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With up to one in four Australian children now affected by allergic diseases, the potential for the ORIGINS SYMBA Study to positively impact future lives is immense.
How to identify and tackle a weight problem in children is a delicate and sensitive issue for many parents. However, the earlier any child weight issues are identified the better.
Something we’re commonly asked is whether a prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin or herbal medicine is safe to use during pregnancy. ORIGINS pharmacist Stephanie Dimitrov-Zeller provides some great advice for expectant mothers.
Providing expectant and new Dads with a health check-up
Citation: Ibilola O, Silva D. Environmental (Perinatal) risk factors of ADHD in a sibling control design study. Open Access Journal of Behavioural
To reduce peanut allergy prevalence, infant feeding guidelines now recommend introducing peanuts in an age-appropriate form (such as peanut butter) as part of complementary feeding. However, due to a lack of randomized trial evidence, most infant feeding and food allergy prevention guidelines do not include tree nuts. The aims of this trial were to determine safety and feasibility of dosage consumption recommendations for infant cashew nut spread introduction.
For parents and guardians, assisting children/adolescents with severe obesity to lose weight is often a key objective but a complex and difficult challenge. Our aim in this study was to explore parents' (and guardians') perspectives on the challenges they have faced in assisting their children/adolescents with severe obesity to lead a healthy lifestyle.
The aim of this review was to map the literature assessing associations between maternal or infant immune or gut microbiome biomarkers and child neurodevelopmental outcomes within the first 5 years of life. We conducted a PRISMA-ScR compliant review of peer-reviewed, English-language journal articles.
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The ACE sub-project is working to inform universal antenatal screening for maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) by thoroughly examining their impact on the pregnancy and child.