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Maternal consumption of coffee and tea during pregnancy and risk of childhood ALL: Results from an Australian case-control study

The objective of this study was to investigate whether maternal coffee and/or tea consumption during the last 6 months of pregnancy was associated with risk...

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A prospective investigation of dietary patterns and internalizing and externalizing mental health problems in adolescents

Our findings only lend partial support to a link between diet and mental health, specific to females consuming a Western diet and to externalizing behaviours

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Breastfeeding and motor development: A longitudinal cohort study

Early life feeding practices have an influence on motor development outcomes into late childhood and adolescence independent of sociodemographic factors

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Endocrine and metabolic consequences due to restrictive carbohydrate diets in children with type 1 diabetes: An illustrative case series

We describe a series of 6 cases where adoption of a low carbohydrate diet in children impacted growth and cardiovascular risk factors with potential long-term sequelae.

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What is known about consumer nutrition environments in Australia? A scoping review of the literature

This study aimed to summarize the attributes that have been examined in existing peer-reviewed studies of Australian consumer nutrition environments

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Effects of maternal n-3 fatty acid supplementation on placental cytokines, pro-resolving lipid mediators and their precursors

The aim of this study was to determine whether supplementation with fish oil-derived n-3 PUFA during pregnancy modifies modifies placental PUFA composition...

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Dairy product consumption, dietary nutrient and energy density and associations with obesity in Australian adolescents

Dairy intake is likely to influence dietary energy density (ED) and nutrient density (ND), which are factors representing aspects of dietary quality.

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Maternal fish oil supplementation in pregnancy: a 12 year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial.

We aimed to investigate the long-term effects (12 years) of fish oil supplementation in pregnancy on neurodevelopment, including cognition, language and fine...

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Childhood folate, B6, B12, and food group intake and the risk of childhood brain tumors: results from an Australian case–control study

In this case-control study of CBT, the possible associations of childhood intake of dietary and supplemental folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 with the...