Susan Clifford

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  |  2021  |  Sleep

STUDY OBJECTIVES: To examine longitudinal, bidirectional associations among behavioral sleep problems, internalizing and externali..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..