Children's Health Study Diet and Air Pollution

Regional and Traffic-related Air Pollutants Are Associated With Consumption of a High Fat Diet Among Adolescents

This study is built upon the existing data in the Children's Health Study to examine the longitudinal association between childhood exposure to air pollutants and changes in diet among adolescents.

Inclusion Criteria:

• children of 4th and 7th grades were enrolled from 12 Southern California communities

Exclusion Criteria:

• extreme mean caloric intake (>5000 or < 500 kcal/day) or no demographic information