AllerGen and the CHILD Cohort Study are thrilled to announce that their video New Scientific insights into breastfeeding received First Place and a $3,000 award in the 2021 CIHR “IHDCYH Talks” knowledge mobilization (KMb) video competition.  New Scientific insights into breastfeeding shares CHILD’s discoveries about …

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New research from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) has found that babies who were breastfed right after birth, even if only for a few days, had lower blood pressure at three years of age than children who were never breastfed.  The study, published …

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New research from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) gives insight into how much tobacco smoke Canadian infants are exposed to, what increases their likelihood of being exposed to smoke, and how researchers can better understand and measure this exposure. Published …

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