Groningen Expert Center for Kids with Obesity Drenthe (GECKO Drenthe)
The GECKO Drenthe study is a substudy of the bigger GECKO study, and has been designed to examine environmental and genetic risk factors for childhood obesity. All pregnant women living in Drenthe, a northern province of the Netherlands, were invited to participate in the third trimester of their pregnancy. Almost 3,000 children were recruited between April 1st, 2006, and April 1st, 2007. Of the children included, 52% were of male gender, 5% were born prematurely, the mean gestational age was 39.8 weeks.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
2,997 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
2006
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2006
Primary Institutions
University Medical Centre Groningen
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL)
University of Groningen
Well Baby Clinic Foundation Icare
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
