By the age of five or six, your kids will form eating, exercise and sleep habits that can last a lifetime. The Guelph Family Health Study is testing new ways for kids to learn healthy habits early – habits that can significantly lower a child’s risk for disease now and in the future. Our podcast, Healthy Habits, Happy Homes provides evidence-based advice, tips, tools, and interviews with experts to help your family develop healthy home routines!
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Episode 68: Navigating Food Allergies with Dr. Brock Williams
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In this episode, we spoke with Dr. Brock Williams. Dr. Brock Williams is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Division of Allergy at the University of British Columbia. He completed his PhD in Human Nutrition at the University of British Columbia and has worked as a Registered Dietitian in a variety of research and clinical roles. His primary re…
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Episode 67: Unwrapping Ultra-Processed Foods with Rahbika Ashraf
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In this episode we chatted with Rahbika Ashraf! Rahbika is a PhD Candidate in the lab of Dr. David Ma. She studies the the anti-breast-cancer potential of omega-3 fatty acids, and the effect of sugars and ultra-processed foods on diet. Don't miss listening in on this great conversation!Av Guelph Family Health Study
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Episode 66: Making Cents of Talking Money with Kids with Robin Taub
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In this episode, we chatted with Robin Taub. Robin is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with a long history of working in the financial industry. Currently, she is a keynote speaker and an award-winning author. Her latest book, The Wisest Investment: Teaching Your Kids to Be Responsible, Independent and Money-Smart for Life, gives paren…
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Episode 65: How to Support Your Child’s Gut Health with Panuya Athithan
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In this episode, we chatted with Panuya Athithan. Panuya is a Ph.D. student at the University of Guelph. She works in the lab of Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe, studying the gut microbiome of infants, children and adults. We spoke to her about kids gut health, and the ways parents can support their child's gut health.…
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Episode 64: The Infodemic with Timothy Caulfield
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In today's episode of Healthy Habits Happy Homes podcast, we are delighted to have Timothy Caulfield, a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, the Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta, and Canadian Research Chair in Health Law and Policy. Tim delves into challenging myths and misconcep…
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Episode 63:Feeding our Future: Social Media's Impact on Family Nutrition
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In this week’s episode, we are delighted to feature Nicole Osinga, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. Nicole joins us in discussing the influence of social media on family diets and the significant responsibility of online influencers in disseminating health information.For more insights and tips from Nicole, follow her @nicole…
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Episode 62: Nutrition Education Student Podcasts
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This week, we have a special and unique Healthy Habits Happy Homes podcast episode featuring the excellent work of three groups of fourth year Applied Human Nutrition students. These students were given the opportunity to conceptualize and develop a podcast episode as part of their fourth year Nutrition Education course.In today’s lineup, we featur…
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Episode 61: Fathers' Involvement in Mealtimes with Dr. Amar Laila
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In this week’s episode, we are joined by Dr. Amar Laila, a post-doctoral fellow with the EAT-Lancet 2.0 Commission and the Guelph Family Health Study. Dr. Laila shares insights on the role of fathers in mealtimes, discussing their influence on children's development, their unique contributions to family dynamics, and offering strategies for fathers…
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Episode 60: Navigating the Canadian Food Environment with Dr. Lana Vanderlee
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In this week’s episode, Dr. Lana Vanderlee, an Assistant Professor of Nutrition at Laval University joins us to to talk about nutrition food labels, especially front-of-package labelling in Canada, and how they influence consumer choices and public health. She compares Canada's labelling strategies with global practices and discusses the impact of …
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Episode 59: How to Talk to Your Kids When They Don't Want to Talk to You with Shannon Rolph
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In the latest episode of our podcast, we're excited to welcome Shannon Rolph, an Occupational Therapist that specializes in nurturing the parent-child bond through personalized child-focused therapy, parenting coaching, and her innovative “Kids in the Woods” program.Shannon shares her insights on why it's crucial for kids to have time to decompress…
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Episode 58:The Impact of Parental Self-Regulation on Children’s Growth and Development
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In this week’s episode, we welcome Dr. Kate Bauer, an Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and currently serves as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Food Security at the University of Guelph. Dr. Bauer discusses the impact of parental regulation on a child’s development from early ch…
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Episode 57: Sugar Intake During Spooky Season with Alyssa Ramuscak
