Hosted by Ryann Monahan, this podcast with Jessica Jarick Metcalfe brings together researchers from the Family Resiliency Center at Illinois to help put research into practice to help families thrive. This episode highlights research showing that kids who are involved in the kitchen and in mealtime preparation tend to have healthier diets and are set up to have more success with future healthy eating habits.

Hosted by Ryan Monahan, this podcast with guests Jaclyn Saltzman and Jessica Jarick Metcalfe explores ways that family mealtimes can be improved during the holiday season by highlighting health benefits to both parents and kids. The interview also covers why cooking in the kitchen with your children during the holiday season is important, and how it can improve your family's health.

Hosted by Ryan Monahan, this podcast offers an eye-opening look at how a child's body weight and nutrition may influence his or her brain functioning and development. The conversation explores how Dr. Naiman Khan and his research team are contributing to the Family Resiliency Center's innovative STRONG Kids Program, a longitudinal study that follows participants from birth through toddler age to provide unique insights on how individual biology interacts with family environment, with the goal of reducing childhood obesity and promoting healthy eating habits in young children.

Hosted by Ryann Monahan, this podcast with Natasha Cole highlights published research exploring how nature and nurture may influence children's eating behavior.

Hosted by Tyler Wolpert, this podcast covers the research project that was conducted by Gail Ferguson, the JUS Media? Programme, which focused on combatting risk factors of unhealthy eating in Jamaica and implementing effective family health prevention programs in developing regions.

Hosted by Tyler Wolpert, this podcast with Jen Themanson covers the goals and project recruitment of the STRONG Kids2 (SK2) Program, which takes a cells-to-society approach to nutrition. More specifically, SK2 examines how individual biology interacts with the family environment to promote healthy eating habits in young children.

Hosted by Tyler Wolpert, this podcast features Jessica Metcalfe, whose research at the time of the interview focused on children participating in cooking and the positive influence this may have on their food preferences. Metcalfe worked closely with Illinois Extension to develop and evaluate the Illinois Junior Chefs Program, a cooking program geared toward school-aged children.

In this podcast, host Jennifer Shike talks with Dr. Barbara Fiese, a former director of the Family Resiliency Center, about factors that contribute to childhood obesity. Dr. Fiese also answers questions on Twitter using the #askACES hashtag.

Hosted by Anne Johnson, this podcast with Dr. Barbara Fiese covers ways to reduce harmful exposures and create healthy environments in child care settings. At the time, three-quarters of American children under the age of 5 spent at least 20 hours per week at an out-of-home child care facility, where they can be vulnerable to environmental contaminants. Thanks to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for making this podcast possible.