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Kylie Ball1, Verity Cleland, Jo Salmon
1Centre for Physical Activity & Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Paediatrics & Child Health, Children's Hospital, Westmead & University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA and School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract:
The Resilience for Eating and Activity Despite Inequality (READI) cohort was established to address the following two key aims: to investigate the pathways (personal, social and structural) by which socio-economic disadvantage influences lifestyle choices associated with obesity risk (physical inactivity, poor dietary choices) and to explore mechanisms underlying 'resilience' to obesity risk in socio-economically disadvantaged women and children. A total of 4349 women aged 18-46 years and 685 children aged 5-12 years were recruited from 80 socio-economically disadvantaged urban and rural neighbourhoods of Victoria, Australia, and provided baseline (T1: 2007-08) measures of adiposity, physical activity, sedentary and dietary behaviours; socio-economic and demographic factors; and psychological, social and perceived environmental factors that might impact on obesity risk. Audits of the 80 neighbourhoods were undertaken at baseline to provide objective neighbourhood environmental data. Three-year follow-up data (2010-11) have recently been collected from 1912 women and 382 children. Investigators welcome enquiries regarding data access and collaboration.
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