An observational study in Eating Behavior, Dietary Habits and Weight, Body, sponsored by Penn State University. Completed. Open to female participants aged 5 Years to 6 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-11-17.
Sponsored by Penn State University · Observational
This longitudinal observational cohort followed the growth and development of non-Hispanic white girls from age 5 to 15 years, with a focus on the development of the controls of food intake.
This longitudinal observational cohort followed the growth and development of non-Hispanic white girls from age 5 to 15 years, with a focus on the development of the controls of food intake. Data was collected biennially from girls and their mothers and fathers. Measures included anthropometrics, questionnaires and laboratory measures of eating behavior, dietary recalls, psychosocial characteristics, and parenting measures.
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Families in central Pennsylvania with a 5-6 year old daughter.
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A cohort of 197 non-Hispanic white girls, observed from age 5 to age 15 years
Dieting practices
Derived from questionnaire by French et al.
Time frame: Pattern of development from age 5 to 15 years
Dietary restraint
Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire
Time frame: Pattern of development from age 5 to 15 years
Disinhibition
Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire
Time frame: Pattern of development from age 5 to 15 years
Disordered eating
Children's Eating Attitudes Test/Eating Attitudes Test
Time frame: Pattern of development from age 5 to 15 years
Body mass index
Weight in kg/height in meters squared, converted to z-scores using CDC growth charts
Time frame: Age 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 years
Total body bone mineral content
Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry
Time frame: Age 9, 11, 13, and 15 years
Dietary intake
3-24 hour dietary recalls
Time frame: Age 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 years
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