Andrea Buchholz, PhD, RD

Professor, Applied Human Nutrition
Department of Family Relations & Applied Nutrition
Email: 
abuchhol@uoguelph.ca
Phone number: 
519-824-4120, ext 52347
Office: 
Dept Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Room 235 Macdonald Institute, Guelph ON Canada, N1G 2W1
Lab: 
Body Composition Lab, Rooms 285-287, Food Science Addition and HHNS Annex

 

 

About my research

As a Registered Dietitian and the Director of the University of Guelph Body Composition Lab, I am interested in the associations between lifestyle habits, body composition and cardiometabolic risk in families with young children.  I am a co-investigator of the Guelph Family Health Study (http://www.guelphfamilyhealthstudy.com) and the Family Stress Study (https://www.famstress.com/).

Accepting graduate students in 2023: Yes

Teaching:

Winter 2023:

  • NUTR*1020: Professional Practice in Applied Nutrition
  • UNIV*1200-01: Larger Bodies: Thinking Beyond the Scale
  • NUTR*4910: Applied Nutrition thesis II
  • NUTR*3500: Research Internship in Applied Nutrition

Fall 2023:

  • NUTR*4810: Applied Nutrition thesis I (3 students)
  • Otherwise, I am on research leave

Winter 2024: 

  • NUTR*1020: Professional Practice in Applied Nutrition
  • NUTR*4900: Selected Topics in Human Nutrition
  • NUTR*4910: Applied Nutrition thesis II (3 students)

Leadership:

  • Acting Director: First Year Seminars
  • Host, "Let's Talk About Teaching" teaching circle, FRAN

When not professing, I am ...
...a comedic improviser.

...an aspiring tap dancer.

  • Post-doctoral fellow - University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004
  • Post-doctoral fellow - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2003
  • PhD (Nutritional Sciences) - University of Toronto, 2002                                                                                                                     
  • Dietetic internship:  Hamilton Health Sciences, 1995
  • MSc (Applied Human Nutrition) - University of Guelph, 1994
  • B.A.A. (Foods and Nutrition), Toronto Metropolitan University, 1992

                    

(*denotes student collaboration): 

*Sheremeta J, Duncan AM, Darlington G, Ma DWL, Haines J, Newton G, Buchholz AC.  Cheese intake is inversely associated with LDL cholesterol in young children.  Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 2022;May 3:1-4. 

*Hruska V, *Ambrose V, Darlington G, Ma DWL, Haines J, Buchholz AC.  Stress is associated with adiposity in parents of preschoolers.  Obesity. 2020;28(3):655-659.

*Krystia O, *Ambrose T, Darlington G, Ma DWL, Buchholz AC, Haines J. Guelph Family Health Study. A randomized home-based childhood obesity-prevention intervention has favourable long-term effects on parental body composition: Guelph Family Health Study.  BMC Obesity.  2019;6(10):1-9

 

 

I collaborate with Dr. David Ma and Dr. Jess Haines and other researchers at the University of Guelph on the Guelph Family Health Study (http://www.guelphfamilyhealthstudy.com), and at McMaster University on the Family Stress Study (https://www.famstress.com/).

​Current Trainees:

  • Darla Barsse Maldonado (MSc-AHN): Waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio and BMI Z-score and pediatric cardiometabolic risk
  • Hannah Leung (fourth year AHN student): Associations between plant-based diets and body composition in young children
  • Yinuo Yang (third year AHN student):  Use of bioelectrical impedance analysis in measuring body composition of preschool - and school-aged children

Incoming Trainees (F23)

  • Hillary Lo (fourth year AHN student): Associations between percent fat mass and cardiometabolic risk in young children
  • Sarah Ribey (fourth year AHN student): Associations between sleep and body composition in young children
  • Yinuo Yang (fourth year AHN student):  Use of bioelectrical impedance analysis in measuring body composition of preschool - and school-aged children

 

I am interested in investigating the following in families with young children.  Do any of these topics catch your eye?  If so, please email me!

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH QUESTIONS

  • Plant-based diets, body weight and body composition in parents (Guelph Family Health Study)
  • Dairy intake (cheese, milk, yogurt) and body composition in children (Guelph Family Health Study)
  • Intake of ultra-processed foods and cardiometabolic risk in children (Guelph Family Health Study)

GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH QUESTIONS

  • How clusters of lifestyle behaviours (sleep, diet quality, total physical activity, etc.) are associated with body composition in children (Guelph Family Health Study and Family Stress Study)
  • Dairy-derived saturated fat and inflammation and cardiometabolic risk in parents and children (Guelph Family Health Study)
  • Longitudinal associations between child negative life events and body composition (Guelph Family Health Study and Family Stress Study)