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Appetite 2021 Feb 23:105174. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China; Pediatric Translational Medicine Institution, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China; MOE-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China. Electronic address:

Previous studies have suggested that infant rapid weight change can be associated with an increased weight later in life. However, the weight change trajectory in early life over time and which childhood lifestyle behaviors may modify the risk of rapid weight change have not been characterized. Using our ongoing birth cohort study, we have addressed these issues. Read More

Thorax 2021 Feb 25. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Rationale: Asthma in pregnancy is associated with respiratory diseases in the offspring.

Objective: To investigate if maternal asthma is associated with lung function in early life.

Methods: Data on lung function measured at 5-6 weeks of age were combined from two large birth cohorts: the Bern Infant Lung Development (BILD) and the Australian Breathing for Life Trial (BLT) birth cohorts conducted at three study sites (Bern, Switzerland; Newcastle and Sydney, Australia). Read More

Pediatr Pulmonol 2021 Feb 23. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Pediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Aims: In infants with chronic neonatal lung disease (CNLD), we aimed to identify predictors of home oxygen duration, predictors of discharge oxygen flow rates, and the association of oxygen flow rates with respiratory outcomes.

Methods: Infants with CNLD requiring home oxygen in 2016 and 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Hazard ratios (HR) were estimated from Cox proportional hazards regression models in the cohort. Read More

Front Psychol 2021 2;12:586538. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Repetitive thinking (RT) predicts and maintains depression and anxiety, yet the role of RT in the perinatal context has been under-researched. Further, the content and themes that emerge during RT in the perinatal period have been minimally investigated. We recruited an online community sample of women who had their first baby within the past 12 months ( = 236). Read More