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In this week’s episode, we are delighted to have Alyssa Ramuscak, a research Registered Dietitian at SickKids Research Institute and a PhD student in Applied Human Nutrition join us to discuss sugar intake during Halloween. Alyssa shares helpful tips in managing sugar intake during Halloween, while ensuring children are having an enjoyable and heal…
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Episode 56: Nurturing Healthy Relationships with Food with Olivia Brooks
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In this week's episode of Healthy Habits Happy Homes, we are joined by Olivia Brooks, a Certified Fitness Instructor and Registered Dietitian specializing in pediatric/family nutrition, sports nutrition, and eating disorders. Olivia shares tips on how parents can promote mindful eating in children, foster a positive body image, and create shared me…
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Episode 55 - Starting off the School Year Right: School Lunches Made Easy with Tamara Petresin
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Welcome back to Season 6 of Healthy Habits Happy Homes. We are excited to start this season with a special back-to-school episode. Joining us is Tamara Petresin, a registered dietitian and PhD candidate in Applied Human Nutrition. Tamara shares insights and tips on how to make school lunches easy!Av Guelph Family Health Study
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Episode 54: Podcast Team Spotlight
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In the season finale of the podcast, we are excited to feature our podcast team, including our co-hosts Tamara Petresin, a Registered Dietitian and second-year PhD candidate in Applied Human Nutrition and Marciane Any, a second-year Master's student in Applied Human Nutrition. We also have Patricia Acosta, our podcast coordinator, who recently comp…
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Episode 53: Nutrition Education Student Podcasts
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This week, we have a special and unique podcast episode featuring the excellent work of three groups of fourth year Applied Human Nutrition students. These students were given the opportunity to conceptualize and develop a podcast episode as part of their fourth year Nutrition Education course.Today’s episode features the work of Sarthak Matravadia…
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Episode 52: Physical Activity and Sleep
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In this week’s episode, Dr. Lori Ann Vallis, Professor in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences (HHNS) and Hannah Coyle-Asbil, PhD student in HHNS join us to discuss physical activity and sleep. They share the latest research highlights from the Guelph Family Healthy Study and tips to promote attainable and manageable habits.…
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Episode 51: Sugar Intake in Pregnancy
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For this week's episode, we dive into the topic of sugar intake during pregnancy with a very special guest, Dr. Laura Forbes. Dr Forbes, a professor in Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, shares her insights on the relationship between sugar intake and nutrient intakes during pregnancy. She also talks about the different types of sugar and thei…
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Episode 50: Eye Health in Children
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To celebrate our 50th episode, we have two special guests, Dr. Jessica Tran and Dr. Cassandra Chung. Dr.Tran and Dr. Chung are optometrists passionate about eye health topics including myopia control, contact lenses, and disease management. In this episode they answer commonly asked questions regarding eye health and discuss how parents can support…
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Episode 49: All About Celiac Disease
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In today’s episode, we have Alyssa Ramuscak, a Registered Dietitian at SickKids Research Institute. Alyssa discusses all about Celiac disease and provides us insights on a current health trend- eating a gluten free diet. Links to resources:AboutKidsHealth Celiac Disease Learning Hub: https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/celiacdiseaseCanadian Celiac Disea…
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Episode 48: Tackling Feeding Challenges
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We are excited to have Dr. Kathryn Walton back on the podcast! Dr Walton is a registered dietitian and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Relations & Applied Nutrition. In this episode, Dr. Walton talks about navigating feeding challenges in children. She provides helpful tips to foster a positive environment, support the developmen…
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Episode 47: Nurturing Food Literacy in Children
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We are excited to have Alicia Martin, a PhD candidate in Geography on our podcast to share her expertise in food literacy. Alicia highlights the importance of food as a vehicle for learning and how food skills contribute to different outcomes. Don’t forget to check out our cookbook for easy-to-follow recipes that are delicious and nutritious!…
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Episode 46: The Scoop on Supplements
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For this week’s episode Dr. Dalia El Khoury, an Associate Professor in Applied Nutrition and a Registered Dietitian joins the podcast to chat all about supplements. In this episode, Dr El Khoury highlights the importance of professional guidance of supplement use in children and adults to promote health.…
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Episode 45: How to Support Aging Parents with Nutrition and Health
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For our first episode of the season, we are excited to welcome Brooklyn Seal, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator who has been closely working with seniors in long-term facilities. In this episode, Brooklyn discusses and shares tips on how parents of young children can help support their own aging parents with nutrition and healt…
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Episode 44: Sodium & Alcohol Intake
