What are the biggest Issues in child nutrition?
- More than 30 per cent of Canadian children and youth are overweight or obese, costing our health-care system billions of dollars every year.
- Canada ranks 37th of 41 wealthy countries in hunger in a recent Unicef report, in part because one in six children — and four in six Inuit children — lack nutritious food.
- One in eight households in Canada is food insecure, amounting to over four million Canadians, including 1.15 million children.
- Globally, more than 200 million children under age five suffer from stunting and wasting due to poor nutrition.
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What actions can best improve nutrition and child health?
Obesity, malnutrition and food insecurity are complex problems that require region-specific, multi-pronged solutions. At the Lawson Centre, that means:
- Discovery Science (Applied and Basic Research)
- Implementation Science (Medical Education, Patient Engagement)
- Knowledge Translation (Practitioner, Program & Community Interventions)
- Policy Impact (Evidence-Driven Change)
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