2024
  • Sebai, I., Ing, A., Nardocci, M., Fediuk, K., Sadik, T., Chan, H. M., & Batal, M. (2024). Eating Traditional Foods Enhances Diet Quality Among First Nations in Canada: An Analysis Using the Healthy Eating Food Index-2019 (HEFI-2019) and the Canadian Healthy Eating Index 2007 (C-HEI 2007). Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 0(ja), null. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2024-0220
  • Bodnaruc AM, Tarraf D, Blanchet R, Sanou D, Nana CP, Batal M, Giroux I (2024). Food insecurity and diet quality in migrant sub-Saharan African and Caribbean households in Ottawa, Canada. Nutrire 49, 29 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41110-024-00270-x
  • Decelles S, Nardocci M, Mildon A, Salameh B, Sebai I, Arasimowicz S, Batal M (2024). Determinants of continued breastfeeding in children aged 12-23 months in three regions of Haiti. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2024 Mar 8;48:e6. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2024.6. PMID: 38464872; PMCID: PMC10921905. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2024.6
  • Marushka L, Hu XF, Kenny TA, Batal M, Fediuk K, Sadik T, Golden CD, Cheung WLL, Salomon AK, and Chan HM (2024). Potential impacts of reduced seafood consumption on myocardial infarction among coastal First Nations in British Columbia, Canada. FACETS. 9(): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2022-0245
  • Al-Bazz, S., Al-Kharabsheh, L., Béland, D., Lane, G., Engler-Stringer, R., White, J., Koc, M., Batal, M., Chevrier, J., & Vatanparast, H. (2024). Are residency and type of refugee settlement program associated with food (in)security among Syrian refugees who have resettled in Canada since 2015? Food Security, 16(5), 1175-1202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-024-01477-6

2023
  • Besancon, S., Beran, D., & Batal, M. (2023). A study is 21 times more likely to find unfavourable results about the nutrition label Nutri-Score if the authors declare a conflict of interest or the study is funded by the food industry. BMJ Global Health, 8(5), e011720. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011720
  • April-Lalonde G, Deaconu A, Cole D, Batal M+ (2023). Traditional Food Consumption in Andean Ecuador and Associated Consumer Characteristics, Shopping and Eating Habits. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2023.2264197
  • Sebai I, Deaconu A, Mobetty F, Nardocci M, Ing A, Batal M (2023). Measurement of diet quality among First Nations peoples in Canada and associations with health: a scoping review, Nutrition Reviews, Volume 82, Issue 5, May 2024, Pages 695–708, https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuad073
  • Chevrier J, Lane G, Khakpour M, Vatanparast H, Batal M. Food Security Among Syrian Refugee Families in Quebec, Canada. Ecol Food Nutr. 2023 Jul 4;62(3-4):181-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2023.2228704

2022
  • Ramani-Chander, A., Joshi, R., Van Olmen, J., Wouters, E., Delobelle, P., Vedanthan, R., Miranda, J. J., Oldenburg, B., Sherwood, S., Rawal, L. B., […] Batal, M. (2022). Applying systems thinking to identify enablers and challenges to scale-up interventions for hypertension and diabetes in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a longitudinal mixed-methods study. BMJ open, 12(4), e053122. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053122
  • Sebai I*, Decelles S, Batal M (2022). Determinants of dietary diversity among children 6-23 months: a cross-sectional study in three regions of Haiti. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 2022 Dec 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.13128 
  • Mildon A, Decelles S, Salameh B, Sebai I*, Batal M (2022). Protecting both infant and mother: perceptions of infant feeding practices in rural Haiti. Journal of Global Health Reports. 2022; 6: e2022054. https://doi.org/10.29392/001c.38736
  • Decelles S, Nardocci M, Mildon A, Salameh B, Batal M (2022). Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding among Haitian children under 6 months of age. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022 Jul 16;46:e84. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.84
  • Blanchet R, Willows N, Johnson S; Okanagan Nation Salmon Reintroduction Initiatives, Batal M (2022). Enhancing cultural food security among the Syilx Okanagan adults with the reintroduction of Okanagan sockeye salmon. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2022 Feb;47(2):124-133. https://doi.org.10.1139/apnm-2021-0321. 
  • Ramani-Chander A, Joshi R, van Olmen J on behalf of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Upscaling Working Group Collaborators., et al. (56 authors including Batal M) (2022). Applying systems thinking to identify enablers and challenges to scale-up interventions for hypertension and diabetes in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a longitudinal mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 2022; 12:e053122. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053122. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053122
  • Batal M, Kenny TA, Johnson-Down L, Chan L, Sadik T, Ing A, Fediuk K, Willows N (2022). Development of an optimal grocery list based on actual intake from a cross-sectional study of First Nations adults in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2020-0950

