Open AccessUnderstanding childhood obesity in the US: the NIH environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO) program
Author(s) -
Frances A. Tylavsky,
Assiamira Ferrara,
Diane J. Catellier,
Emily Oken,
Xiuhong Li,
Attorney Law,
Dana Dabelea,
Andrew Rundle,
Diane GilbertDiamond,
MarieFrance Hivert,
Carrie V. Breton,
Andrea E. CassidyBushrow,
Noel T. Mueller,
Kelly J. Hunt,
S. Sonia Arteaga,
Tania Lombo,
Somdat Mahabir,
Doug Ruden,
Katherine A. Sauder,
Monique M. Hedderson,
Yeyi Zhu,
Sarah Polk,
Nicole L. Mihalopoulos,
Miriam B. Vos,
Lee A. Pyles,
Mary Roary,
Judy L. Aschner,
Margaret R. Karagas,
Leonardo Trasande
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/s41366-019-0470-5
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , body mass index , obesity , childhood obesity , demography , ethnic group , population , percentile , gerontology , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , sociology , anthropology
Few resources exist for prospective, longitudinal analysis of the relationships between early life environment and later obesity in large diverse samples of children in the United States (US). In 2016, the National Institutes of Health launched the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program to investigate influences of environmental exposures on child health and development. We describe demographics and overweight and obesity prevalence in ECHO, and ECHO's potential as a resource for understanding how early life environmental factors affect obesity risk.