TARGet Kids!: Measuring Nutrition in Young Preschool Children in the Primary Care Practice Setting

Recruiting

• Conditions: Nutritional Disorders; Development; Obesity

• Registration Number: NCT01869530
• Lead Sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-07
• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-31
• Study First Posted: 2013-06-05
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-09
• Last Update Posted: 2021-11-17
• Primary Completion: 2030-06
• Study Completion: 2030-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 14000

Inclusion Criteria

• Birth to less than 6 years of age
• Parental consent
• Attending a TARGet Kids! research network practice

Exclusion Criteria

• Chronic illness with the exception of asthma

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body Mass Index (BMI)	10 years (yearly measurements)	Change in BMI over a 10 year follow-up period

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nutrition	Yearly measurements	Nutritional risk
Mental Health	Yearly measurements	Mental Health
Lifestyle Factors	Yearly measurements	Assessment of Lifestyle Factors that contribute to health
Parenting	Yearly measurements	Parenting styles
Development	Yearly measurements	Child development
Child Behavior	Yearly measurements	Child behavior
Social Determinants	Yearly measurements	Social determinants of health
Education	Yearly measurements	Nutritional factors affects on education

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Hospital for Sick Children; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

St. Michael's Hospital; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Melville Pediatric Center; 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada