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Researchers around the world, including at The Kids Research Institute Australia, are playing catch up as they try to understand what is causing the big increase in allergies

New Director's focus on translating research into action

he new Director of Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research says his focus will be to ensure that high quality research is effectively translated

Western diet link to ADHD

A new study from Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a 'Western-style' diet in adolescents.

WA researchers awarded $9.7 million for ground-breaking child health studies

Case Study: Maia Financial

The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers will have continued access to the latest equipment to support and enable their important research, thanks to Maia Financial.

Validation of intellectual disability coding through hospital morbidity records using an intellectual disability population-based database in Western Australia

To investigate how well intellectual disability (ID) can be ascertained using hospital morbidity data compared with a population-based data source.

Patterns of sedentary time and ambulatory physical activity in a Danish population of girls and women with Rett syndrome

We aimed to: (1) describe the patterns of sedentary time and daily steps and (2) identify the association of individual and environmental characteristitics.

Extreme heat threatens the health of Australians

Heatwaves have serious health impacts and we need a better approach to prevention and management

Twenty-Five Year Survival of Children with Intellectual Disability in Western Australia

To investigate survival up to early adulthood for children with intellectual disability and compare their risk of mortality with that of children without intellectual disability.

Non-linear relationship between maternal work hours and child body weight: Evidence from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study

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