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Jonathan Bernard PhD in Epidemiology

Course and current status

Research scientist at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm)

Centre for Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS, Université Paris Cité/Université Sorbonne Paris Nord/Inserm/INRAE), Obstetrics, Perinatal and Paediatric Lifecourse Epidemiology (OPPaLE) team, Paris, France.

Main research interests

Epidemiology of the child's development, screen use, physical activity and sedentary behaviour, maternal and child nutrition, breastfeeding, child growth and adiposity, cognitive development.

Education

Previous positions

Scientific summary

Major publications 

Yuan WL, Armand M, Peyre H, Sarté C, Charles MA, Heude B, Bernard JY. Associations between perinatal biomarkers of maternal dairy fat intake and child cognitive development: results from the EDEN mother-child cohort. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2024 Nov 20. doi: 10.1038/s41430-024-01544-3. 

Padmapriya N, Bernard JY, Tan SYX, Chu AHY, Goh CMJL, Tan SL, Shek LP, Chong YS, Tan KH, Chan SY, Yap F, Godfrey KM, Lee YS, Meaney MJ, Eriksson JG, Tan CS, Law EC, Müller-Riemenschneider F. The prospective associations of 24-hour movement behaviors and domain-specific activities with executive function and academic achievement among school-aged children in Singapore. Front Public Health. 2024 Sep 4;12:1412634. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1412634.

Abou Assi A, Heude B, Plancoulaine S, Sarté C, Tafflet M, Yuan WL, Charles MA, Armand M, Bernard JY. Patterns of perinatal polyunsaturated fatty acid status and associated dietary or candidate-genetic factors. J Lipid Res. 2024 Jun;65(6):100562. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100562. 

Poncet L, Saïd M, Yang S, Müller-Riemenschneider F, Berticat C, Raymond M, Barkat-Defradas M, Charles MA, Bernard JY. Associations between screen viewing at 2 and 3.5 years and drawing ability at 3.5 years among children from the French nationwide Elfe birth cohort. Sci Rep. 2024 Jan 3;14(1):348. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-50767-0. 

Poncet L, Saïd M, Gassama M, Dufourg MN, Müller-Riemenschneider F, Lioret S, Dargent-Molina P, Charles MA, Bernard JY. Sociodemographic and behavioural factors of adherence to the no-screen guideline for toddlers among parents from the French nationwide Elfe birth cohort. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022 Aug 12;19(1):104. doi: 10.1186/s12966-022-01342-9. 

Martinot P, Adjibade M, Taine M, Davisse-Paturet C, Lioret S, Charles MA, de Lauzon-Guillain B, Bernard JY. LC-PUFA enrichment in infant formula and neurodevelopment up to age 3.5 years in the French nationwide ELFE birth cohort. Eur J Nutr. 2022 Mar 23. doi: 10.1007/s00394-022-02863-6. 

Chia A, Descarpentrie A, Cheong RN, Toh JY, Natarajan P, Sugianto R, Cai S, Saldanha-Gomes C, Dargent-Molina P, de Lauzon-Guillain B, Plancoulaine S, Lança C, Saw SM, Godfrey KM, Shek LP, Tan KH, Charles MA, Chong YS, Heude B, Eriksson JG, Müller-Riemenschneider F, Lioret S, Chong MF, Bernard JY. Family-focused contextual factors associated with lifestyle patterns in young children from two mother-offspring cohorts: GUSTO and EDEN. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022 Mar 15;19(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s12966-022-01266-4. 

Padmapriya N, Chen B, Goh CMJL, Shek LPC, Chong YS, Tan KH, Chan SY, Yap F, Godfrey KM, Lee YS, Eriksson JG, Bernard JY, Müller-Riemenschneider F. 24-hour movement behaviour profiles and their transition in children aged 5.5 and 8 years - findings from a prospective cohort study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2021 Nov 6;18(1):145. doi: 10.1186/s12966-021-01210-y. 

Martinot P, Bernard JY, Peyre H, De Agostini M, Forhan A, Charles MA, Plancoulaine S, Heude B. Exposure to screens and children's language development in the EDEN mother-child cohort. Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 8;11(1):11863. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90867-3. 

