ADolescent and prEconception health peRspectiVe of Adult Non-communicable diseases (DERVAN): protocol for rural prospective adolescent girls cohort study in Ratnagiri district of Konkan region of India (DERVAN-1).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Precise impact of nutritional insufficiencies in adolescence as a risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCD) in later life as adults remains largely unknown.We are conducting research into the effects of nutrition on adolescent girls of Ratnagiri district by a prospective cohort study (aDolescent and prEconception health peRspectiVe of Adult Non-communicable diseases cohort). Our study focuses on the physical health, nutritional parameters and cognitive profiles of adolescent girls, during the prenatal and postnatal period and we aim to follow this cohort and their offspring for 20 years.

Methods and analysis

Cohort recruitment began in June 2019. Our aim is to recruit more than 1500 adolescent girls, age 16-18 years, over a period of 3 years. The recruit's

SUBMITTER: Patil S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476477 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature