Distance to health care services can be a barrier to receiving necessary care for children with obesity. The Children’s Exercise and Nutrition Centre (CENC) at McMaster Children’s Hospital hopes to better support patients in the regions outside of Hamilton through working with local health care centres and creating partnerships with health care providers in the Niagara region.
The team is using educational resources developed as part of the Meant2Prevent initiative to support health care providers and enable teams to develop partnerships in other parts of Canada to establish shared care.
“This training will help in my practice as I engage with kids aged 4 to 6 years and their parents, and I will be able to provide them better assistance in living healthy lifestyles.”
– Niagara area healthcare provider
With the current pandemic situation, many of the plans for expansion have been put on hold. The CENC team at McMaster has decided to take our education virtual. Our plan for in-person cooking classes has shifted to a series of 12 short and engaging cooking videos that will be released monthly over the next year. The videos will demonstrate the steps for each recipe and highlight nutritional benefits in a simple format.
What is it? Short 30 to 90 second cooking videos
Created by Registered Dietitian and Dietetic Interns, with the input of the entire Children’s Exercise and Nutrition Centre team
Includes: demonstration of recipe, nutritional highlights