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Nutrition and COVID-19Nutrition is important during the COVID-19 pandemic because it can provide both physical and mental health benefits.
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What life is like living with type 1 diabetesEvery decision a child with type 1 diabetes makes can impact on their blood glucose levels.
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Type 1 DiabetesA lifelong auto-immune condition that can affect anyone, but is most commonly diagnosed in childhood.
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Navigating the teenage years with type 1 diabetesThe teenage years can be a challenging time for families, a period made even more difficult if a child has type 1 diabetes.
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Heatwave health: How to protect your family during extreme heatWith Perth and WA’s south-west in the grip of several days of extreme heat, The Kids Research Institute Australia experts share their top tips on keeping your children safe in the hot weather.
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State Government boost for vital child health researchEight The Kids Research Institute Australia-led projects will benefit from a Western Australian Government boost to health research for the State’s children and young people.
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It’s not just physical illness that will have an impact: A ground-breaking study is investigating the effect of COVID-19 on community wellbeingIn an Australian-first study, researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia are investigating the effects of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of more than 2,000 families in the northern suburbs of Perth, measuring their perceived stress, financial hardship and family functioning during the pandemic.
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ORIGINS family finds comfort and communityA Quinns Rocks family who became the 1000th family to sign up for the ORIGINS Project is excited to be contributing to such ground-breaking research.
The BioMood project will study how following a Mediterranean diet during pregnancy affects the gut microbiome, metabolism, and inflammation, with the expectation that it will promote a healthier microbiome and better mental health.
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Feasibility of home-based urine collection in children under 5 years in the ORIGINS birth cohort study: mixed method protocol and sample completion resultsUrine is an attractive biospecimen for nutritional status and population health surveys. It is an excellent non-invasive alternative to blood for appropriate biomarkers in young children and is suitable for home-based collection, enabling representative collections across a population. However, the bulk of literature in this population is restricted to collection in primary care settings.