Bambini Molto In Forma (BMInforma)
The aim of BMInforma is the prevention of childhood and adolescent obesity in the province of Reggio Emilia, Italy, in which more than one in 4 children is overweight and one in 10 is obese. It involves a prospective population-based cohort of Italian children born between 1st June 2010 and 31st December 2011 who attended the 3-year-old and 5-year-old well-child visits, when systematic body mass index (BMI) and BMI percentile registration was mandatory. The birth certificates for 89.2% of the children were retrieved in order to collect information concerning birth weight and gestational age. Overall, 5,173 children were included in the analyses: 2,590 (50.1%) males and 2,583 (49.9%) females.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
5,173 (participants)
Age at first data collection
5 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
2010 - 2011 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Almost all the population of 5-year-olds in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2013
Primary Institutions
Institute of Scientific Hospitalization and Care (L’Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico; IRCCS)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Commission
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
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