Cohort profile: Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cohort--changes in diet, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and relationship with overweight/obesity in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Ho Chi Minh Youth cohort study aimed to assess the change in nutritional status; indicators of adiposity; diet; physical activity and sedentary behaviours; home, neighbourhood and school microenvironments and their complex relationships in adolescents in urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City.

Design

Prospective 5-year cohort.

Setting

Systematic random sampling was used to select 18 schools in urban districts.

Participants

Children were followed up over 5 years with an assessment in each year. Consent, from both adolescents and their parents, was required. At baseline, 759 students were recruited into the cohort, and of these students, 740 remained in the cohort for the first round, 712 for the second round, 630 for the third round and 585 for the last

SUBMITTER: Trang NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3282290 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature