Applied Human Nutrition
Mount Saint Vincent University
Home-delivered grocery interventions offer a promising approach to managing chronic health conditions. Patient-oriented grocery delivery provides multiple benefits, including improved nutrient intake, healthier food choices, reduced intake of nutrients linked to chronic conditions, enhanced food security and food accessibility, and opportunities to educate patients and diversify their food selection. A properly designed grocery intervention must involve ongoing interaction with participants, whose feedback is incorporated to improve subsequent grocery deliveries. Among the factors to consider are household size, food preferences, culinary skills, and avoiding food boredom. The presentation will reflect on our experience with food provisioning for people with chronic kidney disease, focusing on the opportunities and limitations identified during the study.
Dr. Bohdan Luhovyy is a Professor in the Department of Applied Human Nutrition at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He completed his PhD from Lviv National University in Ukraine in 2001. From 2002 to 2005, Bohdan was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, and from 2006 to 2011, he was a research associate at the University of Toronto with Dr. Harvey Anderson. In 2011, Bohdan joined Mount Saint Vincent University and provided research training to more than 50 graduate and undergraduate students. Bohdan studies food from its perception to health outcomes. His research encompasses the development of functional food products, their sensory evaluation and consumer perception, and testing their health benefits in clinical trials, focusing on effects on appetite, food intake, and blood glucose control. His Appetite Lab is a research hub for food product development, dietary interventions, clinical trials, and training for dietitians, nutritional scientists, and specialists from the agri-food and other industries.