B2251 - Are the age pattern of BMI development overweight and obesity different in different settings - 12/06/2014

B number: 
B2251
Principal applicant name: 
Dr Lise Graversen (Aarhus University, Denmark, Europe)
Co-applicants: 
Prof Thorkild S?rensen (University of Copenhagen, Europe), Dr Laura Howe (University of Bristol, UK), Prof Kate Tilling (University of Bristol, UK), Ass.Prof Carsten Obel (Aarhus University, Denmark, Europe)
Title of project: 
Are the age pattern of BMI development, overweight and obesity different in different settings?
Proposal summary: 

AIMS

The aim of this study is to compare BMI development in the Northern Finland Birth Cohorts born in 1966 and 1986 from the same geographical area but at different stages of the obesity epidemic, the Danish Aarhus Birth Cohort from 1990-92, and ALSPAC, of similar birth year but from a different geographical area.

Date proposal received: 
Friday, 6 June, 2014
Date proposal approved: 
Thursday, 12 June, 2014
Keywords: 
Obesity
Primary keyword: 
BMI