This study systematically reviewed Australian literature to determine if an association exists between geospatial exposure to food outlets and diet, health or weight status. Recommendations for future research are provided. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• November 2022

To describe the comprehensive clinical paediatric assessment of a representative sample of children and adolescents (young people) sentenced to detention in Western Australia (WA) and participating in the first Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevalence study. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• July 2022

Researchers at the Telethon Kids Institute have discovered a new drug combination that could help improve survival rates for babies with leukaemia. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2016
• July

Telethon Kids Institute researchers have been awarded more than $10 million in research funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2016
• December

At the end of 2019 and into 2020, catastrophic fires in Australia consumed homes, lives, wildlife, and land. Just as the fires subsided, Australia, like the rest of the world, faced another emergency—the COVID-19 pandemic. It is instructive to reflect on lessons from the health disasters of the past year. Following publication of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)–Lancet Australian Countdown was published in December, 2020. This annual report on health and climate change in Australia is in its third year and comprises the efforts of five Australian institutions, in collaboration with University College London, UK, facilitated by a partnership between The Lancet and the MJA. ...

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• 2020
• December 2020

Kevin Natasha Helen Runions Pearce Monks KC NP H BSc (Hons) BEd MA PhD PhD (Public Health), PostGrad Dip (Health Promotion), BApp Sc MPH BA(Psych) ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

Energy drinks (ED) are popular among young people despite evidence of associated health risks. Research into the prevalence and pattern of ED intake among young people is sparse. The present study investigates the prevalence and pattern of ED intake among a large sample of adolescents, including how many consume them, how often, for what reasons and in what contexts. ...

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• 2021
• April 2021

This study describes a method that was used to develop a simple index for ranking individuals according to their diet quality in a longitudinal study ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• April 2018

Availability measures may produce significant and greater effect sizes than accessibility measures ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018

Fetal androgens influence fetal growth as well as postnatal neurocognitive ability ...

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• 2010
• March 2010