Table 3.
Survey stage | Component and method | Completed by (age if not completed by all participants) | Survey Yearsa |
---|---|---|---|
Interviewer stage | Computerised Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI): | ||
Household composition, socio | Household representative and | All Years | |
economic status, shopping and | main food provider | ||
cooking practices | |||
Usual eating habits, general health, oral health, dietary supplement use | All participants | All Years | |
Sun exposure | All participants | Years 1–10 | |
Physical activity | Ages 4 to 15 years | Years 6–11 | |
Consent for NHS Register and Cancer Register data linkage | Age ≥16 years | All Years | |
Consent to be contacted for follow-up/further research | All participants (parent/carer on behalf of children) | All Years | |
Self-completion questionnaires: | |||
Smoking and drinking | Age ≥8 years | All Years | |
Physical activity | Age ≥16 years | All Years | |
Four-day food diary | All participants | All Years | |
Physical measures: | |||
Height and weight | All participants | All Years | |
Actigraph (physical activity monitor) | Ages 4 to 15 yearsb | Years 1 to 5 | |
Spot urine sample | Age ≥4 years | Year 6 onwards | |
Doubly labelled water sub study: | |||
Total energy expenditure | Age ≥4 years | Years 1, 3, 6 and 7 | |
Nurse stage | Computerised Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI): | ||
Current medication | All participants | All Years | |
Physical measures: | |||
Waist and hip measurements | Age ≥11 years | All Years | |
Mid upper arm circumferences | Ages 2 to 15 years | Years 1 to 5 | |
Infant length | Ages 18 months to 2 years | All Years | |
Blood pressure | Age ≥4 years | Years 1 to 10 | |
Blood samples | All participants | All Years | |
24-h urine sample and PABAc | Age ≥4 years | Years 1 to 5 |
Year 1 2008–09; Year 2 2009–10; Year 3 2010–11; Year 4 2011–12; Year 5 2012–13; Year 6 2013–14; Year 7 2014 15; Year 8 2015–16; Year 9 2016–17; Year 10 2017–18; Year 11 2018–19.
In Year 1, ActiGraph was only collected for children aged 4 to 10 years.
Para-aminobenzoic acid.
Italicized text denotes a major component.