Supporting healthy growth in early childhood: family-focused programs are important, but not enough
Family-focused programs remain important, but they cannot prevent childhood obesity on their own. They need to be embedded within routine…
Early promotion of optimal child growth in general practice
Why Australia needs Medicare-funded preventive checks in early childhood – a brief summary Wen, L. M., House, E. T., Phongsavan,…
Healthy eating and active play in Australian ECEC
What needs to change at the system level – a brief summary Kuswara, K., Laws, R., Ganakas, E., Bell, C.,…
Bottle feeding to sleep linked to higher risk of tooth decay and overweight in pre-schoolers
What do we already know? Australian recommendations include stopping using bottles for children from 1 year old, as well as…
A submission on the Inquiry into Diabetes in Australia
Obesity is a significant risk factor for the development of Type 2 Diabetes. CRE EPOCH-Translate is calling on the Federal…
A review of strategies used to engage and promote healthy lifestyle behaviours to children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
Families who come from non-English speaking backgrounds (culturally and linguistically diverse, CALD) often face health challenges when they move to…
New Paper | Child and adolescent obesity
This is a recently published comprehensive commissioned review of child and adolescent obesity, covering epidemiology, biology, consequences, prevention, treatment, quality…
Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar visit to Adelaide 11-26th April
The Child and Families Research team in the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University hosted visiting International Researcher, Dr Karen…
Nutrition and Growth Conference, London, March 2023
Child health behaviour screening tools (i.e. screening for diet, physical activity, sleep and sedentary behaviours) used in primary health care…
Submission to the Review of Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula (MAIF) Agreement Consultation
CRE EPOCH-Translate calls for greater regulations for protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding as well as the responsible use of breastmilk…
Submission to the Early Years Strategy Consultation
In the recent Government Consultation on the Early Years Strategy, we advocated for actions on the social determinants of health…