The PLAYCE study will empirically investigate the relative and cumulative influence of the day care, and home environment on preschoolers’ physical activity ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• December 2016

Australian energy drink users tend to have heavier alcohol consumption patterns be a cigarette smoker and use illicit drugs relative to non-users. ...

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• 2013
• September 2013

Early infancy oral vitamin D supplementation does not appear to reduce the development of early childhood allergic disease ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• June 2020

The dramatic rise in allergic disease has occurred in tandem with recent environmental changes and increasing indoor lifestyle culture. While multifactorial, one consistent allergy risk factor has been reduced sunlight exposure. However, vitamin D supplementation studies have been disappointing in preventing allergy, raising possible independent effects of ultraviolet (UV) light exposure. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

This research sought to explore the main factors affecting young people's image-sharing behaviors, particularly in the context of peer relationships and norms ...

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• 2019
• December 2019

Little is known about how sun exposure may affect the maternal skin barrier during pregnancy when many hormonal and physiological changes occur. In this longitudinal observational study, 50 pregnant women were recruited at 18-24 weeks' gestation, 25 in summer-autumn, and 25 in winter-spring. At three time points in pregnancy at 18-24, 28-30, and 36-38 weeks' gestation, participants completed a validated sun exposure questionnaire and had skin permeability and surface pH measured on the volar forearm. ...

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• 2024
• February 2024

We think that variants in genes involved in fructose metabolism and ChREBP-FGF21 pathway interacts with SSB intake to exacerbate associations with SSB intake. ...

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• 2018
• February 2018

The social media application TikTok allows users to view and upload short-form videos. Recent evidence suggests it has significant potential for both industry and health promoters to influence public health behaviours. This protocol describes a standardised, replicable process for investigations that can be tailored to various areas of research interest, allowing comparison of content and features across public health topics. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023

The pathogenesis of asthma continues to be a major topic of interest to our authors with reviews and original papers on the role of viruses, mechanisms of... ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

Exposure to surgery and anesthesia in early childhood has been found to be associated with an increased risk of behavioral deficits. While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against prenatal exposure to anesthetic drugs, little clinical evidence exists to support this recommendation. This study evaluates the association between prenatal exposure to general anesthesia due to maternal procedures during pregnancy and neuropsychological and behavioral outcome scores at age 10. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

Mary Amy Gina Bec Brushe Finlay-Jones Trapp Young MB AFJ GT BY BPsych(Hons), PhD (Public Health) BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BSc Nursing, Grad Cert Clinical Nursing, M Mental Health ...

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Intakes of both regular fat and reduced fat dairy products were associated with similar cardiometabolic associations in adolescents ...

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• 2016
• January 2016