Susan Clifford

Direct assessment of mental health and metabolic syndrome amongst Indonesian adolescents: a study design for a mixed-methods study sampled from school and community settings

Peter S Azzopardi, Lisa Willenberg, Nisaa Wulan, Yoga Devaera, Bernie Medise, Aida Riyanti, Ansariadi Ansariadi, Susan Sawyer, Tjhin Wiguna, Fransiska Kaligis, Jane Fisher, Thach Tran, Paul A Agius, Rohan Borschmann, Alex Brown, Karly Cini, Susan Clifford, Elissa C Kennedy, Alisa Pedrana, Minh D Pham, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Global Health Action

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, with the burden largely borne by peopl..

Sleep problems, internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and domains of health-related quality of life: bidirectional associations from early childhood to early adolescence.

Ariel A Williamson, Nardia Zendarski, Katherine Lange, Jon Quach, Carly Molloy, Susan A Clifford, Melissa Mulraney

Journal article  |  2020  |  Sleep

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine longitudinal, bidirectional associations among behavioral sleep problems, internalizing and externaliz..

Body Mass Index From Early to Late Childhood and Cardiometabolic Measurements at 11 to 12 years.

Kate Lycett, Markus Juonala, Costan G Magnussen, David Norrish, Fiona K Mensah, Richard Liu, Susan A Clifford, John B Carlin, Tim Olds, Richard Saffery, Jessica A Kerr, Sarath Ranganathan, Louise A Baur, Matthew A Sabin, Michael Cheung, Terence Dwyer, Mengjiao Liu, David Burgner, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pediatrics

OBJECTIVES: To examine how overweight and obesity at specific ages and overall BMI growth patterns throughout childhood predict ca..

Child and adult snack food intake in response to manipulated pre-packaged snack item quantity/variety and snack box size: a population-based randomized trial

Jessica A Kerr, Pauline W Jansen, Fiona K Mensah, Kay Gibbons, Tim S Olds, John B Carlin, Susan A Clifford, David Burgner, Lisa Gold, Louise A Baur, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Obesity

OBJECTIVES: Snacks contribute to overconsumption of energy-dense foods and thence obesity. Previous studies in this area are limit..

Food choices: concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents

Prudence Vivarini, Jessica A Kerr, Susan A Clifford, Anneke C Grobler, Pauline W Jansen, Fiona K Mensah, Louise A Baur, Kay Gibbons, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: Snack foods-typically high in salt, sugar, fat and/or energy-are likely important to the obesity epidemic. In the cont..

Metabolomics: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents

Susan Ellul, Melissa Wake, Susan A Clifford, Katherine Lange, Peter Wurtz, Markus Juonala, Terence Dwyer, John B Carlin, David P Burgner, Richard Saffery

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics is high throughput and cost-effective, with the potential to improve the..

Health-related quality of life: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents

Max Catchpool, Lisa Gold, Anneke C Grobler, Susan A Clifford, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: To describe the distribution of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in a national sample of Australian children aged..

pQCT bone geometry and strength: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents

Jennifer Vlok, Peter J Simm, Kate Lycett, Susan A Clifford, Anneke C Grobler, Katherine Lange, Najmi Ismail, William Osborn, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology and concordance of bone health in a population-based sample of Australian parent-child dy..

Population health bio-phenotypes in 11-12 year old children and their midlife parents: Growing Up in Australia's Child Health CheckPoint

Melissa Wake, Susan A Clifford

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

In an ambitious undertaking, Growing Up in Australia's Child Health CheckPoint streamlined and implemented wide-ranging population..

Vascular function and stiffness: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents

Freya K Kahn, Melissa Wake, Kate Lycett, Susan Clifford, David P Burgner, Greta Goldsmith, Anneke C Grobler, Katherine Lange, Michael Cheung

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology and parent-child concordance of vascular function in a population-based sample of Austral..

Body composition: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents

Susan A Clifford, Alanna N Gillespie, Timothy Olds, Anneke C Grobler, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: Overweight and obesity remain at historically high levels, cluster within families and are established risk factors fo..

Child Health CheckPoint: cohort summary and methodology of a physical health and biospecimen module for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Susan A Clifford, Sarah Davies, Melissa Wake, Peter S Azzopardi, Louise A Baur, David P Burgner, John B Carlin, Michael Cheung, Terence Dwyer, Ben Edwards, Susan Ellul, Alanna N Gillespie, Lisa Gold, Anneke C Grobler, Jessica A Kerr, Kate Lycett, Katherine Lange, Fiona K Mensah, Timothy S Olds, Sarath Ranganathan, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: 'Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children' (LSAC) is Australia's only nationally represe..

