Give your kids a healthy start to life
Every parent wants a healthy child and two world leading researchers from Deakin University’s Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research (C-PAN) say the key is healthy eating and active play, right from the...
World-first study to boost standard of early childhood teaching
The New South Wales Minister for Early Childhood Education Leslie Williams has announced a new study that will offer professional development to early childhood teachers and educators around the State in order to promote...
Sports jerseys exposing children to junk food, alcohol and gambling
To adults they may seem fairly innocuous, however the sponsor logos that adorn the jerseys of professional sports people could be increasing children’s awareness of junk food, alcohol and gambling.
Deakin University Associate Professor of...
Reducing pregnancy stress is key to optimal child development
Improving access to care for expectant mothers experiencing a stressful pregnancy is one of many outcomes from a recent Western Australian study published in the international research journal, Child Development.
The study, conducted by researchers...
Virtually impossible to enforce screen based media use guidelines
A world first study into the amount of time Australian children and adolescents spend on all types of screens and specific screen activities has been undertaken by Professor Stephen Houghton from the Faculty of...
Formula frenzy sparked by unethical marketing
The recent baby formula shortage in Australia highlights the unethical marketing practices of infant formula manufacturers across the world, according to an infant feeding expert from Western Sydney University.
Dr Karleen Gribble, from the School...
Small steps can beat childhood obesity
Australia's rates of childhood overweight and obesity could be turned around with changes equivalent to cutting one small chocolate bar and getting in 15 minutes of exercise according to research from the University of...
Aussie kids can do better in active transport
Australian children have received a middle-of-the-road C grade when it comes to active transport to and from school in the 2015 Active Healthy Kids Australia (AKHA) progress report card.
The report card, titled ‘The Road...
No genetic testing for sporting talent
Victoria University researcher Nir Eynon was part of an international panel of experts who have dismissed claims that current genetic testing of children can identify sporting prowess and ability.
Writing in the British Journal of...
Starting school a cause for poetry
As children, families and teachers think about the new school year, they are being asked to reflect on their experiences of starting 'big school' as part of an ongoing research program at Charles Sturt...
