As part of celebrating that the NorthPop study has reached its goal of including 10,000 participants, the study was delighted to be able to invite participating families to a fun-filled day at Curiosum. NorthPop was able to welcome 700 participants on Sunday 9 November, who had the opportunity to try all of Curiosum’s exciting activities […]
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This week the NorthPop study reached its goal of included participants and now has 10,000 families enrolled! This is a major milestone.The achievement has not gone unnoticed, and has so far been highlighted by, among others, Umeå University and Region Västerbotten. https://www.umu.se/nyheter/nu-ingar-10-000-barnfamiljer-i-northpop_12138875https://www.regionvasterbotten.se/northpop-nar-10-000-deltagare-banar-vag-for-framtidens-barnhalsa(news links in Swedish) But the work does not end here!The last NorthPop children […]
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New research from NorthPop sheds light on maternal diet and pandemic effects on child development Two recently published studies from NorthPop provide fresh insights into early childhood health and development. The first study investigated whether a pro-inflammatory maternal diet during pregnancy increases the risk of allergic diseases in children. More than 4,700 pregnant women were […]
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The study protocol for the NorthPop study has been published in BMC Public Health. The NorthPop Birth Cohort Study constitutes an infrastructure enabling cutting‑edge research on the foundational pathways to NCDs in childhood, including allergic diseases and asthma, overweight/obesity, cognitive and neurodevelopmental dysfunction, gastrointestinal disorders, and caries. NorthPop aims to recruit 10,000 families, and at […]
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A big thank you to everyone who participated in our annual NorthPop workshop yesterday, Wednesday, June 4! We met on Umeå University Campus and dedicated the whole morning up until lunchtime to presentations from many different areas of the NorthPop study.We had the pleasure of listening to incredibly interesting presentations that truly showcased the breadth […]
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In one of the latest studies from NorthPop, Stina Bodén and colleagues investigated whether the introduction of a varied diet early in life can help reduce the risk of food allergies. Stina explained more about what they investigated, how the study was conducted, and the results: Our study shows that regular intake and a wide […]
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Children born during the COVID-19 pandemic had fewer respiratory infections and were treated with antibiotics less frequently compared to children born before the pandemic. This is shown in the latest publication from NorthPop, which included over 3,300 families. The study is published in the scientific journal Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. You can read […]
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We are very happy to announce that the NorthPop research infrastructure has received a grant of 2 million SEK from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE). It was one of 12 projects that was awarded in the call ‘Project grants for new, improved and accessible research data 2024’. The grant […]
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On Wednesday 23 October 2024 there were news that two research grants had been awarded! First, Prof Magnus Domellöf was one of 15 researchers to receive a ‘spjutspets’ grant from Region Västerbotten for his project ‘Effects of fetal and infant nutrition on brain development and later cognitive/behavioral problems in children’.This project incorporates several studies including […]
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In the coming days, a new sub-study within NorthPop on language development is starting up. The aim of the study is to increase knowledge about variations in children’s language development and how this connects to children’s health. The study also wants to lay a foundation for developing tools to support children’s language. ”The background to […]
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