ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACAES	Australian Child and Adolescent Eating Survey
APD	accredited practicing dietitian
AUSNUT	Australian Nutrition Tables
Avy	agouti viable yellow
BMI	body mass index
CCCEH	Columbia Centre for Children’s Environmental Health
CNF	Canadian Nutrient File
CpG	cytosine phosphate guanine
24hr-DR	24 hour dietary recalls
DNMT	de novo methylase
EER	estimated energy intake
EI	energy intake
ELISA	enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
FFQ	food frequency questionnaire
FSANZ	Food standards Australia and New Zealand
IGF2	insulin-like growth factor 2
JHH	John Hunter Hospital
LINE-1	long interspersed nuclear elements-1
5-mC	5-methylcytosine
MTHFR	methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
NSW	New South Wales
NUTTAB	Nutrition tables
OD	optical density
SAM	S-adenosyl-methionine
SAS	Statistical Analysis System
SEIFA	socio-economic Indexes for Areas
tDMRs	tissue-specific differentially methylated regions
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
WATCH	Women and their Children’s Health
4d-WFR	4 day weighed food records
WHO	World Health Organization