High consumption of refined carbohydrate, in particular sugar, has been identified as a possible contributory factor in greater risk of excess weight gain. ...

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• 2013
• July 2013

Francis Steve Mitrou Zubrick FG SR BEc FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community ...

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• The ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course

Hayley Francis Rosemary Karen Natasha Kevin Andrea Sarah Ha Helen Jon Phoebe Christian Mitrou Cahill Lombardi Pearce Runions Nathan Johnson Nguyen ...

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• Brain and Behaviour
• Life Course Centre

The burden of mental health problems among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is a major public health problem in Australia. ...

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• 2012
• September 2012

This study assessed if the association between mental disorders and higher student absences varies across different profiles of risk factors, and estimated the proportion of student absences associated with mental disorders. Data included responses from a nationally representative Australian survey of child and adolescent mental health. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

Australians who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) and receive income support span a wide spectrum of working ages. Australian research has concentrated on NEETs aged 15-29 years, in line with international standards. This paper investigates extending the NEET concept to include all working age persons 15-64 years and the value added to welfare policy through analysis of a new linked dataset. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

High consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to unhealthy weight gain and nutrition related chronic disease. ...

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• 2011
• December 2011

It has been argued that the preponderance of studies into individual smoking cessation therapies seems grossly out of proportion to the number of people... ...

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• 2011
• March 2011

The aim of this study was to describe current and daily smoking rates, and smoking cessation rates in adults with anxiety disorders ...

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• 2010
• June 2010

The conduct of longitudinal research in early childhood is the focus of this chap­ter ...

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• 2016
• January 2016