This study explores whether a parents cooking habits could effect a childs consumption of food and seafood. What We Did and Why We Did It We studied 28 parents and 40 children from the Guelph Family Health Study to explore whether parents’ attitudes, habits, and confidence in preparing fish and seafood were related to how…

This study explores how involving your child in food related activities growing up might effect their food skills. What We Did and Why We Did It Researchers followed 60 children from the Guelph Family Health Study over several years. When the children were preschool-aged, parents reported how often they involved them in food-related activities like…

This study examined whether a home-based program could help families build healthier habits and improve BMI in young children and their parents. What We Did and Why We Did It Researchers studied 285 families with preschool-aged children in the Guelph Family Health Study. Families were randomly assigned to either: A 6-month home-based program that included…

This study examines whether a child having strong cooking skills would be associated with better diet quality. What We Did Researchers explored whether children with stronger cooking skills had better diet quality. They studied 81 children from the Guelph Family Health Study. Children reported their cooking skills, and parents reported what their children ate.  …