Health and wellbeing (including nutrition)

2025

• Hashemi, L., Ghasemi, M., Mellar, B., Gulliver, P., Milne, B., Langridge, F., McIntosh, T., Fouche, C., & Swinburn, B. (2025). Associations between specific and cumulative adverse childhood experiences, childhood obesity, and obesogenic behaviours. European journal of psychotraumatology, 16(1), 2451480. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2451480\
• Mellar, B. M., Ghasemi, M., Gulliver, P., Milne, B., Langridge, F., McIntosh, T., Fouche, C., Swinburn, B., & Hashemi, L. (2025). Identification of positive childhood experiences with the potential to mitigate childhood unhealthy weight status in children within the context of adverse childhood experiences: a prospective cohort study. BMC public health, 25(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20727-y

2024

• Findlay, R.W., Anstice, N., Black, J.M., Grant, C.C.,Chemilo, C. 2024. Eye care following pre-school vision screening: Data from theGrowing Up in New Zealand study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16613
• Hashemi, L., Ghasemi, M., Bartley, A., Fenaughty, J., Pirouzi, M., & Grant, C. (2024). Migration and infant immunization timeliness in New Zealand: Evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand study. Vaccine, 42(9), 2229–2238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.053
• Hashemi, L., Ghasemi, M., Schlichting, D., Pirouzi, M., Grant, C., & Swinburn, B. (2025). Prospective relationship between family screen time rules, obesogenic behaviours, and childhood obesity. European journal of public health, 35(1), 114–120. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae169
• Liu, E., Gerritsen, S., Lovell, A., Gontijo de Castro, T., & Wall, C. (2024). Food neophobia scores at 8 Years and associations with nutrition-related behaviors at home in early life: Findings from a New Zealand contemporary birth cohort. Appetite, 202, 107619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107619

2023

• Anns, F., Waldie, K. E., Kaur, D., Morton, S., & D'Souza, S. (2023). Exposure to unmedicated maternal depression and antidepressant use in pregnancy: Is there an influence on child cognitive outcomes? SSRN. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4342927 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4342927
• Dasgupta, K., Pacheco, G., & Plum, A. (2023). State dependence in immunization and the role of discouragement. Economics & Human Biology, 51, 101313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101313
• Ferreira, S. S., Marchioni, D. M., Wall, C. R., Gerritsen, S., Teixeira, J. A., Grant, C. C., Morton, S. S. B., & Castro, T. G. (2023). Prevalence and maternal determinants of early and late introduction of complementary foods: Results from the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort study. British Journal of Nutrition, 129(3), 491–502. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000711452200112X‍
• Ghebreab, L., Kool, B., Lee, A., Morton, S. 2023. Comparingprimary caregivers’ reported injury data with routinely recorded injury data toassess predictors of childhood injury. BMC Medical Research Methodology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-023-01900-0
• Ghebreab, L., Kool, B., Lee, A and Morton, S. 2023.Antenatal and early childhood exposures associated with non-fatal infantinjury: evidence from a longitudinal birth cohort in New Zealand. InjuryPrevention. DOI: 10.1136/ip-2023-044845
• Gontijo de Castro, T., Lovell, A., Santos, L.P., Jones, B.and Wall, C.R. 2023. Maternal determinants of dietary patterns in infancy andearly childhood in the Growing up in New Zealand cohort. ScientificReports (Nature). DOI : 10.1038/s41598-023-49986-2
• Hashemi, L., Mellar, B., & Ghasemi, M. (2023). Adversechildhood experiences (including violence and abuse) and obesity and obesogenicbehaviors: result from a population-based sample of children in NewZealand. European Journal of Public Health, 33(Supplement_2),ckad160-423.‍
• Rahimi, M., Bartley, A. and Hashemi, L. 2023. ChildhoodOverweight/Obesity amidst Migration, Socioeconomic Factors, and ObesogenicBehaviors: Insights from the Growing Up in New Zealand Study. Advances inPublic Health. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5592593
• Underwood, L., Kool, B., Pillai, A., Kingi, TK., Morton, S.,Ameratunga. 2023. Manifold child, family and social variables are associatedwith injury among New Zealand preschool children. Injury Prevention. DOI:10.1136/ip-2023-044869
• Slykerman, R. F., Neumann, D., Underwood, L., Hobbs, M., & Waldie, K. E. (2023). Age at first exposure to antibiotics and neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood. Psychopharmacology, 240(5), 1143–1150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06351-5

