Research Summaries - CHILD Cohort Study

Major research results from the CHILD Cohort Study have been described in various clear-language summaries prepared for lay readers, mainly in Success Stories and Research Sketches, published by AllerGen.

The database below of these summaries, with links to PDF copies, can be searched by keyword.

Image	Title	Details	Investigators
Click on the image to access the PDF	All in Good Time: Amid ever-changing advice about when to introduce allergenic foods to babies, CHILD Study research sends a clear signal	food allergy, allergenic foods, early introduction, eggs, peanut, cow's milk, sensitization,	Malcolm Sears, Maxwell Tran
Click on the image to access the PDF	Anti-Asthma Squad:Four Gut Bacteria Help Protect Kids from Developing Asthma	gut bacteria, microbiome, asthma, FLVR, germs, hygiene hypothesis	Brett Finlay, Stuart Turvey, Marie-Claire Arrieta, Leah Stiemsma
Click on the image to access the PDF	Anxious Mom, Allergic Kid? A mother’s distress not only affects her interactions with her baby—it can also throw the baby’s immune system off-kilter	pregnant, pregnancy, prenatal, postnatal, stress, depression, anxiety, allergy risk, gut immune system, sIgA, microbiome, secretory IgA , immune antibody, gut microbiome	Anita Kozyrskyj
Click on the image to access the PDF	Babies’ Exposure to Phthalates in the Home: Developing a Profile of Allergy and Asthma	phthalates, environment, home, house, industrial chemicals, household products, exposures, allergy, asthma	Tim Takaro, Michael Brauer, Stuart Turvey, James Scott, Jeff Brook, Ryan Allen
Click on the image to access the PDF	Bad Air, Good Dirt	traffic-related air pollution, TrAP, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), allergies, food allergy, mould allergy, pet allergy, car fumes, allergy risk, daycare, germs, siblings, pets, hygiene hypothesis, dirt, bacteria	Hind Sbihi, Michael Brauer
Click on the image to access the PDF	BREASTMILK: Best Served Straight from the Source – Researchers from CHILD’s Manitoba site have discovered a new benefit of breastfeeding	breast milk, direct breastfeeding, pumped, expressed, bottle, breast, formula-fed, milk microbiome, suckling, asthma, obesity, bacteria	Meghan Azad, Shirin Moossavi
Click on the image to access the PDF	Can a mom’s distress during and after pregnancy increase her baby’s allergy risk?	pregnant, pregnancy, prenatal, postnatal, stress, depression, anxiety, allergy risk, gut immune system, sIgA, microbiome	Liane Kang, Anita Kozyrskyj
Click on the image to access the PDF	Can asthma be diagnosed in infancy?	asthma, Lung Clearance Index (LCI), lungs, respiratory problems, wheeze, lung disease, lung function, recurrent wheezing, infants	Zihang Lu, Padmaja Subbarao
Click on the image to access the PDF	Can breastfeeding help protect babies from asthma?	asthma, breastfeeding, breast milk, wheezing, lung function, infant formula	Lorena Vehling, Meghan Azad
Click on the image to access the PDF	CLEAN HOUSE, CONSTRICTED AIRWAYS: Not all cleaning products are created equal – and new research shows that frequent use could predispose children to developing asthma	household cleaners, cleaning products, asthma, recurrent wheeze, atopy, gut microbiome, airborne chemicals, fragranced, scented products, disinfectants, spray, aerosols	Tim Takaro, Jaclyn Parks
Click on the image to access the PDF	Fruits of Their Labour: Mothers who consume more fruit while pregnant may give their babies a brain boost	maternal fruit consumption, infant cognitive development, nutrition, diet, brain development, lycopene, fructose	Piush Mandhane
Click on the image to access the PDF	How much screen time is too much for preschoolers?	screen time, behavioral problems, ADHD, emotional problems, screens, sleep, physical activity, preschoolers	Piush Mandhane, Sukhpreet Tamana
Click on the image to access the PDF	How Sweet It Isn’t: Can a mom’s intake of artificial sweeteners while pregnant make her child obese?	artificially sweetened beverages, artificial sweeteners, maternal consumption, pregnancy, overweight, obesity, BMI, gut microbiome	Meghan Azad
Click on the image to access the PDF	LOOKING AFTER LITTLE LUNGS: Avoiding antibiotics in infancy may protect against future asthma	antibiotics, asthma risk, bacteria, antibiotic resistance, gut microbiome, antibiotic stewardship	Stuart Turvey
Click on the image to access the PDF	PASS THE PEANUT, PLEASE! How to protect a baby from developing peanut allergy? Start with some peanut-based foods.	peanut allergy, food allergy, early introduction, sensitization	Elinor Simons
Click on the image to access the PDF	Predicting Allergies and Asthma in Babies — Pioneering Canadian Scientists Discover that Stem Cells are “Crystal Balls”	stem cells, umbilical cord blood, asthma, allergy, early-life predictive test	Judah Denburg, Guy Delespesse, Mark Larché, Kelly McNagny, Gail Gauvreau, Anne Ellis
Click on the image to access the PDF	SCREENS AND CONSEQUENCES: Researchers at CHILD’s Edmonton site have taken a close-up look at screen time in preschoolers and found that quantity matters – a lot	screen time, behavioral problems, ADHD, emotional problems, screens, sleep, physical activity, preschoolers,	Piush Mandhane, Sukhpreet Tamana
Click on the image to access the PDF	The Front Lines: Studying Asthma During Early Childhood Development	early-life immune system, allergy, asthma, environment, phenotyping	Stuart Turvey, Tobias Kollmann, Kathleen Wee
Click on the image to access the PDF	When is Your Child’s Wheeze a Sign of Asthma? Canadian Researchers Establish New Diagnostic Tests for Infants and Young Children	wheeze, asthma, diagnostic tests, lung function, airway inflammation, infant lung function laboratory, Multiple Breath Wash Out Test	Padmaja Subbarao, Malcolm Sears, Martin Post, Felix Ratjen, Hartmut Grasemann, Dean Befus, Darryl Adamko
Click on the image to access the PDF	When should parents feed potentially allergenic foods to their infants?	food allergy, allergenic foods, early introduction, eggs, peanut, cow's milk	Maxwell Tran, Malcolm Sears