The University of Alberta-based Synergy in Microbiota Research (SyMBIOTA) program, led by CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) investigator Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj and Dr. James Scott (University of Toronto), continues to leverage CHILD biological samples and data to elucidate the dynamics among … Continued
New research from the CHILD Cohort Study has found that kids who have shorter nighttime sleeps and who spend more time on screens at three years of age are more likely to be overweight or obese by age of five. … Continued
New research from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) has found that the bacteria in a baby’s gut in the first year of life may influence the child’s growth pattern from as early as infancy and up to school age. The … Continued
Raising Canada 2021: Recovering from the Impacts of COVID-19, the fourth in an annual series of reports that track the top 10 threats to childhood wellbeing in Canada, references CHILD’s COVID-19 add-on study and features artwork by CHILD participants. The report, published … Continued
New research from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) has found that babies who were breastfed right after birth, even if only for a few days, had lower blood pressure at three years of age than children who were never breastfed. The study, published … Continued
The bacteria in a baby’s gut in the first year of life may be associated with enhanced neurodevelopment at age two, according to recent findings from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD). The research, published in the journal Gut Microbes, found that boys with … Continued
New research from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) gives insight into how much tobacco smoke Canadian infants are exposed to, what increases their likelihood of being exposed to smoke, and how researchers can better understand and measure this exposure. Published … Continued
The fungi in a baby’s gut in the first year of life may be associated with allergies later on, according to new findings from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD). The study, published in mBIO, found that an infant’s gut fungi, combined … Continued
The contents of a baby’s first dirty diaper may tell us if the child is at risk of developing allergies, according to new CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) research. The study, published in Cell Reports Medicine, found that infants whose meconium was less … Continued
An overgrowth of yeast in a baby’s gut may contribute to asthma later in life, according to findings from the CHILD Cohort Study published in eLife. The new research furthers our understanding of the role the gut microbiome plays in … Continued