In Western countries, Asian children have higher food allergy risk than Caucasian children. The early-life environmental exposures for this discrepancy are unclear. We aimed to compare prevalence of food allergy and associated risk factors between Asian children in Singapore and Australia. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• March 2021

Australian infants who received whole-cell pertussis vaccines were less likely to be diagnosed with food allergy in childhood ...

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

This study highlights an unpredicted potential risk factor for the development of food allergy, that is, D pteronyssinus allergens in breast milk ...

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

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

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018

Debbie Susan Palmer Prescott D SL BSc BND PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Head, Early Life & Life-Course Health Program; Team Lead, Nutrition in Early ...

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Vibrio hibernica is capable of metabolizing a unique carbohydrate profile at low temperatures ...

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

The aim was to assess the feasibility of assessing diet with an image-based mobile food record application in 51 adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome. ...

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

Preventing the rise in obesity is a global public health priority. Neighbourhood environments can help or undermine people's efforts to manage their weight, depending on availability of nutritious and nutrient-poor 'discretionary' foods. The proportion of household food budgets spent on eating outside the home is increasing. To inform nutrition policy at a local level, an objective assessment of the nutritional quality of foods and beverages on food service menus that is context-specific is needed. ...

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• 2023
• February 2023

Adolescents are heavily exposed to unhealthy outdoor food advertisements near schools, however, the marketing power of these advertisements among adolescents has not yet been explored. This study aimed to investigate the teen-directed marketing features present and quantify the overall marketing power of outdoor food advertisements located near schools to explore any differences by content (ie, alcohol, discretionary, core and miscellaneous foods) school type (ie, primary, secondary, K-12) and area-level socio-economic status (SES; ie, low vs high). ...

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

Locating fast-food outlets near schools is a potential public health risk to schoolchildren, given the easy access and repeated exposure to energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods they provide. Fast-food outlet availability near schools has not been previously investigated in Perth, Western Australia. This study aimed to quantify fast-food outlet availability near Perth schools and determine whether differences in area-level disadvantage and school type exist. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022