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Heightened food worries linked to worse mental health during COVID-19 pandemic | UBC News

Heightened food worries linked to worse mental health during COVID-19 pandemic | UBC News

by Toronto Foundation Student Success | Oct 14, 2021 | Healthcare, News, Nutrition, Student Nutrition Programs

While food insecurity was already a concern before COVID-19, since the pandemic these concerns have worsened, and many families are struggling. A study conducted by the University of British Columbia and the Canadian Mental Health Association has found that people...
Why Our Kids Need Healthy School Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Why Our Kids Need Healthy School Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Toronto Foundation Student Success | Sep 2, 2020 | Healthcare, News, Nutrition, Student Nutrition Programs

Dr. Rosana Salvaterra, Medical Officer of health, Peterborough Public Health, states that COVID-19 has shown that school food programs are an essential service and children and their families need school food programs. Read the full article here.
Deepa Prashad on the Food for Kids initiative | Breakfast Television

Deepa Prashad on the Food for Kids initiative | Breakfast Television

by Toronto Foundation Student Success | May 12, 2020 | Donations, Fundraising, Healthcare, Nutrition, Student Nutrition Programs

Thanks Deepa Prashad for your shout out about TFSS’s Food for Kids initiative. Thanks for spreading the word about how we can all help nourish children in Toronto during the COVID-19 crisis. Watch the video here. For information about Food for Kids, go to the 2:30...

A program to help kids with poor eyesight is also helping their foreign doctors

by Toronto Foundation Student Success | Feb 2, 2017 | Healthcare

A one-of-a-kind vision-screening program for Toronto schoolchildren is giving foreign-trained doctors a rare opportunity to improve their skills so they can apply to Canadian medical residency programs. The community health project, operating out of 150 schools within...

We are missing the heart of the matter on cardiovascular disease, teaching kids to cook

by Toronto Foundation Student Success | Sep 30, 2016 | Healthcare

First, let me give you some great news. Mortality rates from cardiovascular diseases have never been lower. Over the second half of the 20th century, heart disease and stroke went from representing half of the deaths in Canada to a quarter, thanks largely to the...

Turning a blind eye to vision care in Canada

by Toronto Foundation Student Success | May 11, 2016 | Healthcare

TORONTO – Canada is failing to ensure everyone — especially children — has access to proper vision assessments and affordable corrective lenses, prominent pediatrician Lee Ford-Jones says. “If there’s one thing you want Canadian children...
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