Elizabeth (Beth) Mansfield, PhD, RD, CSSD, CEP, is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist with the College of Dietitians of Ontario AND the Ordre professionnel des diététistes
du Québec; an Exercise Physiologist, certified with the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology; and Board Certified in Sports Dietetics (CDR-USA).She is also an Adjunct Professor at McGill University in the School of Human Nutrition https://www.mcgill.ca/nutrition/staff/adjunct-professors.
- As a graduate student at McGill University she investigated dietary intakes, plasma CETP mass and HDL composition between exercising and sedentary males. This was done in partnership with Dr. Ruth McPherson, MD, PHD, Director of the the Lipid Clinic, University of Ottawa Heart Institute. As a PhD student at McGill University she investigated individual, social and environmental correlates of weight control in a representative sample of Canadian women involved in training and competing in road running races throughout Canada. As part of her PhD work she also conducted research on the physical activity behaviours and beliefs of socioeconomically disadvantaged mothers in Canada In partnership with the Canadian Association of the Advancement of Women in Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS).
- As an Adjunct Professor with McGill University’s School of Human Nutrition, Dr. Mansfield currently supervises graduate students in applied research projects. Examples include: risks of relative energy deficiency in elite adolescent swimmers; development of a step-wise nutrient analysis protocol for deriving accurate nutrient analyses of menu based food items; efficacy of an online nutrition labelling course for health professional education; availability, accessibility and accuracy of online nutrition information when shopping for foods online.
- For the Food and Nutrition Directorate at Health Canada Dr. Mansfield develops and implements social/behavioural research in support of food and nutrition policies and regulations. This includes qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches such as web-based mock package trials and eye-tracking based randomly controlled behavioural trials. She has also integrated a health literacy analytical lens into social and behavioural research informing food and nutrition focused policies and regulations with the Canadian adaptation of a health literacy screening tool, The Newest Vital Sign ©Pfizer.
Beth and Senna at the Ottawa Horse Trials