Bernard JY, Rifas-Shiman SL, Cohen E, Lioret S, de Lauzon-Guillain B, Charles MA, Kramer MS, Oken E. Maternal religion and breastfeeding intention and practice in the US Project Viva cohort. Birth. 2020 Jun;47(2):191-201. doi: 10.1111/birt.12477. 

Padmapriya N, Aris IM, Tint MT, Loy SL, Cai S, Tan KH, Shek LP, Chong YS, Godfrey KM, Gluckman PD, Lee YS, Saw SM, Yap F, Kramer MS, Bernard JY, Müller-Riemenschneider F. Sex-specific longitudinal associations of screen viewing time in children at 2-3 years with adiposity at 3-5 years. Int J Obes (Lond). 2019 Jul;43(7):1334-1343. doi: 10.1038/s41366-019-0344-x. 

Bernard JY, Pan H, Aris IM, Moreno-Betancur M, Soh SE, Yap F, Tan KH, Shek LP, Chong YS, Gluckman PD, Calder PC, Godfrey KM, Chong MF, Kramer MS, Karnani N, Lee YS. Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, gestation duration, and birth size: a Mendelian randomization study using fatty acid desaturase variants. Am J Clin Nutr, 2018;108(1):92-100. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy079.

Bernard JY, Padmapriya N, Chen B, Cai S, Tan KH, Yap F, Shek L, Chong YS, Gluckman PD, Godfrey KM, Kramer MS, Saw SM, Muller-Riemenschneider F. Predictors of screen viewing time in young Singaporean children: the GUSTO cohort. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, 2017;14(1):112. doi: 10.1186/s12966-017-0562-3.

Bernard JY, Tint MT, Aris IM, Chen LW, Quah PL, Tan KH, Yeo GS, Fortier MV, Yap F, Shek L, Chong YS, Gluckman PD, Godfrey KM, Calder PC, Chong MFF, Kramer MS, Botton J, Lee YS. Maternal plasma phosphatidylcholine polyunsaturated fatty acids during pregnancy and offspring growth and adiposity. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids, 2017;121:21-29. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2017.05.006.

Bernard JY, Armand M, Peyre H, Garcia C, Forhan A, De Agostini M, Charles MA, Heude B. Breastfeeding, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Levels in Colostrum and Child Intelligence Quotient at Age 5-6 Years. J Pediatr, 2017;183:43-50 e43. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.12.039.

Bernard JY, Cohen E, Kramer MS. Breast feeding initiation rate across Western countries: does religion matter? An ecological study. BMJ Glob Health, 2016;1(4):e000151. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000151.

Galéra C*, Bernard JY*, van der Waerden J, Bouvard M-P, Lioret S, Forhan A, De Agostini M, Melchior M, Heude B. Prenatal Caffeine Exposure and Child IQ at Age 5.5 Years: the EDEN Mother-Child Cohort. Biol Psychiatry, 2016;80(9):720-726. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.08.034.

Bernard JY, Armand M, Garcia C, Forhan A, M De Agostini, Charles MA, Heude B. The association between linoleic acid levels in colostrum and child cognition at 2 and 3 y in the EDEN cohort. Pediatr Res, 2015;77(6):829-35. doi: 10.1038/pr.2015.50.

Bernard JY, De Agostini M, Forhan A, De Lauzon Guillain B, Charles MA, Heude B. The dietary n6:n3 fatty acid ratio during pregnancy is inversely associated with child neurodevelopment in the EDEN mother-child cohort. J Nutr, 2013;143(3):1481-8. doi: 10.3945/jn.113.178640.

Bernard JY, De Agostini M, Forhan A, Alfaiate T, Bonet M, Champion V, Kaminski M, de Lauzon-Guillain B, Charles MA, Heude B. Breastfeeding Duration and Cognitive Development at 2 and 3 Years of Age in the EDEN Mother-Child Cohort. J Pediatr, 2013;163(1):36-42 e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.11.090.