NorthPop – n4researchgroup

N⁴ NorthPop

We are well underway building a large, prospective, population-based cohort in northern Sweden: the NorthPop child cohort. The overall aim of NorthPop is to identify preventable risk factors for common childhood disorders. We will recruit 10 000 pregnant women in Västerbotten County and follow the families and children from pregnancy until school age. An extensive range of data and biological material is collected from the study participants (child and parents). The NorthPop database and biobank will be a very valuable resource for research for decades to come.

A selection of ongoing NorthPop projects is listed below:

ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder): prevalence and risk factors
Can epigenetic modifications be used as markers of chemical exposures, dietary lifestyle, socioeconomic factors and early childhood health?
Converging light exposure and epigenetics to define the role of daylight length on children’s sleep and diurnal activity
Diet diversity in infancy and allergic manifestations
Effects of screen time exposure on neurodevelopment
Effects of the covid-19 pandemic on the neurodevelopment of toddlers
Effects of nutrition and other early environmental factors on brain development and cognitive/ behavioural problems in children
Environmental impact of diet during pregnancy
Feeding difficulties and associations with behavioral problems
Language development in Swedish children
Oral microbiota in health and disease
Physical activity during pregnancy and in 3-year-olds
Prevention of celiac disease
Programming of the microbiota and allergic diseases