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This week we are bringing you part 2 of the student interviews from Lisa's Nutrition Communication course! In this class students had the opportunity to create a podcast on a nutrition topic. Four of the podcasts were chosen to be aired on the Healthy Habits Happy Homes Podcast!Today's episode will feature two student-led podcasts: The first is an …
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Episode 43: So Sweet! Sugar Intake among Kids and Teens
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This week we are bringing you part 1 of 2 very fun Healthy Habits Happy Homes episodes. Lisa taught a Nutrition and Communication course this past fall and the students had the opportunity to create a podcast on a nutrition topic. Four of the podcasts were chosen to be aired on the Healthy Habits Happy Homes Podcast! Today's episode will feature tw…
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Episode 42: How to Talk to Kids about Failure with Victoria Fritz
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Joining us on this episode of the Healthy Habits Happy Homes podcast is PhD Candidate, Victoria Fritz. Victoria is studying failure for her PhD and answers our questions on how to manage feelings of failure as a parent, and also strategies for talking to kids after they experience different kinds of failure. We hope you enjoy this episode, thanks f…
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Episode 41: Our new plant-based proteins cookbook is here! Interview with Katherine Eckert
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To introduce you to the cookbook, we have a great interview with Katherine Eckert on the Healthy Habits Happy Homes podcast. Kat is a PhD Candidate with the GFHS and was involved in the development of the cookbook. Tune in to hear more details about the approach to plant-based foods in the cookbook, some of Kat’s favourite recipes, and tips on how …
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Preview: New Plant-based Cookbook Launching March 1st!
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Here is a sneak preview of next week's episode where we talk to Kat Eckert all about the Guelph Family Health Study's new Plant-based Cookbook launching March 1st!Av Guelph Family Health Study
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Episode 40: Stress Management with Dr. Valerie Hruska
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We're excited to have Dr. Valerie Hruska joining us on this episode of the Healthy Habits Happy Homes podcast! Valerie was a Masters and PhD student with the GFHS where she researched how stress can affect families. Tune in to hear Valerie's top tips for managing stress in your family, and how to help kids navigate stress and develop strategies for…
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Episode 39: Food Skills and Food Waste Research with Amar Laila
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This week on the podcast we're excited to welcome Amar Laila, a PhD Candidate at the University of Guelph. Amar joins the podcast to chat all about his research on food skills, food waste, and family-based health interventions.Av Guelph Family Health Study
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Episode 38: Parenting Teenagers and Coordinating the GFHS with Angela Annis
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We are so excited to finally bring you an episode with Angela Annis, Study Coordinator for the Guelph Family Health Study. In this episode Angela shares a bit about what it's like to be involved in a large scale study, and then we dive into a conversation all about what it's like to be a parent to teenagers. Tune in to hear what Angela thinks paren…
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Episode 37: Speech and Language with Elizabeth McFadden
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This week we are welcoming to the podcast Elizabeth McFadden, a registered speech and language pathologist. Tune in to learn about when is the right time to visit an SLP with your child, what you can expect at your visit, and how to practice pronunciation at home with kids.Av Guelph Family Health Study
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Episode 36: Family-Based Research with Dr. David Ma
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This week we're excited to welcome Dr. David Ma to the podcast. Dr. Ma is the Director of the Guelph Family Health Study and a Professor at the University of Guelph. In this episode we cover a lot of ground, including the significance of the GFHS and animal-based research, and how to navigate nutrition and science news in the media. Tune in to list…
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Episode 35: The Importance of Children's Play with Kim Squires
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This week we welcome Kim Squires to the podcast! Kim is a PhD Candidate and the pedagogical leader at the Child Care and Learning Centre at the University of Guelph. In this episode Kim shares her expertise about the importance of children's play and why play is important to children's learning in their early years. Tune in for learn more about how…
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Episode 34: Childhood Constipation with Registered Dietitian Laura Wilson
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On this episode we're excited to welcome Registered Dietitian, Laura Wilson, on the podcast to chat all about childhood constipation. Tune in to hear tips on how to detect when your child is constipated, how to get things moving, what foods or life events can contribute to healthy bowels, and even a few potty training tips!…
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Episode 33: Helping kids develop positive relationships with food, with Janet Nezon
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Welcome back to the Healthy Habits Happy Homes podcast! To kick of season 4 we are bringing you a fun conversation with Janet Nezon from Rainbow Plate. Janet is the Founder and Executive Director of Rainbow Plate, a social enterprise which aims to develop resources for children and parents to help them cultivate positive relationships with food. Tu…
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Episode 32: Guelph Family Health Study Research Spotlight
