What happens at the 16-year CHILD visit? 🤔
Co-created with CHILD youth and parents, this video highlights what to expect and why it matters.
💡 New this year: a stronger focus on mental health – because youth asked for it, and well-being matters!
🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHdB...
What external factors might lead one child to eat more ultraprocessed foods 🍔🧃than another? According to CHILD research, characteristics of a child’s family👨👩👧👦& built environment 🏪 can play a role.
@Nature @kozetamiliku.bsky.social #UofT #Nutrition
Read more: childcohort.ca/upf-consumpt...
Drinking whole cow’s milk 🐮 🥛 in early childhood may be linked to lower obesity risk in later childhood, according to new CHILD research led by @kozetamiliku.bsky.social, Tara Zeitoun & Zheng Hao Chen in @AJCNutrition
@UofT #DOHaD #obesity #nutrition
More: childcohort.ca/whole-cows-m...
Meet Charisse, our Deputy Director! 👋
💡 Fun Fact: She is an avid gardener! 🌱
🔬 Research focus: Decoding the secret conversations between immune cells & microbes. 🦠
🚀 Excited about: Launching the revitalized 16-year CHILD visits.
Get to know Charisse better: childcohort.ca/charisse/
#MeetTheTeam
For the 16-year visit, CHILD youth participants can receive an ŌURA Ring—a smart ring that tracks sleep 💤, stress, activity 🏃♀️, and more in real time.
Participants can explore their own data and securely upload it to CHILD using their preferred device.
Learn more: childcohort.ca/next-visit/#...
CHILD’s 16-year visits are better than ever: fewer questionnaires, more benefits for participating, & a very cool wearable (an Oura ring)!
Learn more: childcohort.ca/portfolio/ne...
Thanks to the amazing commitment of CHILD families, the 13-year data & samples we collected will empower more insights into child & adolescent health.
Learn more: childcohort.ca/13-year-visi...
This #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate the incredible women who make the CHILD Cohort Study possible. 💜
From the thousands of moms who joined the study during pregnancy to the women scientists, trainees, and staff driving the research—thank you for helping move science forward. 👩👧👦👩🔬🔬
#IWD2026
It’s great to see you again! We are so happy to be welcoming CHILD families already for the 16-year round of Study data collection—including Naomi in Winnipeg!
Read more: childcohort.ca/13-year-visi...
Thanks again CHILD families—including Edric and his sisters Elowen & Ophelia in Winnipeg, pictured here—for keeping the Study going by participating in our 13-year visits.
Read more: childcohort.ca/13-year-visi...
Kids who eat fewer ultraprocessed foods as toddlers may have better #MentalHealth in later childhood, according to new CHILD research led by @KozetaMiliku @MeaghanKavanag1 in @JAMANetworkOpen @UofT @McMasterU #DOHaD #NutritionMonth
More: childcohort.ca/upf-behaviou...
Great new CHILD research by our Clinical Science Officer
@KozetaMiliku @UofT & her team linking child nutrition & #MentalHealth. #NutritionMonth
childcohort.ca/upf-behaviou...
CHILD is delighted to announce that the 16-year round of Study data collection has begun! We are looking forward to seeing our wonderful families soon.
Learn all about this round of visits here:
childcohort.ca/portfolio/ne...
Many chronic diseases begin before birth. The CHILD Cohort Study follows families since pregnancy to uncover early drivers of disease and ways to prevent them.
Explore what we've discovered:
🔗 childcohort.ca/portfolio/ke...
Are you a researcher? Check out our database:
🔗 childcohort.ca/childdb
We are so grateful to all CHILD families for showing up again & taking part in the 13-year round of data collection. The final visit was on 19 December 2025. The data collected will start fuelling research by late 2026.
childcohort.ca/13-year-visi...
🧠 Psychology helps us understand how early-life experiences shape #mentalhealth across childhood and adolescence.
Through long-term research and partnership with youth and families, the CHILD Cohort Study helps inform prevention, care, and healthier futures for children and youth.
