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CompletedNCT03379298CHS DIETUpdated Dec 20, 2017

Children's Health Study Diet and Air Pollution

An observational study in Diet Habit, Pollution; Exposure and Child Obesity, sponsored by University of Southern California. Completed. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-12-20.

Sponsored by University of Southern California · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
3,142
Ages
13 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is built upon the existing data in the Children's Health Study to examine the longitudinal association between childhood exposure to air pollutants and changes in diet among adolescents.

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Conditions studied

  • Diet Habit
  • Pollution; Exposure
  • Child Obesity
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In context

Feeding Behavior

985 studies on the registry are indexed under Feeding Behavior; 178 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 3,142 is above the median of 183 across 270 observational studies indexed under Feeding Behavior.

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Lead sponsor

University of Southern California is the lead sponsor of 791 studies on the registry; 136 are open to participants now.

Of its 70 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 32 (46%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
13 Years to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Children from 12 Southern California communities were enrolled into the study in 4th and 7th grades (1993-1994) and were followed annually until high school graduation (1998-2001).

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Inclusion criteria

  • children of 4th and 7th grades were enrolled from 12 Southern California communities

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • extreme mean caloric intake (>5000 or \< 500 kcal/day) or no demographic information
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
3,142 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Dietary behavior

    self-reported food frequency questionnaire data

    Time frame: one year before visit date

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Chen Z, Herting MM, Chatzi L, Belcher BR, Alderete TL, McConnell R, Gilliland FD. Regional and traffic-related air pollutants are associated with higher consumption of fast food and trans fat among adolescents. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Jan 1;109(1):99-108. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy232. PubMed 30596809 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 20, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03379298
Responsible party
Frank Gilliland (Professor, University of Southern California) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 20, 2017
Start date
Jan 1, 1994
Primary completion
Dec 30, 2001
Last update
Dec 20, 2017

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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