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To close out season 3 of the Healthy Habits Happy Homes podcast we recorded an extra special episode! We asked GFHS team members to record a short clip about themselves and their research and we put them together to make this research spotlight episode. We have been hearing that families are are interested in learning more about the research studen…
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Episode 31: "Picky Eating" and Feeding Kids During a Pandemic, with Maude and Sarthak
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This week on the podcast we're joined by Maude and Sarthak who share their insight on "picky eating" and tips on how to get children involved in the kitchen. Don't Forget to check out more tips on their Instagram page, picky.eating.kids: https://www.instagram.com/picky.eating.kids/Av Guelph Family Health Study
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Episode 30: Fostering Positive Body Image with Angela Underhill
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In this episode hosts Lisa and Sabrina interview Angela Underhill, a PhD candidate at the University of Guelph. Tune in to hear Angela's tips on how to foster positive body image at home for parents and for children.Notes:Instagram: @drjoshuawolrich and @kids.eat.in.colorPoodle science video: https://youtu.be/H89QQfXtc-k…
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How to Talk to Kids about Death and Dying with Dr Kathy Kortes-Miller
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This week on the podcast we are bringing you an interview that might seem slightly off topic for the Healthy Habits Happy Homes podcast, but we thought it would be relevant and timely given the current circumstances. Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller joined us to have a discussion about how to talk to children about death and she shares helpful strategies fo…
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Episode 28: Staying Active as a Family with Maddy Nixon, Kinesiologist
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This week on the Healthy Habits Happy Homes we have an interview with Maddy Nixon, a Registered Kinesiologist and Lead Research Assistant with the Guelph Family Health Study. Tune in to hear Maddy's practical tips on how to get the whole family moving during the long winter months, even when you can't leave the house!…
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Episode 27: Debunking Myths About Fad Diets, with Registered Dietitian Lindzie O'Reilly
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Happy New Year and welcome back to the Healthy Habits Happy Homes podcast! To start off the year we're bringing you an episode with the University of Guelph's on campus Dietitian, Lindzie O'Reilly. Lindzie shares evidence-based information about fad diets and debunks common myths about dieting that are commonly heard in the media today. Thank you f…
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Episode 26: Coping with COVID with Shannon & James
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This week we have another "Coping with Covid" episode. Co-hosts Lisa and Sabrina check in with their colleague, Shannon, and her husband, James, about how they are doing as a family during the pandemic. Tune in for tips on staying active as a family, limiting screen time and our usual chat about what our guests have been cooking!…
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Sustainable Habits at Home with Samantha Casey
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This episode, we are joined with Samantha Casey who works at the Sustainability Office at the University of Guelph. She is a recent graduate from the Environmental Governance program here at the university. She is a passionate advocate for climate change. She is also a co-founder of an organization that seeks to empower change in her community with…
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Episode 24: Nutrition Connections and Eating Well as a Family During COVID-19, with Candace Aqui
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Joining us on the podcast this week is Candace Aqui. Candace is a Registered Dietitian, mom, and foodie and in this episode she tells us about her role in knowledge mobilization with Nutrition Connections. Candace also shares a few tips on shopping for a family during COVID-19 as food prices are increasing.Find Nutrition Connections online:Website …
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Episode 23: Coping with COVID Part 2 with Anisha and Sumeet
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On this episode Lisa and Sabrina interview their fellow PhD student colleague, Anisha, and her husband, Sumeet, about how they are handling life at home with two young kids during the pandemic. Tune in to hear suggestions for staying active as a family, exploring your own city and creating helpful routines at home.…
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Episode 22: Coping with COVID with Lisa and Lester
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In this episode Sabrina interviews co-host, Lisa, and her husband, Lester about how they are balancing work, grad school and family life during the COVID19 pandemic. Stay tuned for some helpful tips on creating healthy routines at home!Av Guelph Family Health Study
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Episode 21: Balancing Family & Work during Quarantine with Angela Wallace
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Welcome back to the Healthy Habits Happy Homes Podcast! In the first episode of season 3 co-hosts Lisa and Sabrina interview Angela Wallace, a Registered Dietitian and Personal Trainer, about how she is balancing having a new baby and working from home during the Pandemic. We hope you enjoy the episode and we look forward to releasing the rest of o…
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Episode 20: Creating Healthy Snacks with Kathryn Walton
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This week's episode features Dr Kathryn Walton, a dietitian and researcher from SickKids Hospital. Kathryn was also the host of the last season of Healthy Habits, Happy Homes. Kathryn shares tips for incorporating snacks in healthy ways and choosing the best snacks for your family!Av Guelph Family Health Study
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