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With rising levels of physical and mental health issues, ensuring children establish good physical activity behaviours early in life is more important than ever.
NHMRC funding has been awarded for 4 years to Murdoch Childrens Research Institute for this project, with collaboration from Professor Jonathan Carapetis at The Kids.
Indigenous Australian children suffer the highest rates of impetigo (skin sores) in the world, which can result in serious immune complications including chronic kidney and possibly rheumatic heart disease.
END RHD is an alliance of health, research and community organisations seeking to amplify efforts to end rheumatic heart disease in Australia through advocacy and engagement.
The aims of this study were to determine whether early childhood dietary quality was associated with infant and adolescent nutrition, and body mass index.
We assessed micronutrient intakes in adolescents to determine whether supplement use optimises intakes.
This study aimed to explore relationships between family quality of life, day occupations and activities of daily living of young persons with Down syndrome.
We compared the ability of Ars, to standard oscillatory outcomes, to determine respiratory disease and differentiate responses to inhaled bronchial challenges.
Secondary care could be the optimal sector for managing child and adolescent obesity, given low primary care uptake and limited tertiary services.
This study utilised a Western Australian (WA) genealogical database for the identification of single gene and chromosome disorders among families.