title: The Hispanic Community Children's Health Study/Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth): design, objectives, and procedures.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article describes the design and methodology of the Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth) study, a multicenter study of Hispanic/Latino children living in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants are children aged 8-16 years whose parents/legal guardians participated in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, a large community-based cohort study of Hispanic/Latino adults living in the United States.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between 2012 and 2014, 1600 children recruited from four field centers (Bronx, Chicago, Miami, and San Diego) will undergo a 3.5-hour examination to collect biospecimens, obtain anthropometric measures, blood pressure, fitness level, dietary intake, and physical activity. Psychosocial and environmental characteristics are assessed by questionnaire. Primary study aims are to examine associations of youth's lifestyle behaviors and cardiometabolic risk factors with (1) youth's acculturation and parent-child differences in acculturation; (2) parenting strategies, family behaviors, and parental health behaviors; and (3) youth's psychosocial functioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SOL Youth will determine the prevalence and distribution of obesity-promoting lifestyle behaviors, cardiometabolic risk profiles, and novel biomarkers associated with obesity and insulin resistance. This article describes the study methodology and considers advantages and limitations of embedding a cohort of children within a well-characterized cohort of adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Electronic address: carmen.isasi@einstein.yu.edu.
authors.forename: Carmen R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Isasi
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Mercedes R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Carnethon
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Guadalupe X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Elva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arredondo
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, NC.
authors.forename: Shrikant I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Bangdiwala
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Martha L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Daviglus
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Delamater
authors.affiliation: Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Eckfeldt
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, NC.
authors.forename: Krista
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Perreira
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Himes
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Horn
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D018579:Patient Selection; D012107:Research Design; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: Cardiometabolic risk; Children; Obesity