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From South Africa to Growing Up in New Zealand
Dr Carin Napier comes to Growing Up in New Zealand all the way from South Africa and brings with her a passion for children’s nutrition.
Research identifies why Pacific women are more likely to experience symptoms of depression in pregnancy
New research highlights the importance of primary healthcare for pregnant Pacific women in New Zealand – around a quarter of whom experience symptoms of depression during pregnancy.
Study reveals unique genetic insight into how New Zealand children could age
The country’s largest longitudinal study has found that girls, Pacific children and children born to older mothers have a unique genetic advantage that could potentially help them live longer.
Grant for Growing Up in New Zealand researcher
Growing Up in New Zealand’s senior research fellow, Dr Caroline Walker, has won an Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) award for her pioneering work examining New Zealand children's DNA.
Mind the gap – unequal from the start: addressing inequalities utilising evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand
Evidence gathered from the Growing Up in New Zealand study features in a just-released report looking at how childhood inequalities affect life outcomes.
What will our eight-year-olds reveal?
The Growing Up in New Zealand team is currently hard at work collating the hundreds of thousands of pieces of data gathered from the field when the cohort children were eight-years-old.
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