Healthy Development

 

The Institute has a range of  long-term studies to expand our knowledge about what children need for healthy development.

 

Since 1990, we’ve been a major collaborator on the Raine Study that is tracking  the development of almost 3000 children from the womb to adulthood.

 

With obesity rates trebling in children and young adults in Australia over the past 20 years, our Growth and Development study is investigating the complex factors that contribute to this issue.

 

Our innovative Developmental Pathways Project is analysing the relationship between child health and wellbeing and a number of other outcomes, including education and delinquency. Read more >>

 

We are looking at childhood obesity, an increasing health problem in childhood that can continue to cause problems into adulthood. Read more>>

 

Related to the growing problem of childhood obesity is type 2 diabetes in children. Read more>>

 

The Raine Study has been following more than 2500 children since before they were born. They are now entering adulthood and continue to provide important information about child  and adolescent development. Read more>>

A child’s ability to communicate is vitally important. We are looking at speech and language development in West Australian twins and single-born children. Read more>>

 

Almost 30 per cent of 14-year-old Australian children fall within a group identified as being at future increased risk of cardiovascular disease . Read more >>

 

We examined the trends around Gestational diabetes (GDM), a form of diabetes that appears during pregnancy that can have serious effects on the developing fetus and the mother. Read more>>

 

A world-first health project in the Peel region south of Perth is following hundreds of chidlren from conception to the teenage years.  Read more>>