The CRE-EPOCH brings together researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from Australia, New Zealand and England to work collaboratively on approaches to prevention of obesity in children aged 0 to 5 years. For further details, please see our website: www.earlychildhoodobesity.com.
Soaring Rates of Obesity in Children
A recent analysis by the World Obesity Federation gives an update about the predicted numbers of children with obesity by the year 2030.
Read an related article with links to the Atlas of Childhood Obesity here
Update on our research
Read the latest research from our EPOCH group
National policies to prevent obesity in early childhood: Using policy mapping to compare policy lessons for Australia with six developed countries
Update on CHAT Study 2
Staff News
Congratulations to Louise Baur
Welcome to Limin Buchanan
Funding Sources
The Centre for Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood (EPOCH) is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC ID:APP1001675) from 2016-2020.
Additional funding to support the CRE - EPOCH comes from the following agencies:
Queensland University of Technology
University of South Australia
The University of Sydney
Sydney Local Health District (NSW Health)
NSW Ministry of Health
We would like to thank them for their contributions.
Centre of Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood
Prevention Research Collaboration
Level 6, Charles Perkins Centre (D17)
University of Sydney NSW 2006
Australia
