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Child health

• Cohort study: High consumption of peanuts or tree nuts by non-allergic mothers around the time of pregnancy reduces the risk of nut allergy in the child (1 July, 2014)

  Katrina J Allen, Jennifer J Koplin
• Cross-sectional study: Low parent health literacy is associated with ‘obesogenic’ infant care behaviours (30 July, 2014)

  EunSeok Cha, Jennifer Lee Besse
• Systematic review and meta-analysis: Half of parents underestimate the weight of their overweight or obese children (31 July, 2014)

  Min Hae Park
• Cohort study: Cumulative adversity in early childhood is associated with increased BMI and behavioural problems (11 August, 2014)

  Judith A Crowell
• Randomised controlled trial: Nurse home visits for infants and toddlers of low-income families improve behavioural, language and attention outcomes at age 6–9 years; paraprofessional visits improve visual attention and task switching (13 August, 2014)

  Kenneth A Dodge
• Systematic review: Individualised education reduces anxiety levels in children over 4 years undergoing elective surgery (21 August, 2014)

  Kristi D Wright
• Phenomenology: Adoptive parents can be unprepared for the challenges in caring for children with reactive attachment disorder (2 September, 2014)

  Anna T Smyke
• Cohort study: Children with poor adherence to antiepileptic drugs during the first 6 months of treatment are less likely to be seizure free after 4 years (8 September, 2014)

  J Helen Cross