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There are huge disparities in provinces’ school food funding: Per student, per school day, Nova Scotia contributes $3.30, whereas Ontario pays only nine cents. A market in Saint John, N.B., on May 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

June 10, 2025

The food affordability crisis is one reason governments need to step up for school food

Tina Moffat, McMaster University

Parents and teachers in a southern Ontario survey conducted in the city of Hamilton and Peel Region spoke about their desires for an equitable and inclusive school food program.

In the last three decades, the world has made considerable progress in reducing child malnutrition, but there is still work to do. (Shutterstock)

June 7, 2022

Ending child hunger and food insecurity needs to be a top priority in Canada as well as globally

Tina Moffat, McMaster University

Child malnutrition is no stranger to high-income countries. In Canada and the U.S., food insecurity affects one in six children under 18, but policies to address the issue are still lacking.

Considered one of the healthiest ways to eat, the Mediterranean diet has evolved over hundreds of years, but ignoring other diets is a form of cultural superiority. Shutterstock

March 19, 2020

How the Mediterranean diet became No. 1 — and why that’s a problem

Tina Moffat, McMaster University and Shanti Morell-Hart, McMaster University

Olive oil, grapes and fish. There’s a lot to love about the Mediterranean diet but focusing on it might be a way to exclude other healthy and global diets.

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