Hayley Christian HC BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. Program Head, Healthy Behaviours and Environments; National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow 08 6319 1040 hayley.christian@telethonkids.org.au Program Head, Healthy Behaviours and ...

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Childhood obesity creates a predisposition to develop adult hypertension and diabetes. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

This study sought to determine relationships, by gender, between childhood behaviour problems and adolescent risky sexual behaviours and substance use. ...

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• 2017
• November 2017

We found no evidence of positive associations between risk of childhood brain tumours overall and childhood or parental pre-pregnancy radiological procedures. ...

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• 2014
• January 2014

Outside-of-school-hours-care (OSHC) services are well positioned to influence the health behaviours of 489, 800 Australian children, and are an important setting for health promotion given the current rates of childhood overweight and obesity and associated health risks. OSHC Professionals are ideally placed to become positive influencers in this setting, although they may require training and support to confidently perform this role. ...

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• 2021
• December 2021

nfants with frequent viral and bacterial respiratory infections exhibit compromised immunity to routine immunizations. They are also more likely to develop chronic respiratory diseases in later childhood. This study investigated the feasibility of epigenetic profiling to reveal endotype-specific molecular pathways with potential for early identification and immuno-modulation.  ...

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• 2024
• July 2024

Although children's later experiences can still have an effect, developments in early childhood have long-lasting effects on health, behaviour and learning... ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

Parental pre-pregnancy body mass index and rapid early-life weight gain predispose offspring to obesity in adulthood ...

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• 2016
• March 2016

This chapter describes the development of young children in a sample of poor rural communities across Indonesia. ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

Phthalate metabolites are detectable within the majority of the population. Evidence suggests that a prenatal exposure to phthalates may be associated with the subsequent risks of obesity and elevated blood pressure. We hypothesised that a prenatal exposure to phthalates would lead to an increase in adverse cardiometabolic parameters through childhood and adulthood. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

Studies examining associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with childhood asthma have reported inconsistent results. Several factors could explain these inconsistencies, including type of pet, timing, and degree of exposure. Our aim was to study associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with asthma in school-aged children, including the role of type (cat vs dog), timing (never, prenatal, or early childhood), and degree of ownership (number of pets owned), and the role of allergic sensitization. ...

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• 2022
• February 2022

In this investigation, the authors found an association between home pesticide exposure before birth and during a child's early years and acute lymphoblastic... ...

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• 2015
• December 2015