Family-based lifestyle interventions (FBLIs) are an important method for treating childhood weight problems. Despite being recognized as an effective intervention method, the optimal structure of these interventions for children’s overweight and obesity has yet to be determined. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

This is the start of our CliniKids blog series about play.  This week, Speech Pathology Lead Aria May, pictured left, explains why play is so important and why it can be challenging for children on the autism spectrum. ...

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This review emphasises the need to gain evidence for the mechanisms linking early racism exposure to adverse health outcomes in later life ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

This study aimed to elucidate how an adverse prenatal environment, as defined by the presence of a number of known prenatal risk factors, would influence... ...

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• 2014
• November 2014

Findings were mixed, with support both for negative and for positive associations of central nervous 5-HT function with aggression in children and adolescents ...

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• 2019
• February 2019

Nearly a quarter of Australian children could be developmentally at risk, according to the findings of the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) ...

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• 2005
• November

Brain and behaviour research encompasses a child's learning, development and mental health - and the impact and development of conditions like cerebral palsy, autism and intellectual disability. ...

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Family-based lifestyle interventions for children/adolescents with severe levels of obesity are numerous, but evidence indicates programs fail to elicit short- or longer-term weight loss outcomes. Families with lived experience can provide valuable insight as we strive to improve outcomes from programs. Our aim was to explore elements that families desired in a program designed to treat severe levels of obesity in young people. ...

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• 2023
• October 2023

All parents want their children to be happy. But in our rapidly changing modern world what does that actually mean? Prof. Stephen Zubrick provides his top tips. ...

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• 2017
• March

This research sought to explore the main factors affecting young people's image-sharing behaviors, particularly in the context of peer relationships and norms ...

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• 2019
• December 2019