2022

• Elhakeem, A., Taylor, A.E., Iskip, H. et al. 2022. Association of Assisted Reproductive Technology With Offspring Growth and Adiposity From Infancy to Early Adulthood. JAMA Network Open 5(7):e2222106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22106

• Grant, C., McElnay, C., & Chelimo, C. (2022). Maternal intentions for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of girls and boys in New Zealand. Ministry of Social Development.
• Jeffreys, M., Smiler, K., Ellison Loschmann, L., Pledger, M., Kennedy, J. and Cumming, J. 2022. Consequences of barriers to primary health care for children in Aotearoa New Zealand. Population Health. 17. ys). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101044
• Ríos-Hernández, A., Gilchrist, C., Chelimo, C., Castro, T., Izquierdo-Pulido, M., Wall, C., Thabrew, H., Berry, S., Morton, S. and Grant, C. 2022. The relationship between diet and sleep in 2-y-old children: Results from Growing Up in New Zealand. Nutrition. 111560. DOI 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111560
• Russell, J., Grant, C. C., Morton, S., Denny, S., & Paine, S. J. (2022). Prevalence and predictors of developmental health difficulties within New Zealand preschool-aged children: a latent profile analysis. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1-28.
• Gontijo de Castro, T., Gerritsen, S., Santos, L. P., Marchioni, D. M., Morton, S. M., & Wall, C. (2022). Child feeding indexes measuring adherence to New Zealand nutrition guidelines: Development and assessment. Maternal & Child Nutrition, e13402. doi:10.1111/mcn.13402
• Schilling, C. Predictive modelling of respiratory hospitalisations in early childhood.
• Theunissen, G., D’Souza, S., Peterson, E.R., Walker, C., Morton, S.M.B. and Waldie, K.E. (2022). Prenatal determinants of depressive symptoms in childhood: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand, Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.076‍
• Schoeps, A., Gontijo de Castro, T., Peterson, E.R., Wall,  C., D'Souza, S., Waldie, K. and Morton, S. (2022). Associations between antenatal maternal diet and other health aspects with infant temperament in a large multiethnic cohort study: a path analysis approach. BMJ 12(2). DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046790‍
• Farewell. C., Thayer, Z., Paulson, J., Nicklas, J., Walker, C., Waldie, K., Morton, S. and Leiferman, J.A. (2022). Fostering Resilience Among Mothers Early (FRAME): using growth mixture modeling to identify resources that mitigate perinatal depression. Archive's of Women's mental health. 25:451-461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-022-01211-1‍
• Fish‐Williamson, A., Hahn‐Holbrook, J., Hobbs, M., Wallander, J. and Morton, S.M.B. (2022). Prenatal antibiotic exposure in pregnancy and early childhood socioemotional development. JCPP Advances. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12066‍
• Ferreira, S.S, Marchioni, D.M., Wall, C.R., Gerritsen, S., Teixeira, J.A., Grant, C.C., Morton, S.S.B., Castro, T.G. (2022). Prevalence and maternal determinants of early and late introduction of complementary foods: results from the Growing up in New Zealand cohort study. Bristish Journal of Nutrition. pp. 1 - 35 https://doi.org/10.1017/S000711452200112X‍
• Lawrence, R.L., Wall, c.R. and Bloomfield, F.H. (2022). Adherence to Dietary Guidelines among Women with and without Gestational Diabetes: Evidence from the Growing up in New Zealand Study. Nutrients. 14(10), 2145; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14102145‍
• Ríos-Hernández, A., Gilchrist, C., Chelimo, C., Castro, T., Izquierdo-Pulido, M., Wall, C., Thabrew, H., Berry, S., Morton, S. and Grant, C. (2022). The relationship between diet and sleep in 2-y-old children: Results from Growing Up in New Zealand. Nutrition. 111560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2021.111560‍
• Svardal, C., Waldie, K., Milne, B., Morton, S. and D'Souza S. (2022). Prevalence of antidepressant use and unmedicated depression in pregnant New Zealand women. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674211025699‍
• Jeffreys, M., Smiler, K., Ellison Loschmann, L., Pledger, M., Kennedy, J. and Cumming, J. (2022). Consequences of barriers to primary health care for children in Aotearoa New Zealand. Population Health. 17. ys). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101044‍
• Muller, D., Santos-Fernandez, E. McCarthy, J., Carr, H. and Signal, T.L. (2022). Who meets national early childhood sleep guidelines in Aotearoa New Zealand? A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. SLEEP Advances 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpac002

