This observational study investigates the associations of nutritional indicators, biomarkers, sociodemographic conditions, and infections with child health, as well as physical, behavioral, and cognitive development. Investigators recruited a random sample of 3202 children from primary public schools in Bogota, Colombia in February 2006 and followed them for a median of 6.5 years. Investigators hypothesized that poor nutritional status at the time of recruitment in middle childhood would be related to adverse health outcomes through adolescence.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
3,202
FINUSAD - Foundation for Research in Nutrition and Health
Bogotá, Colombia
University of La Sabana
Chía, Colombia
Externalizing behavior problems
Adolescent behavior problems were ascertained with the Youth Self Report (YSR) questionnaire. The YSR is a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 112 statements addressing behaviors or feelings that adolescents rate as false, sometimes true, or very/often true. From responses to these questions, an Assessment Data Manager (ADM) software calculates continuous scores for aggressive behavior and rule breaking behavior. The sum of the aggressive and rule breaking behavior subscale scores constitute the total externalizing problems score.
Time frame: Assessed at one point in time when the children were 11-18 years old.
Internalizing behavior problems
Adolescent behavior problems were ascertained with the Youth Self Report (YSR) questionnaire. The sum of the anxious/depressed, withdrawn/depressed, and somatic complaint subscale scores constitute the total internalizing problems score.
Time frame: Assessed at one point in time when the children were 11-18 years old.
Behavior problem subscale scores (aggressive behavior, rule breaking behavior, anxious/depressed, withdrawn/depressed, somatic complaints, attention problems, social problems, and thought problems)
Adolescent behavior problems were ascertained with the Youth Self Report (YSR) questionnaire.
Time frame: Assessed at one point in time when the children were 11-18 years old.
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