Incidence and Predictors of Stroke in Australian Adults With Congenital Heart Disease (2000-2017).

Background: Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased risk of stroke but high-quality population level data on stroke incidence in these patients are scant.

Methods And Results: A retrospective whole-population Western Australian cohort of adult patients with CHD aged 18 to 64 years was created and followed from January 2000 to December 2017 using linked hospital data. Stroke incidence rates within the adult cohort with CHD were calculated and compared with the general population via direct standardization.

What is known about consumer nutrition environments in Australia? A scoping review of the literature.

Objective: Food environments can influence food selection and hold the potential to reduce obesity, non-communicable diseases and their inequalities. 'Consumer nutrition environments' describe what consumers encounter within a food retail outlet, including products, price, promotion and placement. This study aimed to summarize the attributes that have been examined in existing peer-reviewed studies of Australian consumer nutrition environments, identify knowledge gaps and provide recommendations for future research.

Parental pre-pregnancy BMI is a dominant early-life risk factor influencing BMI of offspring in adulthood.

Objective: We examined parental and early-life variables in order to identify risk factors for adulthood overweight and obesity in offspring. We report here on the longitudinal prevalence of overweight and obesity in Australian children born between 1989 and 1991 and followed from birth to age 22.

Methods: Data were analysed on 1355 participants from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study, with anthropometry collected during pregnancy, at birth, one year and at three yearly intervals thereafter.