2021

• Gilchrist, C. A., Chelimo, C., Tatnell, R., Atatoa Carr, P., Camargo Jr, C. A., Morton, S., & Grant, C. C. (2021). Vaccination information fathers receive during pregnancy and the determinants of infant vaccination timeliness. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1932212   
• Farewell, C.V., Donohoe, R., Thayer, Z., Paulson, J., Nicklas, J., Walker, C., Waldie, K. and Leiferman, J.A., 2021. Maternal Depression Trajectories and Child BMI in a multi-ethnic sample: A Latent Growth Modeling Analysis.   BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-712579/v1
• Saraf, R., Jensen, B. P., Camargo Jr, C. A., Morton, S. M., Jing, M., Sies, C. W., & Grant, C. C. (2021). Vitamin D status at birth and acute respiratory infection hospitalisation during infancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12755
• Butler, E.M., Avinesh Pillai, A., Morton, S.M.B, Seers, B.M., Walker, C.G., Ly, K., Tautolo, E., Glover, M., Taylor, R.W., Cutfield, W.S., José   G. B. Derraik, J.G.B. & COPABS Collaborators. (2021). A prediction model for childhood obesity in New Zealand. Scientific Report 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85557-z
• Malihi, Z., Portch, R., Hashemi, L., Schlichting, D., Wake, M., Morton, S., ... & Denny, S. (2021). Modifiable Early Childhood Risk Factors for Obesity at Age Four Years. Childhood Obesity, 17(3), 196-208.  https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2020.0174
• Farewell, C. V., Puma, J., Thayer, Z. M., & Morton, S. (2021). Prenatal Stress and Early Childhood Body Mass Index: A Path Analysis Approach. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25(3), 439-449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-03060-9
• Saraf, R., Jensen, B. P., Camargo Jr, C. A., Morton, S. M., Jing, M., Sies, C. W., & Grant, C. C. (2021). Vitamin D status at birth and acute respiratory infection hospitalisation during infancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12755

