NCT03342430

Early Dieting in Girls: a Longitudinal Cohort Study

Early Dieting in Girls

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 197 (actual)
• Sponsor: Penn State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 5 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Conditions

• Eating Behavior
• Dietary Habits
• Weight, Body

Timeline

• Start date: 1996-06-01
• Primary completion: 2007-08-01
• Completion: 2007-08-01
• First posted: 2017-11-17
• Last updated: 2017-11-17