B3271 - Can early childhood experience predict physical activity behavior and cardiovascular health two decades later - 12/03/2019
B number:
B3271
Principal applicant name:
Soyang Kwon | Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (USA)
Co-applicants:
Title of project:
Can early childhood experience predict physical activity behavior and cardiovascular health two decades later?
Proposal summary:
The goal of this project is to study whether babies' experience during the first three years such as parenting, activities, and home and neighborhood environment can affect longer-term health behaviors and cardiovascular health two decades later.
Impact of research:
My research will impact the knowledge accumulation on early childhood risk factors that are associated with later cardiovascular health and contribute to developing early childhood interventions for cardiovascular health.
Date proposal received:
Friday, 8 March, 2019
Date proposal approved:
Tuesday, 12 March, 2019
Keywords:
Epidemiology, Addiction - e.g. alcohol, illicit drugs, smoking, gambling, etc., Behaviour - e.g. antisocial behaviour, risk behaviour, etc., Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity, Blood pressure, BMI, Cardiovascular, Childhood - childcare, childhood adversity, Development