2020

• Muller, D., Signal, L., Santos-Fernandez, E., McCarthy, J., & Carr, H. (2020). Are New Zealand children meeting the Ministry of Health guidelines for sleep? Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. ISBN: 978-1-99-002302-6
• Lawrence, R.L., Wall, C.R. and Bloomfield, F.H. (2020). Dietary patterns and dietary adaptations in women with and without gestational diabetes: Evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand study. Nutrients, 12(1): Article 227. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12010227  
• Chelimo, C., Camargo, C. A., Morton, S. M., & Grant, C. C. (2020). Association of repeated antibiotic exposure up to age 4 years with body mass at age 4.5 years. JAMA network open, 3(1), e1917577-e1917577. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.17577  
• Lai, H., Hakes, S., Woodward, A., Walker, C., Marks, E., Pillai, A., Chen, R. and Morton, S. (2020) Effects of heavy rainfall on waterborne disease hospitalizations among young children in wet and dry areas of New Zealand. Environment International. 145:106136. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106136  
• Doran, P., Bradshaw, P., Morton, S., Tautolo, E. S., Williams, J., & Cunningham, C. (2020). Growing up Healthy in Families Across the Globe: Cross-Cultural Harmonisation of Childhood Risk-Factors Using Longitudinal Studies from Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand. Child Indicators Research, 13(6), 1921-1935. doi: 10.1007/s12187-020-09732-w
• Kim, Y., Bird, A., Peterson, E., Underwood, L., Morton, S. M., & Grant, C. C. (2020). Maternal antenatal depression and early childhood sleep: potential pathways through infant temperament. Journal of pediatric psychology, 45(2), 203-217. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa001.
  
• Buckley, J., Peterson, E. R., Underwood, L., D’Souza, S., Morton, S., & Waldie, K. E. (2020). Socio-demographic and maternal health indicators of inhibitory control in preschool age children: evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 11(2), 181-201. https://doi.org/10.1332/175795919X15746664055477
• Thornley, S., Bach, K., Bird, A., Farrar, R., Bronte, S., Turton, B., Atatoa Carr, P.E., Fa’alili-Fidow, J., Morton, S.M.B., Grant, C.C.  (2020). What factors are associated with early childhood dental caries? A longitudinal study of the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 31(3): 351-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/ipd.12686
  
• Russell, J., Grant, C. C., & Morton, S. M. (2020). Multimorbidity in early childhood and socioeconomic disadvantage: findings from a large New Zealand child cohort. Academic Pediatrics, 20(5), 619-627. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1876285919303900​

2019

• Lawrence, R. L., Wall, C. R., & Bloomfield, F. H. (2019). Prevalence of gestational diabetes according to commonly used data sources: an observational study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 19(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2521-2
  
• Hohmann-Marriott, B. E. (2019). Unplanned pregnancies of women with chronic health conditions in New Zealand. The New Zealand medical journal, 132(1499), 11-17. Available here.‍
• McDaid, F., Underwood, L., Fa’alili-Fidow, J., Waldie, K. E., Peterson, E. R., Bird, A., ... & Morton, S. (2019). Antenatal depression symptoms in Pacific women: evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Journal of primary health care, 11(2), 96-108. doi: 10.1071/HC18102
  
• Masukume, G., McCarthy, F. P., Russell, J., Baker, P. N., Kenny, L. C., Morton, S. M., & Khashan, A. S. (2019). Caesarean section delivery and childhood obesity: evidence from the growing up in New Zealand cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health, 73(12), 1063-1070. doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-212591
• Schlichting, D., Hashemi, L., & Grant, C. (2019). Infant food security in New Zealand: A multidimensional index developed from cohort data. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(2), 283. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020283  
• Hamm L, Mistry K, Black J, Grant C, Dakin S. (2019). Impact of children's postural variation on viewing distance and estimated visual acuity. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 8(1): 16-16. https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.8.1.16
• Thayer, Z., Bécares, L., & Carr, P. A. (2019). Maternal experiences of ethnic discrimination and subsequent birth outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand. BMC public health, 19(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7598-z
  
• Shackleton, N., Derraik, J. G. B., Audas, R., Taylor, R. W., Glover, M., Morton, S. M. B., . . . Milne, B. J. (2019). Decomposing ethnic differences in body mass index and obesity rates among New Zealand pre-schoolers. International Journal of Obesity, 43(10), 1951-1960. International Journal of Obesity. doi: 10.1038/s41366-019-0390-4
• D’Souza, S., Underwood, L., Peterson, E. R., Buckley, J., Morton, S. M., & Waldie, K. E. (2019). Determinants of Persistence and Change in Early Childhood Behavioural Problems: The Roles of Parenting and Maternal Mental Health. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(7), 1826-1842. doi:10.1007/s10826-019-01404-w 
  
