Cost of Raising Kids, Need for National School Lunch Program, and Development of an Exercise Mimicking Drug

New data from Stats Canada puts the price of raising a child at $350,000 dollars per child – from birth to age 17. We breakdown the numbers and discuss the financial challenges parents face in Canada, with Sandy Yong – Personal Finance Writer – and Author of “The Money Master”.   Did you know that Canada is the only G7 country without a national school lunch program? We discuss the importance of such a program - and the role nutrition plays in learning – with Rachel Engler-Stringer, Professor of Community Health from the University of Saskatchewan.   Could a new drug could help get you chiseled from the comfort of your couch? We discuss the research being done on a new drug that actually “mimics” exercise – with Thomas Burris – Director of the ‘University of Florida Genetics Institute’.