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Cohort Profile: The Resilience for Eating and Activity Despite Inequality (READI) study

2012; Oxford University Press; Volume: 42; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ije/dys165

1464-3685

Kylie Ball, Verity Cleland, Jo Salmon, Anna Timperio, Sarah A. McNaughton, Lukar Thornton, Karen Campbell, Maria Jackson, Louise A. Baur, Gita D. Mishra, Johannes Brug, Robert W. Jeffery, ­Abby C. King, Ichiro Kawachi, David Crawford,

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

The Resilience for Eating and Activity Despite Inequality (READI) cohort was established to address the following two key aims: to investigate the pathways (personal, social and structural) by which socio-economic disadvantage influences lifestyle choices associated with obesity risk (physical inactivity, poor dietary choices) and to explore mechanisms underlying 'resilience' to obesity risk in socio-economically disadvantaged women and children. A total of 4349 women aged 18–46 years and 685 children aged 5–12 years were recruited from 80 socio-economically disadvantaged urban and rural neighbourhoods of Victoria, Australia, and provided baseline (T1: 2007–08) measures of adiposity, physical activity, sedentary and dietary behaviours; socio-economic and demographic factors; and psychological, social and perceived environmental factors that might impact on obesity risk. Audits of the 80 neighbourhoods were undertaken at baseline to provide objective neighbourhood environmental data. Three-year follow-up data (2010–11) have recently been collected from 1912 women and 382 children. Investigators welcome enquiries regarding data access and collaboration.