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Bilde6.jpg Professor Per Magnus was the scientific director of the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Study (MoBa) for over 20 years, before moving on to new assignments in 2021. At the forum he was celebrated for his extraordinary contribution to the...
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The Centre for Fertility and Health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), together with two other European research environments, will find answers to how social, biological and psychological factors affect fertility among young adults.
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Both maternal antibiotic use and infections during pregnancy are associated with childhood asthma at 7 years, according to a new MoBa study.
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A new report from UNICEF examines environmental factors that can reduce the health and quality of life of children in 39 high-income countries, including Norway.
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Levels of the heavy metals cadmium, lead, and arsenic and the essential mineral manganese during pregnancy, were associated with increased risk of ADHD and/or autism in the child.
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Children born after assisted reproduction are smaller at birth, but grow faster during the first years of life, compared to naturally conceived children.
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Children who have parents with a short education grow up with living conditions that increase their risk of problems at school and ADHD symptoms, according to a large study from the Norwegian Institut
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In a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, researchers studied how diet affects the levels of environmental contaminants in pregnant women and children.
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Genes are involved in controlling weight gain early in life, according to a study based on data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
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Early screening may not be as beneficial as previously thought, according to data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study.
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Children of parents who have had difficulty conceiving, or who are the result of assisted reproduction, are at increased risk of asthma according to a Norwegian study.
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Children across Europe are exposed to a wide range of contaminants in foetal life and childhood but their exposure varies by country and compound, according to a recent study.
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Six genetic variables can explain the length of pregnancy and preterm delivery, according to a major international study. The results have been confirmed by an analysis of genetic data from Nordic women.
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New research from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study shows that anxiolytic use during pregnancy can increase the risk of mental problems in the child.
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A low iodine intake among pregnant women may be associated with poor language development, reduced fine motor skills and behavioural problems when the child is three years old.
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An international research team has found twelve genes that may help determine why some people have children at an early age, while others remain childless.
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Women who ate organically produced food during pregnancy had halved likelihood of giving birth to a boy with hypospadias compared to women who never or seldom did so.
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The risk of type 1 diabetes seems to be higher among children with high weight gain during their first year, according to a new Norwegian-Danish study from the NIPH.
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