NIH R01 · 2024
Since the early 1990s, the field of childhood obesity has known that children gain 3-5 times more weight during their 3-month summer vacation than they do during the entire 9-month school year. Evidence shows that youth from low-income households are especially vulnerable to accelerated BMI gain during the summer. The cohort study we seek to extend in this renewal R01 is What’s UP (Undermining Prevention) with Summer. This is the largest and most diverse study of elementary-age children designed to understand accelerated BMI gain during the summer. In this R01, children are measured on key obesity-related health behaviors (i.e., activity, sleep, screen time, time spent sedentary, and diet)…
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