Jiaxing Birth Cohort
JBC is a prospective cohort study exploring prenatal risk factors, early life feeding practice, and growth pattern and adiposity in Chinese children. The study recruited pregnant women with the intention to follow both them during pregnancy and their offspring after birth. All participants were registered in local clinics in one of the seven counties of the Jiaxing Area in southeastern China. Participants were from various occupations and education levels, creating a sociodemographically diverse sample.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
338,413 (mothers)
338,413 (children)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
Varied (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1999
Primary Institutions
Zhejiang University (浙江大学, ZJU)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Basic Research Program of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金委员会, NSFC)
Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