• Kien Ly, K., Walker, C., Berry, S., Snell, R., Marks, E., Thayer, Z. Atatoa-Carr, P. and Morton, S. (2019). Telomere length in early childhood is associated with sex and ethnicity. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46338-x‍
• Teixeira JA, Castro TG, Grant CC, Wall CR, Castro A, Francisco RPV, Vieira SE, Saldiva SRDM, Marchioni DM. Dietary patterns are influenced by socio-demographic conditions of women in childbearing age: a cohort study of pregnant women. BMC Public Health 2018, 18(1), 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5184.
  
• Hobbs, M.R., Carr, P.A., Fa'alili-Fidow, J., Pillai, A., Morton, S.M. and Grant, C.C. (2019). How differing methods of ascribing ethnicity and socio-economic status affect risk estimates for hospitalisation with infectious disease. Epidemiology & Infection, 147. doi:10.1017/S0950268818002935
• Schlichting, D., Hashemi, L., & Grant, C. (2019). Infant food security in New Zealand: A multidimensional index developed from cohort data. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(2), 283. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020283
• Teixeira, J., Castro, T., Wall, C., Marchioni, D., Berry, S., Morton, S., & Grant, C. (2019). Effects of folic acid food fortification scenarios on the folate intake of a multi-ethnic pregnant population. Public Health Nutrition, 22(4), 738-749. doi:10.1017/S1368980018003026
  
• Smith, M., Ikeda, E., Duncan, S., Maddison, R., Hinckson, E., Meredith-Jones, K., ... & Mandic, S. (2019). Trends and measurement issues for active transportation in New Zealand's physical activity report cards for children and youth. Journal of Transport & Health, 15, 100789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2019.100789

2018

• Berry, S. D., Walker, C. G., Ly, K., Snell, R. G., Carr, P. E. A., Bandara, D., ... & Grant, C. C. (2018). Widespread prevalence of a CREBRF variant amongst Māori and Pacific children is associated with weight and height in early childhood”. International Journal of Obesity, 42(7), 1392-1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-018-0026-0
• Farewell, C. V., Thayer, Z. M., Tracer, D. P., & Morton, S. (2018). Prenatal stress exposure and early childhood BMI: Exploring associations in a New Zealand context. American Journal of Human Biology, 30(4), e23116. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23116
  
• Teixeira, J. A., Castro, T. G., Wall, C. R., Marchioni, D. M., Berry, S., Morton, S. M., & Grant, C. C. (2018). Determinants of folic acid supplement use outside national recommendations for pregnant women: results from the Growing up in New Zealand cohort study. Public health nutrition, 21(12), 2183-2192. doi: 11010.1017/S1368980018000836
• Schilling, C., Hedges, M. R., Carr, P. A., & Morton, S. (2018). Transitions in smoking across a pregnancy: New information from the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study. Maternal and child health journal, 22(5), 660-669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2434-0
  
• Marks, E. J., Grant, C. C., De Castro, T. G., Bandara, D. K., Wall, C., & Morton, S. (2018). Agreement between Future Parents on Infant Feeding Intentions and Its Association with Breastfeeding Duration: Results from the Growing Up in New Zealand Cohort Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(6), 1230. doi: 156123010.3390/ijerph15061230
• Duncan, S., Stewart, T., Mackay, L., Neville, J., Narayanan, A., Walker, C., ... & Morton, S. (2018). Wear-time compliance with a dual-accelerometer system for capturing 24-h behavioural profiles in children and adults. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(7), 1296. doi: 157129610.3390/ijerph15071296
  
