Play & Grow: prospective observational cohort of toddlers to inform obesity prevention, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Obesity prevention is increasingly focused on early childhood, but toddlers have not been well-studied, and children born preterm are frequently excluded. The Play & Grow Cohort was established to investigate child growth in relation to parent-child interactions in mealtime and non-mealtime settings.

Participants

Between December 2017 and May 2019, 300 toddlers and primary caregivers were recruited from records of a large paediatric care provider in Columbus, Ohio, USA. This report describes recruitment of the cohort and outlines the data collection protocols for two toddler and two preschool-age visits. The first study visit coincided with enrolment and occurred when children (57% boys) were a mean (SD) calendar age of 18.2 (0.7) months.

Findings to date

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SUBMITTER: Parrott A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8744096 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature