With childhood obesity on the rise, health professionals and researchers alike are seeking ways to ensure the next generation grows up healthy.

David Trill, a masterB次元官网网址檚 candidate in the school of exercise science, physical and health education at the University of Victoria, is studying child health through healthy eating activities. HeB次元官网网址檚 currently seeking participants to get his home-based research project off the ground.

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Trill would like the help of 98 family units consisting of one parent and one child between the age of 11 and 13 years old. (Larger families may participate, though data will only be recorded from one parent and one child per family.) The goal of the project, slated for a late-April start, is to teach simple, healthy nutritional strategies, such as cooking together, that both parents and children can take part in. It will require completing about 10 to 12 hours of activities during its eight-week duration.

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For more information, or to participate in the study, contact Trill at 250-853-3141 or dtrill@uvic.ca.