Projects
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How healthy (or unhealthy) is the food environment around Perth schools?This unique and innovative project will be the first to quantify the local food environment around all government and non-government Perth metropolitan primary and secondary schools.
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Effectiveness of childcare centre interventions to increase young children’s physical activityThe aim of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of childcare centre based interventions to increase young children’s physical activity.
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Development of a nutrition-focussed food outlet classification systemGina Trapp BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD Honorary Research Associate Gina.Trapp@thekids.org.au ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Dr Gina Trapp is an Honorary Research Associate at The Kids Research Institute Australia. She has a
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The Core Story for Early Childhood Development and Learning in AustraliaInvestigators: Alana Buckley-Carr, Anna MacTiernan, Karen Forde, Kayla Newland, Samantha Veurink Partners: 303 MullenLowe, Minderoo Foundation A ‘core story’ is a powerful and memorable new story to support productive ways of thinking about issues.
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Bright Tomorrows Start Today (Parent App)The Bright Tomorrows app developed at The Kids Research Institute Australia aims to assist parents of children aged 0-5 years to support their child to develop the building blocks of several essential life skills.