16 year follow up follow up

The Raine Study is currently involved in the sixteen/seventeen year old assessment. The Raine Study teenagers and their parents are asked to complete questionnaires and to come into the Institute to do a physical assessment (height, weight, strength, fitness etc). The teenagers and their parents also provide blood and DNA samples.

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Simone and Deb - Raine Study Teens
Specific areas of research include
  • Development of adolescent spinal pain,
  • Physical activity, physical fitness, motor competence
  • Cardiovascular health and blood pressure
  • Polycystic ovarian syndrome and menstrual disorders
  • Growth and nutrition
  • Cognitive neuroscience, adolescent brain development
  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis functioning - stress hormones
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • The prevalence of abnormal iron indices and hereditary hemochromatosis.
  • The prevalence of coeliac disease.
  • Dietary patterns, mood and mental health
  • Childhood precursors of adult cardiovascular disease and diabetes
  • Asthma and atopy
  • Gene-environment interaction

The Raine Study teenagers are now aged between sixteen and eighteen years of age and have busy active lives. They are involved in final school examinations, apprenticeships, entering the workforce, some are already studying at university or other colleges and beginning their adult lives. Their parents are equally busy.  However they remain wonderfully committed to the Raine Study and we are privileged to work with them.
We have regular contact with the Raine Study Youth Reference Group, a small group of Raine Study teenagers who give valuable input into the study.
 
Last updated 24 February 2009