by Eric Martin
After setting out in 2017 to follow 10,000 children and their families for a decade, The ORIGINS Project has started celebrating their first five-year-olds coming through the program from July last year.
And while the project hopes to continue following these children and their families into adolescence, Medical Forum caught up with ORIGINS co-director, paediatrician and director of research at Joondalup Health Campus, Professor Desiree Silva, to discuss the outcomes that have already been achieved.
“We’re finding that nature is vital for our microbiome,” Professor Silva said. “The bacteria that we engage with outside is really important and we have a great intervention study collaborating with Nature Play WA, working with children about three years of age and bringing them out into nature, so that they can develop their resilience through various activities.
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