CHILD families:
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If we’ve not heard from you since your 5-year visit or before, update your contact info with the Study and we’ll send you $20.
Calling all CHILD youth!
Call for Applications:
2024 Sears Undergraduate Summer Studentship
The 2024 Sears Studentship provides up to $6K to an undergraduate student working on a research project using CHILD data.
Calling all CHILD youth!
Calling all CHILD youth!
CHILD families:
Please get in touch!
If we’ve not heard from you since your 5-year visit or before, update your contact info with the Study and we’ll send you $20.
What's new from CHILD?
Consumption of ultra-processed foods when very young may increase obesity risk, study finds
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... READ MORE
New study reveals how breastfeeding shapes a child’s microbiome and lung health
New CHILD research provides compelling evidence that breastfeeding influences the composition and function of an infant’s microbiome, which in turn plays a crucial role in that child’s later respiratory health. The microbiome is... READ MORE
Breastmilk microbes are shaped by mom’s genes and influence her child’s asthma and allergy risk, study finds
Important new research from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) has found that a mother’s genes play a role in determining which microbes live in her breastmilk and that this, in turn, can influence... READ MORE
Shedding light on how mom’s genes influence health-boosting sugars in human milk
New first-of-its-kind research from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) provides insights into an important ingredient of human breastmilk: naturally occurring sugars known as human milk oligosaccharides, or HMOs. Published in Nature Communications, the... READ MORE
Families & researchers plan ahead in CHILD workshop
Workshop participants pose for a group photo. Over two days in late July 2024, CHILD researchers and staff, together with parents and youth from CHILD’s National Participant Engagement Committee (NPEC) and a number of... READ MORE
Smoking while pregnant linked to changes in baby’s microbiome, increased risk of obesity
CHILD research has found that if a mother smokes while pregnant, this affects the bacteria living in her baby’s gut and puts the baby at higher risk of becoming overweight or obese in... READ MORE