The Joannah & Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition connects scholars, health practitioners, patients and knowledge resources to improve the nutrition of children, in Canada and around the world.
We are a network of researchers and educators affiliated with the University of Toronto, working toward better lifelong health through reduced child overweight, obesity, malnutrition and chronic disease.
News
Feb 2, 2026
University of Toronto researchers are calling for more study of obesity, gut bacteria and metabolic conditions that arise in childhood and adolescence, with an eye to curbing the global rise of type 2 diabetes.
Dec 16, 2025
A new and flexible education program in child nutrition is providing up-to-date scientific evidence and practical guidance for health-care providers, enabling them to effectively address the challenging nutritional issues they see in their paediatric patients.
Oct 30, 2025
The University of Toronto’s Food as Medicine Update, a continuing education symposium for health-care providers, will run on November 13 with a focus on obesity.
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Upcoming Events
Oct 15 2025
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May 27 2026
Advances in Pediatric Nutrition: Bridging Research & Practice
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Feb 10
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Mar 10
Virtual Culinary Medicine Series
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Mar
5
Culinary Medicine: The Mediterranean Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention
12:00pm - 5:30pm
May
7 – 9
CNS 2026 Annual Conference
7:00am - 6:00pm