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Risk Factors for Food Insecurity Include Income Supports, Province/Territory, and Indigenous Status, Study Shows
Professor Valerie Tarasuk
Jan 30 / 2019
Sharing Science in Africa: Fats and the Child Brain
https://medicine.utoronto.ca/news/sharing-science-africa-fats-and-child-brain
Ghana will soon adopt new standards on food and nutritional products for children, and the coming guideline on dietary fats for infants will be informed in part by a University of Toronto researcher.
Oct 22 / 2018
Portfolio Diet Lowers Many Risk Factors for Heart Disease
https://medicine.utoronto.ca/news/portfolio-diet-lowers-many-risk-factors-heart-disease
Jul 27 / 2018
Child Health Protection Act Just the Start of Healthier Food Environments for Kids
Professor Mary L'Abbé authored a column for the Toronto Star on Bill S-228, new federal legislation that will limit food and beverage marketing to Canadian children under the age of 13.
Read Prof. L'Abbé's piece here .
Jul 16 / 2018