Recent Publications by the LEAP research group
Unmet health care needs during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults: a prospective cohort study in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Authors
Jayati Khattar, Laura N. Anderson, Vanessa De Rubeis, Margaret de Groh, Ying Jiang, Aaron Jones, Nicole E. Basta, Susan Kirkland, Christina Wolfson, Lauren E. Griffith and Parminder Raina; for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Team
Journal
CMAJ Open
Year
2023
Obesity and weight change during the COVID-19 pandemic in children and adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors
Laura N. Anderson, Yulika Yoshida-Montezuma, Nora Dewart, Ezza Jalil, Jayati Khattar, Vanessa De Rubeis, Sarah Carsley, Lauren E. Griffith, Lawrence Mbuagbaw
Journal
Obesity Reviews
Year
2023
Obesity and adverse childhood experiences in relation to stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Authors
Vanessa De Rubeis, Andrea Gonzalez, Margaret de Groh, Ying Jiang, Urun Erbas Oz, Jean-Eric Tarride, Nicole E. Basta, Susan Kirkland, Christina Wolfson, Lauren E. Griffith, Parminder Raina, Laura N. Anderson & the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Team
Journal
International Journal of Obesity
Year
2023
Symptoms of depression and anxiety, and unmet healthcare needs in adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Authors
Jayati Khattar, Lauren E. Griffith, Aaron Jones, Vanessa De Rubeis, Margaret de Groh, Ying Jiang, Nicole E. Basta, Susan Kirkland, Christina Wolfson, Parminder Raina, Laura N. Anderson & the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Team
Journal
BMC Public Health
Year
2022
Stressors and perceived consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults: a cross-sectional study using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Authors
Vanessa De Rubeis, Laura N. Anderson, Jayati Khattar, Margaret de Groh, Ying Jiang, Urun Erbas Oz, Nicole E. Basta, Susan Kirkland, Christina Wolfson, Lauren E. Griffith, Parminder Raina and the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Team
Journal
CMAJ Open
Year
2022
Changes in chronic disease risk factors and current exercise habits among Canadian adults living with and without a child during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors
Alessandra T. Andreacchi, Yulika Yoshida-Montezuma, Rachel C. Colley, Brendan T. Smith, Leigh M. Vanderloo, and Laura N. Anderson
Journal
Health Reports
Year
2022
The association between late preterm birth and cardiometabolic conditions across the life course: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors
Yulika Yoshida-Montezuma, Erica Stone, Saman Iftikhar, Vanessa De Rubeis, Alessandra T. Andreacchi, Charles Keown-Stoneman, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Hilary K. Brown, Russell J. de Souza, Laura N. Anderson
Journal
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
Year
2021
The social determinants of health as predictors of adherence to public health preventive measures among parents and young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort study
Authors
Yulika Yoshida-Montezuma, Charles DG Keown-Stoneman, Susitha Wanigaratne, Xuedi Li, Shelley Vanderhout, Cornelia M Borkhoff, Catherine S Birken, Jonathon L Maguire, Laura N Anderson
Journal
Year
2021
Impact of disasters, including pandemics, on cardiometabolic outcomes across the life-course: a systematic review
Authors
Vanessa De Rubeis, Jinhee Lee, Muhammad Saqib Anwer, Yulika Yoshida-Montezuma, Alessandra T Andreacchi , Erica Stone, Saman Iftikhar, Jason D Morgenstern, Reid Rebinsky, Sarah E Neil-Sztramko, Elizabeth Alvarez, Emma Apatu, Laura N Anderson
Journal
BMJ Open
Year
2021
Body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and body fat in relation to health care use in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Authors
Alessandra T. Andreacchi, Lauren E. Griffith, G. Emmanuel Guindon, Alexandra Mayhew, Carol Bassim, Marie Pigeyre, Saverio Stranges, Laura N. Anderson
Journal
Year
2021
Association of screen time and cardiometabolic risk in school-aged children
Authors
Leigh M. Vanderloo, Charles D.G. Keown-Stoneman, Harunya Sivanesanda, Patricia C. Parkina, Jonathon L.Maguire, Laura N. Anderson, Mark S.Tremblay, Catherine S. Birken, on behalf of the TARGet Kids! Collaborative
Journal
Preventive Medicine Reports
Year
2020
Trajectories of physical activity, from young adulthood to older adulthood and pancreatic cancer risk; a population-based case-control study in Ontario, Canada
Authors
Jaspreet Sandhu, Vanessa De Rubeis, Michelle Cotterchio, Brendan T. Smith, Lauren E. Griffith, Darren R. Brenner, Ayelet Borgida, Steven Gallinger, Sean Cleary, Laura N. Anderson
Journal
Year
2020
Sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda
Authors
Bindra Shah, Katherine Tombeau Cost, Anne Fuller, Catherine S Birken, Laura N. Anderson
Journal
Year
2020
Latent class analysis of obesity‐related characteristics and associations with body mass index among young children
Authors
aura N. Anderson, Ravinder Sandhu, Charles D.G. Keown‐Stoneman, Vanessa De Rubeis, Cornelia M. Borkhoff, Sarah Carsley, Jonathon L. Maguire, Catherine S. Birken
Journal
Year
2020
Methodological approaches to the design and analysis of nonrandomized intervention studies for the prevention of child and adolescent obesity
Authors
Ravinder Sandhu, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Jean-Eric Tarride, Vanessa De Rubeis, Sarah Carsley, Laura N. Anderson
Journal
Canadian Journal of Public Health
Year
2020
Validity of self‐reported recall of anthropometric measures in early life: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors
Vanessa De Rubeis, Sawila Bayat, Lauren E. Griffith, Brendan T. Smith, Laura N. Anderson
Journal
Year
2019
Trajectories of body mass index, from adolescence to older adulthood, and pancreatic cancer risk; a population-based case–control study in Ontario, Canada
Authors
Vanessa De Rubeis, Michelle Cotterchio, Brendan T. Smith, Lauren E. Griffith, Ayelet Borgida, Steven Gallinger, Sean Cleary, Laura N. Anderson
Journal
Year
2019
A full list of my publications is available on Google Scholar or ORCID.
Ongoing Team Projects
The LEAP team is actively involved in many research projects in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada, Public Health Ontario, and the Hospital for Sick Children. Laura Anderson is a site investigator for the TARGet Kids! primary care network, the Canadian Longitudinal Study for Aging, and the Colon Cancer Family Registry.
Funded Research Projects
I am currently leading several Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funded research projects investigating the early life determinants of cardiometabolic risk and the broader impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on obesity and cardiometabolic risk in both children and young adults. I am also leading a study funded by CIHR and the Cancer Research Society that is investigating the change in cancer risk factors during the pandemic, and conducting a pilot randomized controlled trial, funded by the Canadian Cancer Society, to investigate the feasibility of motivational interviewing to improve health behaviors in young adults (https://motivate.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/). I contribute as a co-investigator to several projects broadly related to population and public health.