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Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Maternal and Family FactorsThe need to target prevention and intervention efforts for childhood overweight and obesity towards families with overweight parents
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Lao PDR. Early childhood education project Snapshot one: project background and baseline data demographicsThis snapshot describes demographic information of the 7,520 children in the baseline sample, including where and how they live.
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Sugary drinks in teens linked to risk for cardiovascular diseaseResearch shows teenagers who drink more than one can of sugary drink a day are at higher risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease in later life.
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Infectious Disease & Vaccination Public SeminarHear the facts about vaccination and infectious disease from some of Australia's leading experts: Professor Jonathan Carapetis, Dr Peter Richmond
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More research needed into mums smoking and childhood brain tumoursResearchers from Perth's Telethon Institute are calling for further investigation into a potential link between maternal smoking and childhood brain tumours.
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Child Health Research Seminars March 2013The Kids for Child Health Research presents seminars from our leading researchers every Friday. They are designed to inform both the scientific co
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Childhood asthma targeted in new researchNew research aimed at reducing the airway damage caused by asthma attacks in children has just begun at The Kids for Child Health Research in WA.
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Large-scale study uncovers a single major genetic risk factor for fatal parasitic diseaseResearch has identified a critical genetic risk factor for a potentially fatal parasitic disease that affects up to 400 thousand people a year, mostly children.
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Andrew Whitehouse: environmental links to autismDr Andrew Whitehouse says results from a US study are just the first step when it comes to looking for environmental factors related to autism.
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The impact of maternal gestational stress on motor development in late childhood and adolescence: A longitudinal studyThe purpose of this article is to investigate whether the number and timing of stressors experienced during pregnancy impacted longterm motor development at...