Joannah and Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition

WELCOME

Daniel Sellen

Director

Child Nutrition and Health in a Viral Pandemic

From the earliest days of the COVID-19 crisis, the Lawson Centre has addressed the pandemic and its ripple effects on child nutrition training, policy and practice.

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In Focus

News

Professor Deborah O'Connor

Antibiotics Affect Breast Milk Microbiota in Mothers of Preterm Infants, U of T Study Shows

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Pasteurizing Breast Milk Kills SARS-CoV-2, U of T Study Shows

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Children who Drank Whole Milk had Lower Risk of Being Overweight or Obese: Study

Events

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Oct 8	A Guide to Methods for Assessing Childhood Obesity \| 12:00pm–1:00pm
Oct 26 – 28	8th Conference on Recent Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity \| All day
Nov 20	2020 Food as Medicine Update - Nutrition Myth Busting: Headlines vs. Evidence \| 8:15am–4:00pm

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