STUDY SHOWS WHEN FATHERS AND MOTHERS ARE IN SYNC, CHILDREN ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP HEALTHY EATING PRACTICES
Raising children is hard work. Parents want their children to grow up happy, healthy and well-adjusted. Yet in the last 30 years, obesity rates among Canadian youth and children has tripled. Clearly, there is still work to be done to help parents guide their children towards healthy eating habits.
Natural ecosystems are replete with mutually beneficial symbiotic relationships. How an organism finds and fills a unique niche in a way that enriches both species is always amazing to observe and adds to the variety and beauty of life.
Similarly, Shared Value Solutions (SVS), a human environment consulting firm based in Guelph, Ontario has developed a special, mutually beneficial relationship with the University of Guelph.
Sophia Hou is an undergraduate student in the Applied Human Nutrition program in the Department of Family Relations and Human Nutrition at the University of Guelph. Sophia keeps a nutrition and health blog titled houbakes.com. In her latest blog post, she shared with us her mission to celebrate and preserve her Chinese heritage and her reasons for doing so.