Over 3,500 children involved in the CHILD Cohort Study could change Canada’s approach to fighting allergies, asthma and chronic diseases. This is one of the largest birth cohort studies in the world to look in depth at how genes and the environment interact to cause allergies and other diseases. Scientists believe findings from the CHILD Cohort Study will influence everything from health policy and building codes to parenting decisions for decades to come.
Evidence is mounting that the period from conception to age six is critical to long-term health and well-being. The CHILD Cohort Study is following 3,500 Canadian children from pre-birth to school age and beyond to help us understand the causes of allergies and asthma, and other chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
CHILD research has found that exposure to air pollution in the first year of life increases the risk for allergies. Discoveries such as this will help scientists detect health conditions sooner, treat them better, and even prevent them from developing in the first place.
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