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Atopic diseases are the most common chronic conditions of childhood. The apparent rise in food anaphylaxis in young children over the past three decades is of particular concern, owing to the lack of proven prevention strategies other than the timely introduction of peanut and egg.

Early childhood is a critical window for preventing obesity and chronic disease. Yet, 1 in 4 Australian children aged 5 years and under are affected by overweight or obesity; and significant proportions of children under 5 years fail to meet guidelines for diet quality, physical activity (PA), screen time, and sleep.

There is increasing international interest in place-based approaches to improve early childhood development (ECD) outcomes. The available data and evidence are limited and precludes well informed policy and practice change. Developing the evidence-base for community-level effects on ECD is one way to facilitate more informed and targeted community action.

A Quinns Rocks family who became the 1000th family to sign up for the ORIGINS Project is excited to be contributing to such ground-breaking research.

A collaboration between The Kids Research Institute Australia and Joondalup Health Campus is poised to be a game-changer for early childhood development.

The Kids for Child Health Research will join more than 50 scientists from 36 research institutions around the world to improve early nutrition

This chapter assesses what global evidence tells us about the importance of early childhood education and development...

This chapter describes the development of young children in a sample of poor rural communities across Indonesia.

Early child development may have important consequences for inequalities in health and well-being. This paper explores population level patterns of child...

There is an increasing support from international organizations and the research community for stepping beyond infant or child mortality as the most common...