Previous studies showed that unfavourable weather conditions discourage physical activity. However, it remains unclear whether unfavourable weather conditions have a differential impact on physical activity in children compared with adults. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• April 2023

MAN v FAT Soccer is a sport-based weight-loss program for overweight and obese men that originated in the United Kingdom (i.e., as MAN v FAT Football) and appears to successfully engage men with weight loss. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• August 2022

Exome sequencing has enabled molecular diagnoses for rare disease patients but often with initial diagnostic rates of ~25-30%. Here we develop a robust computational pipeline to rank variants for reassessment of unsolved rare disease patients. A comprehensive web-based patient report is generated in which all deleterious variants can be filtered by gene, variant characteristics, OMIM disease and Phenolyzer scores, and all are annotated with an ACMG classification and links to ClinVar. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• December 2020

This study aims to establish FASD prevalence among sentenced young people in detention in Western Australia (WA) ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• June 2016

Over 400 million people worldwide are living with a rare disease. Next Generation Sequencing identifies potential disease causative genetic variants. However, many are identified as variants of uncertain significance and require functional laboratory validation to determine pathogenicity, and this creates major diagnostic delays. ...

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

This study examines whether polymorphisms in the ERBB2 gene were associated with leprosy in primary and replication cohorts from northeastern Brazil. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• January 2014

Discover the impact of our achievements in the "real world". Our children's health research is having a genuine effect on improving the lives of kids worldwide. ...

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Telethon Kids has recruited Dr Timothy Barnett to embark on a Fellowship to help close gaps in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-indigenous kids ...

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• 2017
• March

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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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• October 2023

Gender dysphoria is experienced differently by everyone. Here are some ideas that could help trans and gender diverse young people cope with dysphoria. ...

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• Brain and Behaviour
• Mental Health and Youth Program
• Youth Mental Health
• SPARX-T