TARGetKids!: TARGet Kids!: Measuring Nutrition in Young Preschool Children in the Primary Care Practice Setting
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
TARGet Kids! (The Applied Research Group for Kids) is a research study enrolling healthy children aged 0-5 years. The aim of the TARGet Kids! registry is to link early life exposures to health problems including obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and developmental problems.
TARGet Kids! represents an innovative collaboration between child health researchers and children's primary care doctors (pediatricians and family physicians) to promote research that really matters and create solutions to some of the today's biggest health concerns. The results of this collaborative research study are not only improving the quality of children's healthcare but also the health of children across the country. Coordinated by Sick Kids and St. Michael's Hospital with data management services by the Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), TARGet Kids! is the only primary care research network for children in Canada.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Healthy children
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Body Mass Index (BMI) [10 years (yearly measurements)]
Change in BMI over a 10 year follow-up period
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Nutrition [Yearly measurements]
Nutritional risk
- Development [Yearly measurements]
Child development
- Mental Health [Yearly measurements]
Mental Health
- Lifestyle Factors [Yearly measurements]
Assessment of Lifestyle Factors that contribute to health
- Child Behavior [Yearly measurements]
Child behavior
- Social Determinants [Yearly measurements]
Social determinants of health
- Education [Yearly measurements]
Nutritional factors affects on education
- Parenting [Yearly measurements]
Parenting styles
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Birth to less than 6 years of age
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Parental consent
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Attending a TARGet Kids! research network practice
Exclusion Criteria:
- Chronic illness with the exception of asthma
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | St. Michael's Hospital | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | M5B 1W8 |
2 | Hospital for Sick Children | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | M5G 1X8 |
3 | Melville Pediatric Center | Montreal | Quebec | Canada |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Additional Information:
Publications
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