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Infant sleep duration associated with mother’s level of education, prenatal depression and method of delivery
New research from the CHILD Cohort Study has found that babies sleep less at three months of age if their mothers do not have a university degree, experienced depression during pregnancy or had... READ MORE
CHILD families take the stage at conference
Members of four families participating in the CHILD Study—one from each province of Canada represented in the Study—took the stage at AllerGen’s 2019 Research Conference, as kids and parents sat together on a... READ MORE
CHILD breastfeeding research makes a splash
Ongoing research led by Dr. Meghan Azad, using data from the CHILD Study, has shed light on the breastmilk microbiome and on breastfeeding’s protective effects against allergy and asthma, as well as obesity... READ MORE
Breastmilk microbiome linked to method of feeding
New research from the CHILD Cohort Study sheds some light on the importance of the infant’s mouth as a source of breastmilk bacteria. The idea that breastmilk has a microbiome—a community of bacteria... READ MORE