Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research Coordinating Unit

描述（由申请人提供）： 本提案描述了在查佩尔山的北卡罗来纳州大学（北卡罗来纳州）建立资源协调单位（RCU）的计划，以支持和加强儿童肥胖预防和治疗研究联盟的工作。RCU将协调获奖者之间的研究活动和合作，以最大限度地发挥多名研究人员在不同项目上的协同效应，这些项目都旨在通过减少肥胖来改善儿童的健康。作为RCU，我们的目标是：1。支持研究者之间的沟通和协作; 2.计划和支持会议，3。促进选择跨研究的共同措施，4.建立和维护数据采集和管理系统; 5.对合并数据进行分析，6.材料归档和准备公共使用的文件，7。协调出版物和分享调查结果，8.支持在辅助研究中扩展研究目标，9.促进传播和建立伙伴关系，10.对整个项目进行评估，11.促进和加强研究中心的工作。儿童权利协调股包括一个非常强大的团队，他们经验丰富，非常有资格协助联合会调查人员进行杰出的研究，这将对儿童的健康产生影响。该团队在协调多中心研究方面有很强的能力，在儿童肥胖方面有专业知识，在试验设计和汇总数据分析方面有丰富的经验。相关性：儿童时期的肥胖与许多不良健康影响有关，并大大增加了成为肥胖成年人的风险。这项研究将创造和测试有前途的多成分和多层次的干预方法，用于预防和治疗儿童肥胖。传播这些成功的干预措施有可能大大改善我国青年的健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal describes plans for a Resource Coordinating Unit (RCU) at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill to support and enhance the work of the Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research Consortium. The RCU will coordinate research activities and collaborations among awardees to maximize the synergistic effect of multiple investigators working on different projects all designed to improve the health of children through obesity reduction. As the RCU, our aims are to: 1. support communication and collaborations among investigators, 2. plan and support meetings, 3. facilitate selection of common measures across studies, 4. establish and maintain data capture and management systems, 5. conduct analyses of pooled data, 6. archive materials and prepare public use files, 7. coordinate publications and sharing of findings, 8. support expansion of study goals in ancillary studies, 9. promote dissemination and initiate partnerships, 10. evaluate the program as a whole, and 11. facilitate and enhance efforts of the Research Centers. The UNC RCU includes an exceptionally strong team, experienced and well qualified to assist the Consortium investigators in the conduct of outstanding research that will make a difference to the health of children. The UNC team has strong capacity in coordination of multi-center studies, expertise in childhood obesity and strong experience in the design of trials and analysis of pooled data. RELEVANCE: Obesity during childhood is associated with numerous adverse health effects and substantially increases the risk of being an obese adult. This research will create and test promising multi-component and multi-level intervention approaches for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. Dissemination of these successful interventions has the potential to substantially improve the health of our youth.