Childhood Determinants of Adult Health study in Hobart, Tasmania | Medical and health

Childhood Determinants of Adult Health study

Locality: Hobart, Tasmania

Phone: +61 1800 634 124

Address: Medical Science Precinct, 17 Liverpool St 7000 Hobart, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.menzies.utas.edu.au/cdah

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24.01.2022 Wow! Victorian clinics done and dusted. Thanks to everyone who came along. If you live in Victoria but you haven’t heard from us yet, send us a message, e-mail or call us to see how you can still take part. South Australia...you're up next in November!

24.01.2022 A huge thank you to all our wonderful participants in Queensland who came along to have their free CDAH health check! We were delighted to welcome 364 participants, who attended at clinic sites across the state. We finished at our last site, Toowoomba, in August.

23.01.2022 More good news about shacking up and having babies! Dr Kylie Smith looked at how getting married or moving into a de facto relationship and becoming a parent might affect people's diets. She reported in her paper published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that men and women that became parents were less likely to skip breakfast. Men that became partnered, but not women, were also less likely to skip breakfast. Were these men lucky enough to have their partners making their breakfast? We can't be sure...but our previous research has shown that eating breakfast is associated with better heart health, so it's good news for these men.

23.01.2022 Do you have questions? We are currently writing our 2017 newsletter and we would love for you to contribute. Do you have any questions you would like answered? Have any stories or photos about participating in CDAH that you would like to share?... We would love to hear from you. Post in the comments or send us an email at [email protected]

22.01.2022 Thank you to the 96 wonderful participants who came along to our first Queensland clinic at Wooloowin! We are so appreciative of the time and effort you have committed. We're now setting up for four days at Mt. Gravatt Showgrounds, due to start bright and early tomorrow at 7am. Here's some before and after shots. And if you're interested in booking for a free health check in Qld, please call us on (freecall) 1800 634 124.

21.01.2022 Getting set up in Elizabeth East ready for our first clinic this Friday. We'll be at the Salvation Army till Monday 13th November. We still have a few appointments left!

18.01.2022 This one is hot off the press! PhD student Duc Du has published work showing that there aren't that many benefits for cardiovascular and metabolic health of drinking alcohol once we take into account all of the other characteristics associated with drinking moderate amounts of alcohol. These are things like physical activity and a good diet. In fact, we could see worse blood pressure values in some groups of drinkers. Certainly food (or maybe drink) for thought!

17.01.2022 Research fellow Dr Kylie Smith recently published this study looking at how common health behaviours (e.g. eating breakfast, limiting TV viewing and doing enough steps per day) were associated with weight gain in the CDAH study. The study was published in BMC Public Health and we found that people who adopted or maintained these healthier behaviours has less weight gain than those that had less healthy behaviours. Encouraging young adults to meet these simple guidelines may reduce weight gain.

17.01.2022 One of the unique aspects of CDAH is that our participants live all around Australia. This means we can look at changes in where people live and how that might affect their health. In this study by Kira Patterson, we examined how living in a rural or urban area over your lifetime might be associated with overweight and obesity. The study was recently published in Annals of Epidemiology and Kira found that people that lived in rural areas for a longer time were more likely to be overweight or obese. The causes of this are likely to be complex including aspects of the food and built environment in rural areas, as well as health behaviours of people that live in these areas.

17.01.2022 Thanks to all our wonderful SA participants who gave up their time to have a health check! Today was our last day in South Australia. We had some heartwarming moments with our participants. Our dedicated couple Tony and Naomi came along together and encouraged each other! And Janelle was measured by her nephew, who turned out to be one of our newly recruited clinic staff!

16.01.2022 Time for your free health checks at CDAH clinics! Ringwood 9-18 Aug; Cranbourne 20-22 Aug; Richmond 25 Aug-4 Sept; and Geelong 7-9 Sept. Places are filling up fast! Book your appointment on (freecall) 1800 634 124.... (If you're one of our wonderful participants who attended the Ascot Vale clinic Nov 2014, no need to attend again ;) Our study equipment wrapped and crated, left the freight depot for Melbourne today!

16.01.2022 We're heading to our biggest state next! We'll be running health checks (3 hrs) in New South Wales during the next six months, at Rozelle 26 Oct, then Frenchs Forest, Berkshire Park, Woronora til Dec. Camden, Shellharbour and Newcastle will be early 2019. We'll also be visiting Canberra 28 Feb to 3 Mar. If you're interested in a health check, please call us on (freecall) 1800 634 124.

14.01.2022 From the west to the north! We're heading up to Queensland in June and July. Clinics will be at 8 locations - Wooloowin (Kedron), Mt Gravatt, Gold Coast (Bundall), and Beenleigh (1 to 23 Jun). Then we head up to Townsville, Rockhampton, Gympie and Toowoomba (29 Jun to 4 Aug). We've had a tremendous response so far - thanks to everyone who's booked in! Some days/sites are booked out! If you haven't heard from us yet and you're in Qld, please get in touch if you'd like a free health check - 1800 634 124 or email [email protected]. We'd love to see you there!

14.01.2022 Today is World Diabetes Day! Find out more at http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/

13.01.2022 Hello South Australia! We'll be in town to run clinics on the following dates: Friday the 10th to Monday the 13th of November in Elizabeth East... Friday the 17th to Monday the 20th of November in Hallett Cove. If you're in SA but haven't heard from us yet give us a call on 1800 634 124 or message us on facebook. We're looking forward to seeing you all soon and having some jelly cakes and Haigh's chocolates (but only in moderation).

08.01.2022 Thank you to all our wonderful Victorian participants who have given up their time to attend our Ringwood clinic since last Wednesday! Here are some of our dedicated clinic staff outside the Central Ringwood Community Centre, ready to welcome you this week. Next we'll be at Cranbourne from 20 to 22 August.

08.01.2022 PhD student Brooklyn Fraser published this study that used data from the childhood and adult studies in CDAH. In the paper published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, she reported that people's muscular strength and power in childhood were closely linked to the same measures in adulthood. Perhaps more evidence of 'show me the boy at 7 and I'll give you the (wo)man'?

07.01.2022 Read all the latest CDAH news in our 2017 newsletter: http://www.menzies.utas.edu.au/CDAH_Newsletter_Dec17

05.01.2022 A huge Thank You to our wonderful participants who gave up their time to attend our two WA clinics in Claremont and Cloverdale. We had a fabulous turnout with 134 attending. We hope all have received results recently - if not, pls email [email protected] or call us (freecall) 1800634124..

04.01.2022 We're coming to Perth! Get ready West Australians, we'll be running clinics during March. There will be two locations: Claremont from the 9th to the 12th of March... Cloverdale from the 16th to the 19th of March Send us a message on here, send an e-mail to [email protected] or call us on 1800 634 124 to find out more.

01.01.2022 The end of 2018 and early 2019 has been a busy period with eight clinics run in NSW and one in the ACT. A huge thank you to all 437 participants who gave up their time to contribute to our research and undergo a health check. We especially want to thank those who went out of their way to participate, particularly those attending at the Shellharbour, Belmont, and Flynn clinics. Many travelled hundreds of kilometres to participate - a truly amazing commitment to the study!