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Publications

The Association Between Learning Models and Child Health Behaviours During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors:

Xuedi Li, Monica Prajapati, Kaylyssa Philip, Charles D.G. Keown-Stoneman, Jessica Omand, Alice Charach, Katherine Cost, Laura Kinlin, Leigh Vanderloo, Magdalena Janus, Jonathon L. Maguire & Catherine S. Birken

Journal:

Preventive Medicine Reports

Year:

2025

Study:

COVID-19 Study of Children and Families

Centre-based childcare in early childhood and child obesity: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

Authors:

Michaela Kucab, Charles D.G. Keown-Stoneman, Catherine S. Birken, Michal Perlman, Janet Parsons & Jonathon L. Maguire

Journal:

BMJ Open

Year:

2024

Study:

TARGet Kids! Cohort

Physicians' perspectives on COVID-19 vaccinations for children: a qualitative exploration in Ontario, Canada

Authors:

Kathryn Hodwitz, Jannah Wigle, Clara Juando-Prats, Kate Allan, Xuedi Li, Barbara Fallon, Catherine S. Birken, Jonathon L. Maguire & Janet A. Parsons

Journal:

BMJ Open

Year:

2024

Study:

COVID-19 Study of Children and Families

The mediation effect of breastfeeding duration on the relationship between maternal preconception BMI and
childhood nutritional risk

Authors:

Kate E. Braddon, Charles D.G. Keown-Stoneman, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Xuedi Li, Jonathon L. Maguire, Deborah L. O’Connor, Jessica A. Omand, Janis Randall Simpson & Catherine S. Birken

Journal:

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Year:

2024

Study:

TARGet Kids! Cohort

Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination in young children

Authors:

Xuedi Li, Charles D.G. Keown-Stoneman, Laura N. Anderson, Kate Allan, Barbara A. Fallon, Janet A. Parsons, Catherine S. Birken & Jonathon L. Maguire on behalf of the TARGet Kids! Collaboration

Journal:

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Year:

2024

Study:

COVID-19 Study of Children and Families

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among children receiving primary care in Toronto, Ontario

Authors:

Mary Aglipay, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Karen Colwill, Anne-Claude Gringas, Ashleigh Tuite, Muhammad Mamdani, Charles D.G. Keown-Stoneman, Catherine S. Birken & Jonathon L. Maguire on behalf of the TARGet Kids! Collaboration

Journal:

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Year:

2024

Study:

COVID-19 Study of Children and Families

Early childhood body mass index growth and school readiness: A longitudinal cohort study

Authors:

Xuedi Li, Alyssa Kahane, Charles D.G. Keown-Stoneman, Jessica A. Omand, Cornelia M. Borkhoff, Gerald Lebovic, Jonathon L. Maguire, Muhammad Mamdani, Patricia C. Parkin, Janis Randall Simpson, Mark S. Tremblay, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Eric Duku, Caroline Reid-Westoby, Magdalena Janus & Catherine S. Birken on behalf of the TARGet Kids! Collaboration

Journal:

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Year:

2024

Study:

Early Development Instrument (formerly Fit for School, Fit for Life)

Parental use of routines, setting limits, and child screen use during COVID-19: Findings from a large Canadian cohort study

Authors:

Amanda Lien, Xuedi Li, Charles D.G. Keown-Stoneman, Katherine T. Cost, Leigh Vanderloo, Sarah Carsley, Jonathon L. Maguire & Catherine S. Birken

Journal:

Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Year:

2024

Study:

COVID-19 Study of Children and Families

The trajectory of depression and anxiety among children and adolescents over two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors:

Daphne J. Korczak, Ronda F. Lo, Jala Rizeq, Jennifer Crosbie, Alice Charach, Evdokia Anagnostou, Catherine S. Birken, Suneeta Monga, Elizabeth Kelley, Rob Nicolson, Paul D. Arnold, Jonathon L. Maguire, Russell J. Schachar, Stelios Georgiades, Christie L. Burton & Katherine T. Cost

Journal:

Psychiatry Research

Year:

2024

Study:

COVID-19 Study of Children and Families

Reliability of Anthropometric Measurement of Young Children with Parent Involvement

Authors:

Sarah Rae, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Frank Ong, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Jill Hamilton, Jonathon L. Maguire & Catherine S. Birken

Journal:

Childhood Obesity

Year:

2024

Study:

Two-Person Measurement Validation Study with Parents

Underweight in the first 2 years of life and nutrition risk in later childhood: a prospective cohort study

Authors:

Courtney A South, Charles D G Keown-Stoneman, Catherine S Birken, Vasanti Malik, Stanley H Zlotkin and Jonathon L Maguire on behalf of the TARGet Kids! collaboration

Journal:

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Year:

2024

Study:

TARGet Kids! Cohort

Comments: Measuring haemoglobin concentration to define anaemia: WHO guidelines

Authors:

Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Lisa Rogers, Francesco Branca &
Maria-Nieves Garcia-Casal

Journal:

The Lancet

Year:

2024

Study:

TARGet Kids! Cohort

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