• Schoeps, A., Peterson, E. R., Mia, Y., Waldie, K. E., Underwood, L., D'Souza, S., & Morton, S. M. (2018). Prenatal alcohol consumption and infant and child behavior: Evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand Cohort. Early human development, 123, 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.06.011
• Jensen, B. P., Saraf, R., Ma, J., Berry, S., Grant, C. C., Camargo Jr, C. A., & Sies, C. W. (2018). Quantitation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in dried blood spots by 2D LC-MS/MS without derivatization and correlation with serum in adult and pediatric studies. Clinica Chimica Acta, 481, 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2018.02.024
  
• Rossen, F., Newcombe, D., Parag, V., Underwood, L., Marsh, S., Berry, S., ... & Bullen, C. (2018). Alcohol consumption in New Zealand women before and during pregnancy: findings from the Growing Up in New Zealand study. NZ Medical Journal, 131(1479). Available here.
• Hobbs, M. R., Grant, C. C., Thomas, M. G., Berry, S., Morton, S. M., Marks, E., & Ritchie, S. R. (2018). Staphylococcus aureus colonisation and its relationship with skin and soft tissue infection in New Zealand children. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 37(10), 2001-2010. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-018-3336-1
  
• Lai, H., Camargo, Jr Carlos A., Woodward, A., Hobbs, M., Pillai, A., Morton, S., Grant, C. (October 2018). Long-term exposure to neighbourhood smoke from household heating and risk of respiratory and dermatological prescription medications – Growing Up in New Zealand child cohort study. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (Allergy). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/all.1361‍
• Farewell CV, Thayer ZM, Puma JE, Morton S (2018). Exploring the timing and duration of maternal stress exposure: Impacts on early childhood BMI. Early Human Development 117, 15-18 doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.12.001‍
• Gerritsen, S., Anderson, S., Morton, S., & Wall, C. (2018). Pre-school nutrition-related behaviours at home and early childhood education services: Findings from the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study. Public Health Nutrition, 21(7) 1222-1231. doi:10.1017/S1368980017004116

2017

• Nichani, V., Dirks, K., Burns, B., Bird, A., & Grant, C. (2017). Green space and depression during pregnancy: results from the Growing up in New Zealand study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 14(9), 1083. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091083
  
• Shackleton N, Milne BJ, Audas R, Derraik JGB, Zhu T, Taylor RW, Morton SMB, Glover M, Cutfield WS, Taylor B (2017). Improving rates of overweight, obesity and extreme obesity in New Zealand 4-year-old children in 2010–2016. Pediatric Obesity Published online doi: 0.1111/ijpo.12260
  
• Castro T, Grant C, Wall C, Welch M, Marks R, Fleming C, Teixeira J, Bandara D, Berry S, Morton S (2017). Breastfeeding indicators among a nationally representative multi-ethnic sample of New Zealand children. NZ Medical Journal 130 (1466) 01 December
  
• Berry SD, Walker CG, Ly K, Snell RG, Atatoa Carr PE, Bandara D, Mohal J, Castro T, Marks E, Morton SMB, Grant CC. (2017). Widespread prevalence of a CREBRF variant amongst Māori and Pacific children is associated with weight and height in early childhood. International Journal of Obesity online doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.230
  
• Veerasingam P, Grant CC, Chelimo C, Philipson K, Gilchrist CA, Berry S, Atatoa Carr P, Camargo Jr CA, Morton S (2017). Vaccine education during pregnancy and timeliness of infant immunization. Paediatrics 140(3): e20163727 published online 18 August
  
• Berry S, Atatoa Carr P, Kool B, Mohal J, Morton S, Grant C. (2017). Housing tenure as a focus for reducing inequalities in the home safety environment: evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health online doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12695
  
• Underwood L, Morton SMB, Waldie KE. (2017). Assessing depression among new fathers – reply JAMA Psychiatry Published online 28 June doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1400
  
• Gerritsen S, Dean B, Morton SMB, Wall C. (2017) Do childcare menus meet nutrition guidelines? Quantity, variety and quality of food provided in New Zealand Early Childhood Education services. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12667
  
