Canadian Pediatric Weight Management Registry

To our new and current participants...

 

A Few Reminders:

• Please make sure you update us with any phone number or address changes 

• Your participation continues whether or not you are still enrolled in the clinic 

  • We would still love to have you as part of the study!

 

 

Study Components:

• Weight management registry

  • This involves a baseline questionnaire and follow-up questionnaires at 6 months and then annually at 1, 2 and 3 years

  • These questionnaires help us understand how they are doing in reaching their goals in the weight management program

 

• Fasting blood work and DNA sample (for sub-study participants)

  • We are collecting blood samples in order to test for specific markers of some health conditions that occur later in life

  • The DNA sample will be used only to test for specific genes that we think are related to the development of cardiovascular or metabolic conditions 

 

• cIMT (for sub-study participants)

  • ​We are using an ultrasound machine to measure the thickness of a blood vessel in the neck, called the carotid artery. We want to find out if this thickness can predict atherosclerosis (when your blood vessels harden and thicken) later in life

  • Ultrasound uses harmless sound waves to make a real-time image of the blood vessel. Kids love to see their own circulatory system in motion on the screen!