diet

Children's diet

Canadian children’s diet quality during school hours improves over 11-year period

Surveys taken 11 years apart show a 13 per cent improvement in the quality of foods consumed by Canadian children during school hours, a new University of B.C. study has found.

Aug 26, 2019

Anticipating pleasure of eating helps people cut portion sizes: UBC Sauder study

Anticipating pleasure of eating helps people cut portion sizes: UBC Sauder study

New research from the UBC Sauder School of Business suggests that simply imagining the taste, smell and texture of food or drink can lead consumers to happily choose smaller portions and even increase their satisfaction.

Oct 19, 2016

Eating right key to survival of whales and dolphins: UBC research

In the marine world, high-energy prey make for high-energy predators. And to survive, such marine predators need to sustain the right kind of high-energy diet. Not just any prey will do, suggests a new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia and University of La Rochelle, in France.

Nov 21, 2012