• D’Souza S, Waldie KE, Peterson ER, Underwood L, Morton SMB (2017). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: Factor Structure of the Father-Report and Parent Agreement in 2-Year-Old Children. Published online doi: 10.1177/1073191117698757
  
• Hobbs MR, Grant CC, Ritchie SR, Chelimo C, Morton SMB, Berry S, Thomas MG. Antibiotic consumption by New Zealand children: exposure near-universal by the age of five years. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy published online: doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx060
  
• Underwood L, Waldie KE, Peterson E, D’Souza S, Verbiest M, McDaid F, Morton S. (2017) Paternal depression symptoms during pregnancy and after childbirth among participants in the Growing Up in New Zealand study. JAMA Psychiatry 74(4): 1-10. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.4234

2016

• Hohmann-Marriott, B. (2016). First-time mothers of advanced age in New Zealand. New Zealand Population Review, 42, 135. Available here.
  
• Saraf, R., Morton, S. M., Camargo Jr, C. A., & Grant, C. C. (2016). Global summary of maternal and newborn vitamin D status–a systematic review. Maternal & child nutrition, 12(4), 647-668. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12210
• TinTin S, Woodward, A, Saraf R, Berry S, Atatoa Carr, P, Morton SMB, Grant CC. (2016). Internal living environment and respiratory disease in children: findings from the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal child cohort study. Environmental Health 15:120. doi: 10.1186/s12940-016-0207-z
  
• Underwood L, Waldie KE, D’Souza S, Peterson ER, Morton SMB (2016). A Longitudinal Study of Pre-pregnancy and Pregnancy Risk Factors Associated with Antenatal and Postnatal Symptoms of Depression: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Maternal and Child Health Journal. online article. doi: 10.1007/s10995-016-2191-x
  
• Underwood L, Waldie K, D’Souza S, Peterson ER, Morton, SMB (2016). A review of longitudinal studies on antenatal and postnatal depression. Archives of Women's Mental Health. 19 (5): 711-720. doi: 10.1007/s00737-016-0629-1
  
• Bird AL, Carr PEA, Reese E, Morton SMB (2016). Policy translation for early childhood education and care: the Growing Up in New Zealand approach. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 10(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s40723-016-0021-7
  
• Bécares L and Atatoa-Carr P. (2016). The association between maternal and partner experienced racial discrimination and prenatal perceived stress, prenatal and postnatal depression: findings from the Growing up in New Zealand cohort study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 15, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0443-4
  
• Nichani V, Dirks K, Burns B, Bird A, Morton SMB, Grant CC (2016). Green Space and Physical Activity in Pregnant Women: Evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand Study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Online article doi: 10.1123/jpah.2016-0013
  
• Bird AL, Grant CC, Bandara DK, Mohal J, Atatoa‐Carr PE, Wise MR, Inskip H, Miyhara M, Morton SMB (2016). Maternal health in pregnancy and associations with adverse birth outcomes: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13377
  
• Hobbs, M. R., Morton, S. M., Atatoa-Carr, P., Ritchie, S. R., Thomas, M. G., Saraf, R., Chelimo, C., Harnden, A., Camargo, C. A. and Grant, C. C. (2016), Ethnic disparities in infectious disease hospitalisations in the first year of life in New Zealand. J Paediatr Child Health. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13377
  
• Reese E, Bird AL, Taumoepea M, Schmidt J, Mohal J, Grant CC, Carr PEA, Morton SMB. (2016). “You are our eyes and ears”: A new tool for observing parent-child interactions in large samples. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 7(4):386-408. doi: 10.14301/llcs.v7i4.381
  
• D’Souza S, Waldie KE, Peterson ER, Underwood L, Morton SMB (2016). Psychometric Properties and Normative Data for the Preschool Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Two-Year-Old Children. J Abnorm Child Psychol. doi: 10.1007/s10802-016-0176-2
  
