New research has provided evidence for ‘environmental inheritance’, a radical theory of transgenerational genetic adaptation proposed by Professor Marcus Pembrey of the Institute of Child Health, UCL in the mid 1990’s
The connection between childhood growth and levels of intelligence is explored in a new study from the Children of the 90s project.
Young girls who suffer sexual abuse are much more likely to develop eating disorders as adults, even when they are pregnant. A new study suggests it could affect the health of their own children.
The Children of the 90s study is to link up with a similar project in Norway to share data and help scientists unlock the causes of a range of medical conditions.
The supposed benefits of giving fish oil supplements to children to improve their brainpower is being investigated by scientists at the University of Bristol.
Eight thousand children will take part in a study to examine how anxiety and stress in pregnancy affects psychological development in adolescence.
Children whose mothers experienced significant stress or anxiety during pregnancy have a greater vulnerability to psychological problems, even 10 years later.
The key signs which mark out a pregnant woman as being at greatest risk of domestic violence both during pregnancy and up to 3 years later have been published in a new report.
Young people who get tipsy less easily may be at greater risk of becoming alcoholics when they grow up.
A new study of persistent tummy ache in young children has come to the conclusion that for some it may be linked to emotional problems in their families.
Children of the 90s, the long-running research project following the lives of thousands of Bristol families, has reached an important milestone in its own development.
Father's depression has long term consequences on the child’s behaviour and emotional development.
Three-year-old children who spend more than eight hours watching television each week are at an increased risk of obesity as they grow up.
One possible long term disadvantage of being born into a privileged family is highlighted by new research on the shape and size of today’s children.
Pregnant women whose babies are born by Caesarean section are no more likely to suffer postnatal depression than mothers who give birth normally.
Women who hold negative beliefs about themselves are at greater risk of developing depression later in their lives, according to a new study.
The full picture of childhood obesity – and its long term consequences for the NHS - will be spelled out by scientists meeting in Bristol this week.
Some of the UK's leading asthma researchers join forces in a co-ordinated attempt to investigate the causes of Britain's most common long-term childhood condition.
New research from the University of Bristol’s Children of the 90s project suggests that wearing glasses is linked with an increased risk of being bullied.
Women who take paracetamol during the later stages of pregnancy are more likely than those who never take it to have children who suffer from asthma.
