My Child is in Children of the 90s

26/06/2019

25/06/2019

15/05/2019

01/05/2019

We have a winner!
Congratulations to Jasmine and family for winning our 'Name the Robot' competition.

COCOBOT received by far the most votes in our facebook vote, and is the new name of Children of the 90s new DNA robot.

Cocobot is a very important part of our work, without it our lab technicians would spend an incredible amount of time preparing DNA samples to be used by researchers.

Thank you to everyone who submitted name suggestions, and for all those that voted.

03/04/2019

Children of the 90s participants Harriet and Lydia chat about questionnaires, find out how to get involved in Participant Chats 1:10.
You can complete the Life at 26+ Questionnaire here - http://www.childrenofthe90s.ac.uk/questionnaires. The deadline to be entered in the ipad prizedraw is this Friday.

27/03/2019

21/12/2018

The office is now closed and will reopen on Thursday 3 January 2019.
If you do need to get in touch, please send us an email (info@childrenofthe90s.ac.uk) and we will get back to you as soon as we can in the New Year. Merry Christmas!

16/07/2018

“A big thank you to all of you for continuing to be involved, so we can make these truly unique comparisons which are really important for getting young women the support they need.” Dr Rebecca Pearson explains how you’ve made her ground-breaking research comparing mental health symptoms during pregnancy across generations possible. Read more at: https://bit.ly/2KTIhuy

Look out for Rebecca on BBC Breakfast after 8 am tomorrow too. She'll be talking more about the importance of her research, and a couple of your fellow participants will share their personal experiences too.

06/06/2018

Are you a Children of the 90s dad? Would you be happy to chat to BBC Radio Bristol about taking part in the study? We’ll be highlighting the importance of dads in our research on Saturday 16 June as part of Dr Phil Hammond's Father’s Day special, and would love to hear from you if you'd be willing to share your experience. If that sounds like you, please message us here, and we’ll be in touch with more details. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d79q

Join Dr Phil Hammond for your weekly dose of health and happiness.

05/06/2018

After analysing the food frequency questionnaires that more than 11,000 of you completed while pregnant, researchers at University College London have found that one in three women feel out of control over the amount they eat when pregnant. These children are then at greater risk of obesity later in life, highlighting an urgent need for better support for mothers-to-be experiencing loss of control eating: http://bit.ly/2xFPBnj

21/05/2018

Look out for your 2018 parents’ questionnaire – you should receive an email or letter with more details soon. As well as asking about your child(ren), there’s also a family history section, to help us build an even more detailed picture of your family across the generations.

The questionnaire should take around 45 minutes to complete, and to say thank you for taking part, we’ll send you a £10 shopping voucher and enter you into a prize draw to win one of three iPad tablets.

Like many of you, mum Catherine has been involved right from the start – here, she tells us how, more than 25 years after she attended antenatal classes herself, her grandchildren are now enrolled in Children of the Children of the 90s too!

22/12/2017

Just a quick post to let you know that we will be closed between Friday 22 December and Wednesday 3 January. If you do need to get in touch, please send us an email (info@childrenofthe90s.ac.uk) and we will get back to you as soon as we can in the New Year. Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!

24/11/2017

Do women going through the menopause need more support in the workplace? Dr Vanessa Beck, who spoke at last Saturday's Great Menopause Event, told BBC Radio Bristol how organisations should be ready to consider a range of measures to improve quality of working life for female employees. http://bbc.in/2Aqjrg5 (interviews at 00:35 and 1:37 in)

23/11/2017

Following last weekend's sell-out Great Menopause Event, organiser Dr Isabel de Salis spoke to BBC Radio Bristol about the importance of breaking the silence around menopause, and the need for more specialist support services in Bristol. http://bbc.in/2A0wLar (around 1:17 in)

16/11/2017

Did you see yesterday's headlines about indulgent grandparents? More than 50 studies were included in the review, including data you've kindly given us showing that 44 per cent of children are now regularly cared for by grandparents, for an average of 10 hours a week.

Grandparents are inadvertently exposing their grandchildren to cancer by giving them too many treats and allowing them to loaf around, public health experts have warned.

14/11/2017

What is epigenetics? Yesterday, on BBC Radio 4, Professor Caroline Relton explained how your data is helping scientists explore whether stress and other environmental factors can be passed down through generations, affecting our genetic make-up. Catch up at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09drjb7 (from 23:45 minutes in)

Francine Stock with Nico Muhly, Ivo van Hove, Darren McGarvey and Caroline Relton.