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Plan to attend Acadia University President’s Panel on Zero Hunger on Mon. Nov 27 at 7:00 p.m. K.C. Irving Centre . This is a showcase of research, teaching, and service on addressing Sustainability Development Goal #2 from the Faculties of Arts, Pure & Applied Science & Professional Studies.

Our team at the Fed Family Lab including Dr. Jane Francis is thrilled to be working with @merinoleschuk Elisabeth Rondinelli dszanto Ariella Pahlke to ground the needed solutions to infant food insecurity in everyday realities of families lives #findingformula

Acadia Nutrition Professional Practice in Dietetics course taught by Dr. Jane Francis had a guest speaker at this week’s class. Former Director Barb Anderson spoke about Leadership in Dietetics & had students identify key characteristics of an effective leader. Lots of discussion!

Not only did 1 in 4 children in the 10 provinces live in a food insecure household in 2022, our new report found that most of the increase in food insecurity from 2021 to 2022 driven by households with children. Read more here: proof.utoronto.ca/resource/house… (1/3)

2️⃣The runner-up in our Top Articles of 2023 Countdown is "Breastfeeding in Canada: predictors of initiation, exclusivity, and continuation from the 2017–2018 Canadian Community Health Survey" by Dr. Jane Francis, Mount Saint Vincent University, et al. Read it here: ow.ly/7HaL50QiW8I #BestOfCSP

New Research: Household food insecurity is negatively associated with achievement of prenatal intentions to feed only breast milk in the first six months postpartum: Background Household food insecurity (HFI) has been associated with… frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #Nutrition

New paper! We found no difference in breastmilk feeding intentions by household food insecurity (HFI) status. Achievement of intentions was high for providing any breastmilk, but only 51% for providing only breastmilk, with lower odds among those with HFI #InfantFoodInsecurity

🤓Excited to start recruitment for the final study of my PhD. We invite healthcare professionals who are regular online grocery shoppers & living in #NovaScotia to take part in this research. For more study info or to participate, please visit redcap.link/GO-EAT_Study Please RT

The continued funding for the Local Food Infrastructure Fund in #Budget2024 "as part of the government's work to end food insecurity" reflects a fundamental lack of understanding of what food insecurity is and what policies affect it. theconversation.com/canadas-nation… (1/8)

As we predicted. Nova Scotia saw alarming increase in poverty and food insecurity—some of the highest in the country | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/news-…

My first sociology conference and my first conference presentation as a mum 🎉 Thank you to CSA-SCS for the opportunity to present with ruby and to Dr. Lesley Frank for the support!

Please share this survey with any caregivers you may know in Canada and the US so that we can learn more about infant food insecurities.

Acadia’s postdoctoral fellow Dr. Jane Francis shares how to promote equity in breastfeeding support

We are RECRUITING two PhD Nutrition students for our CIHR funded #clinicaltrial. #folicacid #methylfolate #nutrition #pregnancy For more details and how to apply: bit.ly/4eqZiGf please share!

Thanks Temerty Medicine for this feature! Have you heard of the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program? Across Canada, the CPNP provides important perinatal nutrition support to families navigating challenging life circumstances--but funding has *not* increased in over two decades

Grateful to present at #NFNC2024 and to learn from others about poverty, inequality, and food insecurity in the first 2,001 days of life

In honour of World Food Day, Dr. Alison Mildon, a postdoctoral fellow in Nutritional Sciences at University of Toronto has authored a blog on how the SDGs contribute to advancing the human right to adequate and affordable food. Read more on: sdg.utoronto.ca/realizing-the-… #UofT #SowingTheFuture

Plan to attend an important presentation, part of the fall Acadia University AcadiaScience Speaker Series, by Acadia Nutrition A/Director, Dr. Liesel Carlsson. The session is on Tues. Nov 5 1:30-2:30 pm, in HSH 336, on The Social Impact Potential of Dietitians on Planetary Health.

Please take a look at my survey, exploring caregiver experience of feeding babies in the Cost-of-Living Crisis. Are you: 🙂Over 18 years old 👶Parent/carer of a baby aged 6-18 months 🥕Have introduced solid foods 🏘️Living in the UK Link to survey: swanseachhs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6J…

The Fed Family Lab joins the CCPA-NS to release the new report on Child and Family poverty in NS. A record high increase. Acadia University