Claire Tugault-Lafleur is a public health researcher and registered dietitian with specialized training in pediatric nutrition. Her research focuses on childhood obesity prevention, food parenting practices, and the promotion of healthy eating behaviours among children and families.
She completed her PhD in human nutrition at the University of British Columbia and subsequently held a postdoctoral fellowship at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. During her fellowship, she established a research program aimed at developing and evaluating family- and community-based interventions for preventing childhood obesity. Her work also explored food parenting practices, which are the specific behaviours, strategies and approaches that caregivers use to influence their children's eating habits, food choices and overall relationship with food.
Professor Tugault-Lafleur joined the University of Ottawa in 2021.
Professor Tugault-Lafleur is currently accepting graduate students interested in thesis supervision in the areas of child nutrition, family health promotion and public health nutrition.