The STRONG Kids 2 Birth Cohort Study: A Cell-to-Society Approach to Dietary Habits and Weight Trajectories across the First 5 Years of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dietary habits formed during the first 5 y of life portend lifelong eating patterns.

Objective

The Synergistic Theory Research Obesity and Nutrition Group (STRONG) Kids 2 birth cohort study aimed to examine multilevel predictors of weight trajectories and dietary habits including individual biology, child socioemotional and behavioral characteristics, family environment, and child care environment over the first 5 y of life. This report describes recruitment strategies, an overview of survey measures, and basic descriptive statistics of the cohort.

Methods

The cohort includes 468 mothers and their offspring. A brief survey was completed at a 1-wk home visit including child's birth weight, intent to breastfeed, collection of an infant stool sample, and addit

SUBMITTER: Fiese BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6417908 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature