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
Mar 3, 2026
A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found an association between ultra-processed foods in early childhood, and behavioural and emotional development. Specifically, the team found that higher ultra-processed food consumption is linked to behavioural and emotional difficulties including anxiety, fearfulness, aggression or hyperactivity.
Feb 2, 2026
University of Toronto researchers are calling for more study of obesity, gut bacteria and metabolic conditions that arise in childhood and adolescence, with an eye to curbing the global rise of type 2 diabetes.
Dec 16, 2025
A new and flexible education program in child nutrition is providing up-to-date scientific evidence and practical guidance for health-care providers, enabling them to effectively address the challenging nutritional issues they see in their paediatric patients.
Director's Welcome