#PsychologyMonth
Breastfeeding is good for all babies, but CHILD research finds a stronger link between breastfeeding & improved child behavior scores among children in lower socioeconomic households @SarahTurner11 @MeghanAzad @umanitoba @CHRIManitoba @FrontPubHealth
childcohort.ca/breastfeedin...
Mom's stress when pregnant may influence her child's later mental health by affecting the development of the child's gut microbiome, CHILD researchers found. Read about it in @BrainBehavImm @UBC @UBCPsych @ubcmsl @FinlayLab @ubcdaslab #WomensResearch
childcohort.ca/stress-in-pr...
Thank you @CIHR_IRSC! CHILD was built on a CIHR foundation & many CHILD research projects have been CIHR funded. We’re grateful for the years of support & proud that CHILD has been highlighted by @CIHR_IHDCYH as an Institute accomplishment.
More: childcohort.ca/cihr-celebra...
It’s Anti-Bullying Day 💙
Did you know? CHILD collects data on bullying experiences. We found 43.5% of participants at 8 years old, & 28.5% at 13, reported being bullied the previous year.
Interested in our data?
🔗 Visit our database here: childstudy.ca/childdb/
#AntiBullyingDay #TeenHealth
Today, on #AntiBullyingDay, we join communities across Canada in taking a stand for kindness, inclusion and safety for children and youth. 💗
Every child deserves to feel supported — online and offline. Let’s lift each other up and create spaces where everyone feels they belong.
Today is #WomensBrainHealthDay! 🧠
At CHILD, we’re exploring how genetics, environment, and life experiences shape mental health and brain development. By understanding these influences, we aim to support lifelong brain health and overall well-being.
🔗 Learn more: lnkd.in/gJ3Vj95H
#WomensHealth
November is #DiabetesAwarenessMonth
There’s a rising global trend in type 2 diabetes among children and adolescents. 🌎📈
🔍 CHILD is tracking development and early-life influences to better understand—and address—this important health challenge.
💡 Learn more about CHILD: childstudy.ca
#Research
November is #EczemaAwarenessMonth 💙
CHILD researchers found that asthma and food allergies may be predictable as early as age 1 — an eczema and early allergic sensitivity combo may be the tell-tale clue.
🔗 Learn more: childstudy.ca/asthma-food-...
#Eczema #Asthma #Allergies #ChildHealth
November is #EczemaAwarenessMonth 💙
👶💊 CHILD researchers found that babies who received antibiotics in their first year of life may experience changes in their gut microbiome 🦠 — and may be more likely to develop eczema later in life.
🔗 Learn more: lnkd.in/gtykD65z
#Eczema #Microbiome #Research
Toward diagnosing & managing #asthma more precisely: new CHILD research identifies 6 respiratory phenotypes detectable as early as age 1 #JACI
childstudy.ca/most-young-k...
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 🧠🌿
CHILD Cohort Study researchers found that maternal depression during and after pregnancy may reduce infants’ levels of sIgA 🛡️, a key antibody that supports healthy immune development.
🔗 Learn more: childstudy.ca/moms-depress...
#MaternalDepression #InfantHealth
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 💚🌿
🏠🤰 CHILD researchers found that moms in homes with higher levels of common household chemicals in dust (OPEs) were slightly more stressed during and after pregnancy compared to moms in homes with lower levels.
🔗 Learn more: childstudy.ca/chemicals-af...
As #NationalBreastfeedingWeek ends, we reflect on how early nourishment supports lifelong health.
🎥 Watch our video on how breastfeeding supports babies’ health as they grow: 🔗 youtu.be/lfKKuwPpYWo
Learn more about CHILD’s breastfeeding research:
🔗 childstudy.ca/portfolio/ke...
Breastmilk components associated with a child’s early neurodevelopment: new CHILD research in @FrontNutrition from Sarah Turner & @meghanazad.bsky.social @umanitoba @CHRIManitoba #NationalBreastfeedingWeek
childstudy.ca/breastmilk-a...