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New HEAL Study: Breakfast Consumption and Diet Quality of Teens in Southwestern Ontario

New HEAL Study: Breakfast Consumption and Diet Quality of Teens in Southwestern Ontario

A team of researchers led by Nicolas Woods with Jamie A. Seabrook, Jess Haines, Saverio Stranges, Leia Minaker, Colleen O’Connor, Sean Doherty, and Jason Gilliland recently published an article entitled: “Breakfast Consumption and Diet Quality of Teens in Southwestern Ontario.” Breakfast skipping has previously been associated with worse diet quality among adolescents; the latter increases […]

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HEALYAC 2022-2023: Meeting #7

This week members were divided into teams to participate in a scavenger hunt. Jayden Chang (HEAL MSc student) presented her research on the ParkSeek project and invited members to inform her data collection tool. Then HEALYAC staff co-facilitators (Holly Schaafsma, Heather Dyce, and Olivia Caruso) led a discussion on Photovoice and how it will be […]

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HEALYAC 2022-2023: Meeting #6

This week, members participated in an icebreaker activity wherein they were asked to tell two truths and a lie about their experiences over the winter break. Members were then divided into breakout rooms, where they discussed the importance of the topic they previously selected as the focus for the HEALYAC ‘Big Project’ and developed some […]

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