2021​
  • Marushka, L., Hu, X., Batal, M., Tikhonov, C., Sadik, T., Schwartz, H., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., & Chan, H. M. (2021). The relationship between dietary exposure to persistent organic pollutants from fish consumption and type 2 diabetes among First Nations in Canada. Canadian journal of public health, 112(Suppl 1), 168-182. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00484-w
  • Kengneson C, Blanchet R, Sanou D, Batal M, Phillips KP, Giroux I (2021). Maternal perceptions and concerns about children’s weight status and diet quality: a study among Black immigrant families. Public Health Nutrition, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980021004729
  • Kengneson C, Blanchet R, Sanou D, Batal M, Giroux I. (2021). Factors associated with feeding practices of black immigrant mothers of African and Caribbean origin living in Ottawa, Canada. Appetite Vol 167, 2021, 105641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105641
  • Blanchet R, Batal M+, Johnson-Down L, Johnson S, Okanagan Nation Reintroduction Initiatives, Willows N (2021). An Indigenous food sovereignty initiative is positively associated with well-being and cultural connectedness in a survey of Syilx Okanagan adults in British Columbia, Canada. BMC Public Health 21, 1405 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11229-2
  • Issa C, Hobeika M, Khairallah W, El-Jawaldeh A, Batal M (2021). Timing and types of fluids and foods first introduced in a representative sample of toddlers attending day care programs across Lebanon: Are parents following international recommendations? Journal of Pediatric Nursing. Published online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.07.003
  • Batal M, Chan HM, Fediuk K, Ing A, Berti P, Sadik T, Johnson-Down L (2021). Importance of the traditional food systems for First Nations adults living on reserves in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 20–28 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-020-00353-y
  • Batal M, Chan HM, Fediuk K, Ing A, Berti P, Sadik T, Johnson-Down L (2021). Associations of health status and diabetes among First Nations Peoples living on-reserve in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 154–167 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00488-6
  • Batal M, Chan HM, Fediuk K, Ing A, Berti P, Sadik T, Johnson-Down L (2021). Nutrient adequacy and nutrient sources of adults among ninety-two First Nations communities across Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 29–40 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00490-y
  • Marushka L, Batal M, Tikhonov, Sadik T, Schwartz H, Ing A, Fediuk K, Chan HM (2021), Importance of Fish for Food and Nutrition Security among First Nations in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 64–80 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00481-z   
  • Chan HM, Singh K, Batal M, Marushka L, Tikhonov C, Sadik T, Schwartz H, Ing A, Fediuk K (2021). Levels of Metals and Persistent Organic Pollutants in Traditional Foods consumed by First Nations Living on Reserve in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 81–96 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00495-7
  • Tikhonov C, Schwartz H, Marushka L, Batal M, Sadik T, Ing A, Fediuk K, Chan HM (2021). Regionally representative hair mercury levels in Canadian First Nations adults living on reserves. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 97–112 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00508-5
  • Schwartz H, Marushka L, Batal M, Chan HM, Sadik T, Ing A, Fediuk K, Tikhonov C (2021). Metals in the Drinking Water of First Nations across Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 113–132 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00497-5
  • Schwartz H, Marushka L, Batal M, Chan HM, Sadik T, Ing A, Fediuk K, Tikhonov C (2021). Pharmaceuticals in source waters of First Nation reserves of Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 133–153 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00499-3
  • Marushka L, Hu X, Tikhonov C, Batal M, Sadik T, Schwartz H, Ing A, Fediuk K, Chan HM (2021). Dietary exposure to persistent organic pollutants is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes among First Nations in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 168–182 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00484-w
  • Chan HM, Fediuk K, Batal, M, Sadik T, Tikhonov C, Ing A, Fediuk K (2021). The First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (2008–2018)—rationale, design, methods and lessons learned. Canadian Journal of Public Health 112, 8–19 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00480-0
  • Batal M, Chan HM, Fediuk K, Ing A, Mercille G., Berti P, Sadik T, Johnson-Down L (2021). First Nations households living on reserve experience food insecurity: prevalence and predictors among ninety-two First Nations communities across Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 52–63 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00491-x    
  • Batal M, Chan HM, Fediuk K, Ing A, Berti P, Sadik T, Johnson-Down L (2021). Comparison of measures of diet quality using 24-hour recall data of First Nations adults living on reserves in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112, 41–51 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00489-5
  • Berti PR, Nardocci M, Tran MH, Batal M, Brodmann R, Greliche N, Saville NM (2021). Using DHS and MICS data to complement or replace NGO baseline health data: an exploratory study. F1000Research, Vol 10:69. Published online. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.47618.1
  • Deaconu A, Berti PR, Cole DC, Mercille G, Batal M (2021). Agroecology and nutritional health: A comparison of agroecological farmers and their neighbors in the Ecuadorian highlands. Food Policy, 2021, 102034, ISSN 0306-9192, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102034.
  • Deaconu A, Berti PR, Cole DC, Mercille G, Batal M (2021).  Market Foods, Own Production and Social Economy: how food acquisition sources influence nutrient intake among Ecuadorian farmers and the role of agroecology in supporting healthy diets. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4410. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084410
  • Deaconu A, Ekomer, Mercille G, Batal M. (2021). Promoting traditional foods for human and environmental health: lessons from agroecology and Indigenous communities in Ecuador. BMC Nutrition 7(1). https://bmcnutr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40795-020-00395-y

