Lifestyles and socio-cultural factors among children aged 6-8 years from five Italian towns: The MAPEC-LIFE study cohort

Bagordo, Francesco; De Donno, Antonella; Grassi, Tiziana; Guido, Marcello; Devoti, Gabriele; Ceretti, Elisabetta; Zani, Claudia; Feretti, Donatella; Villarini, Milena; Moretti, Massimo; Salvatori, Tania; Carducci, Annalaura; Verani, Marco; Casini, Beatrice; Bonetta, Sara; Carraro, Elisabetta; Schilirã², Tiziana; Bonizzoni, Silvia; Bonetti, Alberto; Gelatti, Umberto; Serio, Francesca; De Giorgi, Mattia; Idolo, Adele; Verri, Tiziano; Covolo, Loredana; Donato, Francesco; Festa, Andrea; Limina, Rosa Maria; Zerbini, Ilaria; Fatigoni, Cristina; Levorato, Sara; Monarca, Silvano; Vannini, Samuele; Donzelli, Gabriele; Bruni, Beatrice; Palomba, Giacomo; Bonetta, Silvia; Gea, Marta; Gilli, Giorgio; Pignata, Cristina; Romanazzi, Valeria; Furia, Camilla; Codenotti, Roberta; Colombi, Paolo; Crottini, Stefano; Gaffurini, Laura; Zagni, Licia

doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4142-x

Lifestyles profoundly determine the quality of an individual's health and life since his childhood. Many diseases in adulthood are avoidable if health-risk behaviors are identified and improved at an early stage of life. The aim of the present research was to characterize a cohort of children aged 6-8 years selected in order to perform an epidemiological molecular study (the MAPEC_LIFE study), investigate lifestyles of the children that could have effect on their health status, and assess possible association between lifestyles and socio-cultural factors.

Lifestyles and socio-cultural factors among children aged 6-8 years from five Italian towns: The MAPEC-LIFE study cohort / Bagordo, Francesco; De Donno, Antonella; Grassi, Tiziana; Guido, Marcello; Devoti, Gabriele; Ceretti, Elisabetta; Zani, Claudia; Feretti, Donatella; Villarini, Milena; Moretti, Massimo; Salvatori, Tania; Carducci, Annalaura; Verani, Marco; Casini, Beatrice; Bonetta, Sara; Carraro, Elisabetta; Schilirã², Tiziana; Bonizzoni, Silvia; Bonetti, Alberto; Gelatti, Umberto; Serio, Francesca; De Giorgi, Mattia; Idolo, Adele; Verri, Tiziano; Covolo, Loredana; Donato, Francesco; Festa, Andrea; Limina, Rosa Maria; Zerbini, Ilaria; Fatigoni, Cristina; Levorato, Sara; Monarca, Silvano; Vannini, Samuele; Donzelli, Gabriele; Bruni, Beatrice; Palomba, Giacomo; Bonetta, Silvia; Gea, Marta; Gilli, Giorgio; Pignata, Cristina; Romanazzi, Valeria; Furia, Camilla; Codenotti, Roberta; Colombi, Paolo; Crottini, Stefano; Gaffurini, Laura; Zagni, Licia. - In: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1471-2458. - STAMPA. - 17:(2017), pp. 233-233. [10.1186/s12889-017-4142-x]