Meeting 24-h movement behavior guidelines for the early years is associated with better health and development outcomes in young children. Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a key intervention setting however little is known about the content and implementation of movement behavior polices in this context. To inform policy development this international scoping review examined the prevalence, content, development and implementation of ECEC-specific movement behavior policies. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

Epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females (EFMR) is an intriguing X-linked disorder affecting heterozygous females and sparing hemizygous males. ...

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• 2010
• March 2010

Growing up in a language-rich home environment is important for children's language development in the early years. The concept of "technoference" (technology-based interference) suggests that screen time may be interfering with opportunities for talk and interactions between parent and child; however, limited longitudinal evidence exists exploring this association.  ...

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• 2024
• March 2024

Policies aiming to improve educational outcomes are typically based on academic testing data. However, such data only reflects those who complete the test. ...

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• 2017
• January 2017

Anthony David Stephen Susan Kicic Martino Stick Prescott A DM SM SL BSc (Hons) PhD BSc PhD MB BChir PhD MRCP FRACP MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial Research Head, Clinical Epigenetics Head, P4 Respiratory Health ...

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With more than one in four Australian children overweight or obese, and the significant risks this poses for health problems like asthma, depression,... ...

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• 2013
• August 2013

Early child development may have important consequences for inequalities in health and well-being. This paper explores population level patterns of child... ...

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• 2012
• September 2012

Serotonin (5-HT) is widely implicated as a key neurotransmitter relevant to a range of psychiatric disorders and psychological processes. The role of central nervous 5-HT function underlying these processes can be examined through serotonergic challenge methodologies. ...

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• 2020
• March 2020

ADHD patients showed substantially diminished intrinsic coupling for 7 connections and increased coupling for 4 connections ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

The importance of play for a child’s development is irrefutable. Playgroups provide a safe environment for children of similar ages to play and develop prior to starting school. ...

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Breastfeeding has been associated with multiple developmental advantages for the infant; however, there have also been a number of studies that find... ...

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• 2011
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The objective of this study was to estimate the overall and cause specific mortality of Aboriginal offenders in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. ...

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• 2012
• June 2012