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New study shows long term mental health benefits from extended breastfeedingA new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has shown that children who are breastfed for longer than six months have a lower risk
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Researchers investigate childhood diet and teen anxiety and depression linkA study to investigate mental health and dietary patterns throughout childhood and into adolescence has received a $57,800 grant.
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Dietary intake and food sources of fatty acids in Australian adolescentsDietary fat consumed during childhood and adolescence may be related to the development of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases in adulthood.
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The role of family and maternal factors in childhood obesityThe aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between a child's weight and a broad range of family and maternal factors.
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Researcher to plot evolving junk food landscape around every single school in PerthA The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher will map every food business and school in Perth to investigate the influence of the food environment on children’s food intake and health.
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Maternal consumption of coffee and tea during pregnancy and risk of childhood ALL: Results from an Australian case-control studyThe objective of this study was to investigate whether maternal coffee and/or tea consumption during the last 6 months of pregnancy was associated with risk...
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Childhood folate, B6, B12, and food group intake and the risk of childhood brain tumors: results from an Australian case–control studyIn this case-control study of CBT, the possible associations of childhood intake of dietary and supplemental folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 with the...
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Maternal fish oil supplementation in pregnancy: a 12 year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial.We aimed to investigate the long-term effects (12 years) of fish oil supplementation in pregnancy on neurodevelopment, including cognition, language and fine...
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The relationship between nutrition in infancy and cognitive performance during adolescenceNutrition in early childhood may have a long-term association with fundamental cognitive processing speed, which is likely to be related to enhanced brain...
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Nutritional Influences on Epigenetic Programming. Asthma, Allergy, and ObesityReliance on increasing use of dietary supplementation and fortification (eg, with folate) to compensate for increased consumption of processed foods is also...