement international
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) / Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH)
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation / Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation