Fascinating Findings

  • This study explores the effect of parents social media usage around meal time on food parenting practices. What We Did and Why We Did It We studied 295 parents (179 mothers and 116 fathers) with children aged 3–8 years from the Guelph Family Health Study. Parents completed surveys about how they use social media for…

  • This study explores the physical activity, sleep, and screen time habits of young children. What We Did and Why We Did It Researchers looked at the physical activity, sleep, and screen time habits of 320 children (18 months to under 6 years old) in the Guelph Family Health Study. They measured physical activity using activity…

  • This study explores if “Supper Heroes,” a nutrition based program, might encourage more plant-based eating. What We Did and Why We Did It Researchers created Supper Heroes, a 4-month family program designed to help families with children aged 9–14 reduce food waste and eat more plant-based protein foods. The online program included seven interactive “missions”…

  • Calcium and vitamin D are important nutrients for growing children, but which foods are actually providing them? What We Did and Why We Did It Researchers from the Guelph Family Health Study examined the diets of young children to find out where these important nutrients are coming from. Calcium and vitamin D are essential for…

  • 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.  …

  • This study looked at whether the length, timing, and quality of toddlers’ nighttime sleep is linked to their body composition. What We Did and Why We Did It Researchers studied 48 toddlers aged 1 to under 3 years in the Guelph Family Health Study. Each child wore a small movement tracker for seven days to…

  • This study examined whether how plant-based a young child’s diet is relates to their body composition. What We Did and Why We Did It Researchers studied 287 children aged 1.5 to 6 years from 211 families in the Guelph Family Health Study. Using a detailed 24-hour diet record, they scored how plant-based each child’s diet…