2020
  • Elkhouri Edde, C., Delisle, H., Dabone, C., & Batal, M. (2020). Impact of the nutrition-friendly school initiative: analysis of anthropometric and biochemical data among school-aged children in Ouagadougou. Global health promotion, 27(2), 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975918789350
  • Kenny T, Little M, Lemieux T, Griffin JP, Wesche S, Ota Y, Batal M, Chan HM, Lemire M (2020). The Retail Food Sector and Indigenous Peoples in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(23), 8818.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238818
  • Kenny, T, Archambault P, Ayotte P, Batal M, Chan HM, Cheung W, Eddy T, Little M, Ota Y, Pétrin-Desrosiers C, Plante S, Poitras J, Polanco F, Singh G, Lemire M. (2020). Oceans and Human Health – Navigating Changes on Canada's Coasts. FACETS. Volume 5, Number 1. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0035
  • April-Lalonde G, Latorre S, Paredes M, Hurtado MF, Muñoz F, Deaconu A, Cole DC, Batal M+. (2020). Characteristics and Motivations of Consumers of Direct Purchasing Channels and The Perceived Barriers to Alternative Food Purchase: a Cross-Sectional Study in the Ecuadorian Andes. Sustainability 2020, 12(17), 6923. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/17/6923/htm
  • Blanchet R, Willows N, Johnson S, Okanagan Nation Salmon Reintroduction Initiatives, Batal M (2020). Traditional Food, Health, and Diet Quality in Syilx Okanagan Adults in British Columbia, Canada. Nutrients, 12(4), 927; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12040927   
  • Domingo A, Springer J, Wittman H, Gruhn M, Chan HM, Tikhonov C, Ing A, Fediuk K, Sadik T, Batal M (2020). Predictors of household food insecurity and relationship with obesity in First Nations communities in British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta and Ontario. Public Health Nutrition.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019004889

2019​
  • Sia D, Miszkurka M, Batal M, Delisle H, Zunzunegui MV (2019). Chronic disease and malnutrition biomarkers among unemployed immigrants and Canadian born adults. Archives of Public Health, Vol 77(41). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-019-0367-8   
  • Johnson-Down L, Willows N, Kenny TA, Ing A, Fediuk K, Sadik T, Chan HM, Batal M (2019). Optimization modeling to improve the diets of First Nations individuals. Journal of Nutritional Science. vol. 8, e31, page 1 of 18.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jns.2019.30.
  • Batal M, Decelles S (2019). A scoping review of obesity among Indigenous peoples in Canada. Journal of Obesity. Volume 2019, Article ID 9741090, 20 pages https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jobe/2019/9741090/
  • Marushka L, Kenny T-A, Batal M, Cheung WWL, Fediuk K, Golden CD, Salomon AK, Sadik T, Weatherdon LV, Chan HM (2019). Potential impacts of climate-related decline of seafood harvest on nutritional status of coastal First Nations in British Columbia, Canada. PLoS ONE 14(2): e0211473. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211473
  • Deaconu A, Mercille G, Batal M (2019). The Agroecological Farmer’s Pathways from Agriculture to Nutrition: a practice-based case from Ecuador’s highlands. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Vol 58(2), pp. 142-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2019.1570179
  • Edde C. E, Delisle H, Daboné C, Batal M (2019). Impact of the Nutrition-Friendly School Initiative: Analysis of anthropometric and biochemical data among school-aged children in Ouagadougou. Global Health Promotion. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1757975918789350