Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century and is affected not only by individual choice but also by societal and environmental influences. Childhood obesity is higher in children living in regional and remote compared with major cities, in one-parent families and for those with a disability. ...

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• 2021
• November 2021

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia have an inequitable burden of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), concentrated among young people and necessitating ongoing medical care during adolescence. There is an unmet need for improved well-being and support for these young people to complement current biomedical management. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• August 2021

Glenn Martyn Pearson Symons G MS BA (Education) PhD Candidate B.A. (Hons) PhD. Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1672 martyn.symons@telethonkids.org.au Director of First Nations Strategy and ...

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• 2021
• August 2021

Despite immense benefits of physical activity on health and developmental outcomes, few children achieve recommended daily levels of physical activity. Given more than half of families with children own a dog, we investigated the effect of a mobile health (mHealth) intervention to encourage dog-facilitated physical activity through increased family dog walking and children's active play with their dog. ...

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• 2022
• May 2022

This study shows that timing is important for understanding intergenerational transmission of deliberate self-harm risk ...

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• 2019
• August 2019

Maternal chronic illness is associated with an increased risk of poor developmental outcomes for children, particularly daughters ...

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• 2019
• May 2019

Although children of convicted parents experience a higher incidence of sociodemographic risk, their parents' criminal activity constitutes an independent risk factor for their development ...

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• 2018
• July 2018

Determining young people's knowledge of energy drink (EDs), factors influencing ED consumption and intervention strategies to lower ED consuption in youth. ...

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• 2017
• October 2017

This study assessed the functional skills of three girls with RTT aged 35 years before and during participation in a CE programme. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2012
• February 2012

Improving the wellbeing of Australian children and youth: the importance of bridging the know-do gap ...

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• 2010
• January 2010

Here, we present the abstracts and proceedings of our 8th annual conference, held in Detroit, Michigan in May 2019, themed "From Challenges, to Opportunities" ...

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• 2019
• November 2019

Across 6 years of school, multiple risk-exposed children lagged behind low risk-exposed children in the order of years of lost gains in reading achievement ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• May 2019