Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages Across the Life Course
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The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of over 20,000 adolescents who were in grades 7-12 during the 1994-95 school year, and have been followed for five waves to date, most recently in 2016-18. Over the years, Add Health has collected rich demographic, social, familial, socioeconomic, behavioral, psychosocial, cognitive, and health survey data from participants and their parents; a vast array of contextual data from participants’ schools, neighborhoods, and geographies of residence; and in-home physical and biological data from participants, including genetic markers, blood-based assays, anthropometric measures, and medications. Ancillary studies have added even more data over the years. Data from the project are available in various forms and have been analyzed in thousands of publications in peer-reviewed journals.
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June 18, 2018
Disordered eating behaviors more common in overweight and obese young adults
Findings featured in U.S. News & World Report
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April 19, 2018
Add Health at PAA 2018
Visit our booth in the Exhibit Hall!
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April 18, 2018
Wave V news from RTI, Add Health’s research partner
RTI International served as Add Health's data collection partner during Waves III and IV, and this institute is currently collecting data for Wave V....
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