New research from CHILD has found that children who consume higher amounts of ultraprocessed foods at three years of age tend to exhibit more behavioural and emotional difficulties by age five. These findings, published in JAMA Network Open, highlight the … Continued
Naomi completes her 16-year visit in Winnipeg 16-year visits We are excited to announce that the first CHILD clinic visits in the new 16-year round of data collection have begun. Initial 16-year visits were held in Vancouver on February 7, … Continued
Breastfeeding is beneficial for all babies, but according to new CHILD research it may have greater effects among infants living in contexts of lower socioeconomic status. As reported in their paper in Frontiers in Public Health, CHILD researchers have found … Continued
New findings suggest that a mother’s stress during pregnancy may affect how her baby’s gut microbiome develops in the first year of life. In turn, this may influence the child’s later risk for anxiety and depression. This study was conducted … Continued
Researchers from CHILD have identified six different categories, or ‘respiratory phenotypes’, of wheeze in preschool children using data collected from birth through age five. Children were grouped based on shared patterns: the age their wheezing began, whether episodes persisted over … Continued
Research powered by CHILD data has identified components of breastmilk associated with a child’s early neurodevelopment. The research found the levels in breastmilk of select fatty acids and sugars to be related to a breastfed infant’s cognitive, language and motor … Continued
CHILD researchers have found that a common breastmilk antibody effectively targets an allergy-related bacterium in the infant gut, preventing its colonization and associated detrimental immunological effects. The finding highlights the central, interactive roles of breastmilk and the microbiome in shaping … Continued
New research from CHILD and the University of Toronto shows that the offspring of fathers with obesity are more likely to follow growth trajectories that lead to their developing obesity in early childhood. This risk is found to increase when … Continued
New research from CHILD and the Computational Genomics Laboratory at Queen’s University sheds light on how interactions between our genes and early-life environment impact our gut microbes and risk of asthma and allergies. Published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical … Continued
Canadian children’s dietary habits warrant public health action, say researchers New research from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) and the University of Toronto shows that ultra-processed food consumption among preschool Canadian children is alarmingly high. The study also found the … Continued