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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October 20, 2017
Add Health Deputy Director, Dr. Carolyn Halpern, to co-lead new NIH study
The study will explore sexual orientation/gender identity, socioeconomic status, and health
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October 9, 2017
Add Health Research in Forbes: Your Moods Are Contagious, Depression is Not
Embed from Getty Images Researchers at the Universities of Warwick, Manchester, and the Witwatersrand used Add Health data to demonstrate that moods likely pass from...
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September 11, 2017
Heavy Drinking in Young Adulthood Increases Risk of Obesity
Add Health research featured in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine
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