On Wednesday, hundreds of schoolchildren across B.C.'s Kamloops-Thompson region participated in the school district's first-ever district-wide powwow, which had been delayed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beginning at conception and continuing through first bites to afterschool snacks and beyond, nutrition plays a pivotal role in children’s brain development, emotional lives, and long-term health – but all too often they aren’t getting all the nutrients they need, and many are getting more calories than their bodies process.