Resources

Resources include the project's videos, flyers and articles about new scientific evidence, tools, methodologies and models developed in the project. Policy briefings will also be added to this page as they are developed and you can find scientific papers on our Publications page.

research evidence

News / Mon 23 Sep

Lifestyle intervention from childhood to adolescence affects metabolism years later

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland uncovers how early lifestyle changes can have long-lasting impacts.

News / Fri 6 Sep

Latest research unveils five key patterns in cardiometabolic disease progression

A new LongITools study identifies five key patterns of cardiometabolic disease progression, across the UK and Brazil.

News / Mon 5 Aug

How quickly and how tall you grow during puberty is genetically linked to long-term health conditions

A genetic link between height growth during puberty and long-term health in adulthood has been identified by a new study.

News / Wed 24 Jul

Children’s exposome associated with changes in serum metabolites

New study shows the combined effect of environmental exposures can affect children’s cardiometabolic health exceeding their separate effects.

News / Wed 3 Jul

Could our DNA explain the health benefits of green spaces?

New study investigates how access to green spaces might improve health by subtly influencing how our genes work.

News / Thu 18 Jan

Air pollutants affect cardiometabolic health even at low levels, but diet may mitigate the outcomes

New LongITools study finds exposure to air pollutants was associated with adverse changes in cardiometabolic risk factors.

News / Mon 15 Jan

New study reveals that maternal education levels during pregnancy are linked with epigenetic markers in the child

Study's findings suggests that socioeconomic factors, especially maternal education, can have a lasting impact on a child’s health and well-being.

News / Wed 10 Jan

Exposure to high humidity and temperature in pregnancy could influence blood pressure changes in childhood

New LongITools publication finds outdoor humidity and temperature levels during pregnancy could affect unborn child's future blood pressure.

News / Thu 23 Nov 2023

Age-related hearing loss can lead to lower body mass index and total body fat

New study sheds light on the complex interactions between noise exposure, hearing loss and body constitution.

News / Thu 27 Apr 2023

Type 2 diabetes can cause lung disorders, new study finds

Largest ever genetic study to explore how genes affect blood sugar levels and health outcomes.

News / Wed 25 Jan 2023

Exposure to common pregnancy complications unlikely to lead to harmful molecular changes across a baby’s life

Find out more in this new study.

Development of a composite exposure "exposome" score

tools, methodologies and models

Metadata Catalogue

A catalogue to enable exposome researchers to assess all the data sets available from LongITools, and the suitability of the data sets to answer specific research questions.

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Policy and Regulation Database

Novel analytical tool for use in life-course modelling to help researchers to estimate the causal effects of healthcare policies, laws and regulations and their impacts on the utilisation of health services.

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Exposome Data Analysis Toolbox

A novel, online toolbox that enables researchers to search for and use multiple exposome data analysis tools and visualisation methodologies via a single platform.

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videos

flyers and posters

LongITools Flyer

A summary of the project and our key expected outputs.

Download

Health Risk Assessment System

Novel tool to gather exposome data and assess risk for cardiovascular disease (also see Innovation Toolbox).

Resources

research evidence

Lifestyle intervention from childhood to adolescence affects metabolism years later

Latest research unveils five key patterns in cardiometabolic disease progression

How quickly and how tall you grow during puberty is genetically linked to long-term health conditions

Children’s exposome associated with changes in serum metabolites

Could our DNA explain the health benefits of green spaces?

Air pollutants affect cardiometabolic health even at low levels, but diet may mitigate the outcomes

New study reveals that maternal education levels during pregnancy are linked with epigenetic markers in the child

Exposure to high humidity and temperature in pregnancy could influence blood pressure changes in childhood

Age-related hearing loss can lead to lower body mass index and total body fat

Type 2 diabetes can cause lung disorders, new study finds

Exposure to common pregnancy complications unlikely to lead to harmful molecular changes across a baby’s life

Air pollution, built environment and gene expression in adults

Development of a composite exposure "exposome" score

tools, methodologies and models

Metadata Catalogue

Policy and Regulation Database

Exposome Data Analysis Toolbox

videos

flyers and posters

LongITools Flyer

Health Risk Assessment System

LongITools Progress Update Poster

Data Harmonisation Poster

Funding

LongITools Project