The Joannah & Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition connects scholars, health practitioners, patients and knowledge resources to improve the nutrition of children, in Canada and around the world.
We are a network of researchers and educators affiliated with the University of Toronto, working toward better lifelong health through reduced child overweight, obesity, malnutrition and chronic disease.
News
Oct 30, 2025
The University of Toronto’s Food as Medicine Update, a continuing education symposium for health-care providers, will run on November 13 with a focus on obesity.
Oct 22, 2025
University of Toronto Professors Mary L’Abbé and Bernard Zinman have been inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame for 2026.
Jun 27, 2025
Buy-in and adequate funding essential to success of national school food program: U of T researchers
Nicole Weber and Nina Trask are researchers with Feeding Kids, Nourishing Minds, a series of studies on school food programs led by the University of Toronto. Their recent work highlights benefits and challenges of these programs, and offers insight on how a national, coordinated approach can improve program delivery.
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