• Anderson YC, Wynter LE, Treves KF, Grant CC, Stewart JM, Cave TL, Wild CEK, Derraik JGB, Cutfield WS, Hofman PL (2016). Prevalence of comorbidities in obese New Zealand children and adolescents at enrolment in a community‐based obesity programme. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health Online doi: 10.1111/jpc.13315
  
• Wall, C. R., Gammon, C. S., Bandara, D. K., Grant, C. C., Atatoa Carr, P. E., & Morton, S. M. B. (2016). Dietary patterns in pregnancy in New Zealand-influence of maternal socio-demographic, health and lifestyle factors. Nutrients, 8(5), 1-16. doi: 10.3390/nu8050300
  
• Gerritsen, S. (2016). Nutrition education for early childhood managers, teachers and nursery cooks: a prerequisite for effective obesity prevention Public Health, 140: 56-58. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.05.025
  
• Gerritsen S, Morton S, Wall CR (2016). Physical activity and screen use policy and practices in childcare: results from a survey of early childhood education services in New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 40(4):319-325. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12529
  
• Gerritsen S, Wall C, Morton S (2016). Child-care nutrition environments: results from a survey of policy and practice in New Zealand early childhood education services. Public Health Nutrition 19(09):1531-1542. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015002955
  
• Grant CC, Chen MH, Bandara DK, Marks EJ, Gilchrist CA, Lewycka S, Atatoa Carr PE, Robinson EM, Pryor JE, Camargo CA, Morton SMB (2016). Antenatal immunisation intentions of expectant parents: Relationship to immunisation timeliness during infancy. Vaccine. 34(11):1379-1388). doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.01.048

2015

• Waldie KE, Peterson ER, D’Souza S, Underwood L, Pryor JE, Atatoa Carr PE, Grant CC, Morton SMB (2015). Depression symptoms during pregnancy: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Journal of Affective Disorders. 186: 66–73. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.06.009
  
• McMilin C, Camargo C, Susan Morton SMB, Grant CC (2015). Understanding administrative coding of emergency department visits for unspecified acute allergic reactions New Zealand Medical Journal. 128 (1421): 39-46. Article online.
  
• Bartholomew K, Morton SMB, Atatoa Carr PE, Bandara DK and Grant CC (2015). Provider engagement and choice in the Lead Maternity Carer System: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 55(4): 323-330. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12319
  
• Bartholomew K, Morton SMB, Atatoa Carr PE, Bandara DK, Grant CC (2015). Early engagement with a Lead Maternity Carer: Results from Growing Up in New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 55(3): 227–232. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12291
  
• Berry S, Morton SMB, Atatoa Carr PE, Marks E, Ritchie S, Upton A, Williamson D, Grant CC (2015). Colonisation with Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes in New Zealand preschool children. New Zealand Medical Journal. 128(1410):60-67. Article online

2014

• Morton SMB, Saraf R, Bandara DK, et al. (2014). Maternal and perinatal predictors of newborn iron status. New Zealand Medical Journal. 127(1402):62-77. Article online (subscription only)
  
• Morton SMB, Grant CC, Wall C R, Atatoa Carr PE, Bandara D K, Schmidt JM, Ivory V, Inskip HM, Camargo Jr CA (2014). Adherence to nutritional guidelines in pregnancy: Evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand birth cohort study. Public Health Nutrition, FirstView Article. 1-11. doi:10.1017/S1368980014000482

2013

• Morton SMB, Grant CC, Atatoa Carr PE (2013). Too many left at risk by current folic acid supplementation use: evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Aust N Z J Public Health. 37(2): 190-191. doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12042

Book Chapter:

• Thayer, Z. M., Walker, C., Ly, K., Marks, E., & Morton, S. (2019). Developmental origins of health disparities: Early life adversity and DNA methylation in childhood. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168, pp. 245-246. Cleveland, OH: WILEY.