Skip to content

TARGet Kids!: Measuring Nutrition in Young Preschool Children in the Primary Care Practice Setting

Obesity | Development | Nutritional Disorders

TARGet Kids! (The Applied Research Group for Kids) is a research study enrolling healthy children aged 0-5 years. The aim of the TARGet Kids! registry is to link early life exposures to health problems including obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and developmental problems.

TARGet Kids! represents an innovative collaboration between child health researchers and children's primary care doctors (pediatricians and family physicians) to promote research that really matters and create solutions to some of the today's biggest health concerns. The results of this collaborative research study are not only improving the quality of children's healthcare but also the health of children across the country. Coordinated by Sick Kids and St. Michael's Hospital with data management services by the Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), TARGet Kids! is the only primary care research network for children in Canada.

null

Participation Requirements

  • Sex:

    ALL
  • Eligible Ages:

    0 to 5

Participation Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Birth to less than 6 years of age
* Parental consent
* Attending a TARGet Kids! research network practice

Exclusion Criteria:

* Chronic illness with the exception of asthma

Study Location

Hospital for Sick Children
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Contact Study Team

Primary Contact

Catherine Birken, MD, M.Sc., FRCPC

[email protected]
416-813-7654
Backup Contact

Dalah Mason, MPH

[email protected]
416-813-7654
St. Michael's Hospital
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Contact Study Team

Primary Contact

Jonathon Maguire, MD, MSc, FRCPC

[email protected]
416-919-3462
Melville Pediatric Center
Melville Pediatric Center
Montreal, Quebec
Canada

Contact Study Team

Backup Contact

Elise Mok, MD

Primary Contact

Patricia Li, MD

Study Sponsored By
The Hospital for Sick Children
Participants Required
More Information
Study ID: NCT01869530