Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cohort
The Ho Chi Minh Youth Cohort Study aimed to assess nutritional status, indicators of adiposity, diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviours, as well as home, neighbourhood, and school microenvironments, and their complex relationships in adolescents in urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Children were followed up over 5 years with an assessment in each year. At baseline, the mean age of the sampled subjects was 11.8 years. Overall, 12.5% of the students were overweight and 1.7% were obese.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
759 (participants)
Age at first data collection
11 - 13 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Adolescents from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2004
Primary Institutions
Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine (Đại học Y Khoa Phạm Ngọc Thạch)
University of Newcastle
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Nestlé Foundation
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
Engagement
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