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
Nov 10, 2026
Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition fellow Meta van den Heuvel's work explores ways to reduce food insecurity for families with children in hospital — and includes a pilot study of a financial navigator that simplifies forms and connections to supports.
Jun 23, 2026
A large long-term study led by researchers at the University of Toronto and Harvard University provides strong evidence that children who consume sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit juice have higher risk of hypertension later in life.
Apr 29, 2026
Paraskevi Massara, the first DSI-Lawson Centre fellow, is using AI and large health datasets to uncover how nutrition and the gut microbiome impact children’s health.
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