Hearing, speech reception, vocabulary and language: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11 to 12 years and their parents

Julia Smith, Jing Wang, Anneke C Grobler, Katherine Lange, Susan A Clifford, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology and parent-child concordance of hearing, speech reception, vocabulary and language in Aus..

The Association of the Body Composition of Children with 24-Hour Activity Composition

Dorothea Dumuid, Melissa Wake, Susan Cliffor, David Burgner, John B Carlin, Fiona K Mensah, Francois Fraysse, Kate Lycett, Louise Baur, Timothy Olds

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Journal of Pediatrics

Bidirectional associations between diet and body composition measures from 2 to 15 years: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Constantine E Gasser, Fiona K Mensah, Susan A Clifford, Jessica A Kerr, Raisa Cassim, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2019  |  British Journal of Nutrition

Body mass is important, but so is its distribution: associations between body composition and bone health measures in 11-12 year old children

Peter Simm, Dorothea Dumuid, Susan Clifford, Grace Gell, Timothy Olds, Melissa Wake

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Parental health behaviour predictors of childhood and adolescent dietary trajectories

Constantine E Gasser, Fiona K Mensah, Susan A Clifford, Jessica A Kerr, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2018  |  Public Health Nutrition

Early-life exposures predicting onset and resolution of childhood overweight or obesity

Jessica A Kerr, Catherine Long, Susan A Clifford, Joshua Muller, Alanna N Gillespie, Susan Donath, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2017  |  Archives of Disease in Childhood

Adolescent Cardiovascular Functional and Structural Outcomes of Growth Trajectories from Infancy: Prospective Community-Based Study

Alanna N Hanvey, Fiona K Mensah, Susan A Clifford, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2017  |  Childhood Obesity

Which body composition measures are associated with cardiovascular function and structure in adolescence?

AN Hanvey, SA Clifford, FK Mensah, M Wake

Journal article  |  2016  |  Obesity Medicine

Health-care costs of underweight, overweight and obesity: Australian population-based study

Susan A Clifford, Lisa Gold, Fiona K Mensah, Pauline W Jansen, Nina Lucas, Jan M Nicholson, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Natural BMI Reductions and Overestimation of Obesity Trial Effectiveness

Melissa Wake, Susan Clifford, Kate Lycett, Kim Jachno, Matthew A Sabin, Sarah Baldwin, John Carlin

Journal article  |  2015  |  PEDIATRICS

The challenges of real-world implementation of web-based shared care software: the HopSCOTCH Shared-Care Obesity Trial in Children

Kate Lycett, Gary Wittert, Jane Gunn, Cathy Hutton, Susan A Clifford, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2014  |  BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Introducing Growing Up in Australia's Child Health CheckPointA physical health and biomarkers module for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Melissa Wake, Susan Clifford, Elissa York, Fiona Mensah, Lisa Gold, David Burgner, Sarah Davies

Journal article  |  2014  |  Family Matters

Bidirectional associations between overweight and health-related quality of life from 4-11 years: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

PW Jansen, FK Mensah, S Clifford, JM Nicholson, M Wake

Journal article  |  2013  |  International Journal of Obesity

Shared care obesity management in 3-10 year old children: 12 month outcomes of HopSCOTCH randomised trial

Melissa Wake, Kate Lycett, Susan A Clifford, Matthew A Sabin, Jane Gunn, Kay Gibbons, Cathy Hutton, Zoe McCallum, Sarah J Arnup, Gary Wittert

Journal article  |  2013  |  British Medical Journal

Development of Mental Health Problems and Overweight Between Ages 4 and 11 Years: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Pauline W Jansen, Fiona K Mensah, Susan A Clifford, Henning Tiemeier, Jan M Nicholson, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2013  |  Academic Pediatrics

Morbidity patterns among the underweight, overweight and obese between 2 and 18 years: population-based cross-sectional analyses

M Wake, SA Clifford, GC Patton, E Waters, J Williams, L Canterford, JB Carlin

Journal article  |  2013  |  International Journal of Obesity

Does an intervention that improves infant sleep also improve overweight at age 6? Follow-up of a randomised trial

Melissa Wake, Anna Price, Susan Clifford, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Harriet Hiscock

Journal article  |  2011  |  Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

The Cool Little Kids randomised controlled trial: Population-level early prevention for anxiety disorders

JK Bayer, RM Rapee, H Hiscock, OC Ukoumunne, C Mihalopoulos, S Clifford, M Wake

Journal article  |  2011  |  BMC Public Health

Background: The World Health Organization predicts that by 2030 internalising problems (e.g. depression and anxiety) will be secon..