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Thousands to be invited to Bristol health study’s biggest ever clinic, starting this September
17 September 2021
Over 20,000 participants will be invited to Bristol health study Children of the 90s’ biggest ever clinic which has launched today (Friday 17 September).
- Children of the 90s study to help learn more about long COVID 23 May 2022 Participants from Children of the 90s are part of a nationwide study seeking to better understand the condition known as long COVID.
- Poor school grades and smoking: Is tobacco all to blame? 14 March 2022 Dr Suzi Gage contributes to the #Co90sDiscoveries series and tells us whether smoking cigarettes can influence how well a young person does at school.
- Making a difference: COVID-19 and population science 8 March 2022 Principal Investigator, Professor Nic Timpson, starts the #Co90sDiscoveries series by discussing how the study has assisted with the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Lifestyle more likely to affect a child’s BMI than the weight of their mother 1 February 2022 Researchers from the University of Bristol and Imperial College London have found that a high Body Mass Index (BMI) of a mother before and during pregnancy is not a major cause of high BMI in their offspring – indicating that childhood and teen obesity is more likely to be a result of lifestyle factors.
- Smoking may increase risk of heart attack via enhanced platelet activity, new research suggests 26 January 2022 Smoking cigarettes may increase the risk of a heart attack by activating a gene that affects blood clotting, according to a new study by scientists at the University of Bristol.
- Granddaughters and great-granddaughters of men who start to smoke before puberty, have more body fat than expected, research shows 21 January 2022 A new study, led by the University of Bristol and published in Scientific Reports today [21 January], has reported increased body fat in females whose grandfathers or great-grandfathers began smoking before puberty.
- Eating disorder symptoms and self-harm linked to higher levels of depression and anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic 7 December 2021 Young adults who have previously experienced self-harm or eating disorders reported higher levels of depression and anxiety during the pandemic, even when restrictions had eased, according to new research.
- Baby teeth may one day help identify kids at risk for mental disorders later in life 10 November 2021 Like the rings of a tree, teeth contain growth lines that may reveal clues about childhood experiences. The thickness of growth marks in primary (or “baby”) teeth may help identify children at risk for depression and other mental health disorders later in life, according to a ground-breaking investigation led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) using data from a world-renowned health study in Bristol and published in JAMA Network Open.
- Scientists discover how our brain uses nutritional state to regulate growth and age at puberty 8 November 2021 Researchers from the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit and the MRC Epidemiology Unit have discovered how a receptor in the brain detects the nutritional state of the body and regulates the timing of puberty and rate of growth in children and increases in lean muscle mass.
- How does your jumping ability correlate to other areas of your health? 4 November 2021 The jumping mechanography – along with other physical measurements – assesses participants' general muscle strength, function, power and mobility.