The Food and Nutrition Research Team conducts innovative and multidisciplinary research to better understand how the environments within which children live, play and go to school influence the types of foods they eat and their risk of overweight and obesity. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Brain and Behaviour
• Healthy Behaviours and Environments Program

The Early Years Systems Evidence (EYSE) team specialises in working in partnership with governments and service providers, with a distinct focus on improving the life chances of children in Australia. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Brain and Behaviour
• Population Health Program

The current study sought to determine whether gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia are associated with neurocognitive outcomes in middle childhood. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• March 2012

Revisiting data for more positive change Next chapter for major study A quarter of a century later, it’s hoped the power of those reports will again ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Research Impact
• 2023
• In the pipeline

While early exposure to alcohol may influence the development of facial structures, it does not appear to be associated with ASD phenotypic variability ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• March 2020

Childhood is a critical period of immune development. During this time, naïve CD4 T cells undergo programmed cell differentiation, mediated by epigenetic changes, in response to external stimuli leading to a baseline homeostatic state that may determine lifelong disease risk. However, the ontogeny of epigenetic signatures associated with CD4 T cell activation during key developmental periods are yet to be described. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• February 2023

We aimed to determine whether regular consumption of egg protein from 4-6 month old reduced the risk of IgE-mediated egg allergy in infants without eczema. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

Increased maternal egg ingestion is associated with increased breastmilk ovalbumin, and markers of immune tolerance in infants ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• December 2016

Vitamin D status in early life has been linked to the risk of allergic disease in multiple observational studies. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• January 2014

Individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) often have excessive daytime sleepiness and emotional/behavioral disturbances. The objective of this study was to examine whether daytime sleepiness was associated with these emotional/behavioral problems, independent of nighttime sleep-disordered breathing, or the duration of sleep. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022