The Guelph Family Health Study is a long-term study designed to follow families over many years. We are learning new ways to help families set good routines for eating, activity, sleep and screen time at home. These habits can help kids be healthy now and in the future.
Family Resources
We have resources available to support families in various aspects of their health and wellbeing.
Our Cookbooks
GFHS is happy to offer 8 family friendly cookbooks for FREE.
GFHS in the News
Zach Ribau- Winner of The National Health Datathon
A huge congratulations to our GFHS Bioinformatician Zach Ribau and his team on winning the National Health Datathon and the T-CAIREM event! Zach and his team were provided with temporary, controlled access to biopsy images of breast cancer tissues. The team then presented on whether including features extracted from the images into prediction models could…
Dr. Jess Haines: Faculty in Fifteen Podcast
Our Co-Director Dr. Jess Haines was featured on the University of Guelph’s Faculty in Fifteen Podcast! Dr. Haines shares insights into her research at the Guelph Family Health Study, and discusses ways to support healthy eating in families! Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Vq52KlLmE or find the full video below!
Canadian researchers find link between circadian genetics, obesity risk in children
Read here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/canadian-researchers-find-link-between-circadian-genetics-obesity-risk-in-children/ According to researchers from the University of Guelph’s “Guelph Family Health Study” (GFHS), clock genes are a subset of circadian rhythm-related genes that control what occurs inside a cell and operate on a 24-hour schedule. In their study published in the Nutrients journal in June, they discovered that certain gene variations linked with sleep may…