Peter T. Katzmarzyk|Tiago V. Barreira|Stephanie T. Broyles|Catherine M. Champagne|Jean?Philippe Chaput|Mikael Fogelholm|Gang Hu|William D. Johnson|Rebecca Kuriyan|Anura Kurpad|Estelle V. Lambert|Carol Maher|José Maia|Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo|Tim Olds|Vincent Onywera|Olga L. Sarmiento|Martyn Standage|Mark S. Tremblay|Catrine Tudor?Locke|Pei Zhao|Timothy S. Church
The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE): design and methods
Pennington Biomedical Research Center|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|University of Helsinki|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|Sports Science Institute of South Africa|University of Cape Town|University of South Australia|Universidade do Porto|Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul|University of South Australia|Kenyatta University|Universidad de Los Andes|University of Bath|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|Tianjin Children's Hospital|Pennington Biomedical Research Center
primary aim international study childhood obesity lifestyle environment iscole determine relationships lifestyle behaviours obesity multinational study children investigate influence higherorder characteristics behavioural settings physical social policy environments observed relationships within countriesthe targeted sample included 6000 10year old children 12 countries five major geographic regions world europe africa americas southeast asia western pacific protocol included procedures collect data individual level lifestyle diet physical activity questionnaires accelerometry family neighborhood level parental questionnaires school environment school administrator questionnaire school audit tool standard study protocol developed implementation regions world rigorous system training certification study personnel developed implemented including webbased training modules regional inperson training meetingsthe results study provide robust examination correlates adiposity obesity children focusing sides energy balance equation results also provide important new information inform development lifestyle environmental policy interventions address prevent childhood obesity may culturally adapted implementation around world iscole represents multinational collaboration among world regions represents global effort increase research understanding capacity infrastructure childhood obesity