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Information for the 10,000 families participating in ORIGINS. Recruitment has now closed.

The Heavy Metal Tooth Fairy Project

This Australian-first study will simultaneously identify childhood exposure to heavy metals in regional and remote communities and provide these comm…

ORIGINS: Nutritional Profile of Children Aged One Year in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort

Dietary intake during the first year of life is a key determinant of a child's growth and development. ORIGINS is a longitudinal birth cohort study i…

New FHRI funding to support research helping kids have a healthier start to life

ORIGINS has secured $500,000 in funding from the WA Government’s Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund.

ORIGINS Vision Study

This study is aiming to investigate how sun exposure and time outside impacts the health of your child’s eye and eye growth, over a period of rapid g…

Empowering parents: ORIGINS secures MRFF grant to develop early childhood flourishing tool

ORIGINS sub-project, The Flourishing Child, has received a $746,051 grant from the Medical Research Future Fund to develop a Flourishing Assessment a…

International Women's Day 2025

Hear from Avril Bezant, ORIGINS Data Coordinator, and Alexis Harun, ORIGINS Paediatric Coordinator, and be reminded that it’s never too late to pursu…

Feasibility of home-based urine collection in children under 5 years in the ORIGINS birth cohort study: mixed method protocol and sample completion results

Urine is an attractive biospecimen for nutritional status and population health surveys. It is an excellent non-invasive alternative to blood for app…

The Flourishing Child: Understanding how Adults and Children Perceive Flourishing from the Start of Life

The current narrative surrounding children’s health and wellbeing often focuses on adversity and dysregulation with a lack of positive messaging. How…

Iron-Rich Recipes Your Kids Will LOVE

We know it isn't always easy to sneak meat and vegetables into fussy kids' diets - so we've compiled our favourite iron-rich recipes your kids will b…