• Aims of the study
• Design
• Investigators
• Status
• Unit role
• Funding
• Data sharing

Aims of the study

The aims of the SPEEDY study are to:

• examine physical activity levels and dietary behaviour in a large population-based sample of British 9–10 year old children, and how they change over the transition to secondary school
• investigate the individual and collective factors associated with (change in) these behaviours

Design

Longitudinal observational study.

Investigators

Principal investigators

Dr Esther van Sluijs  – MRC Epidemiology Unit

Professor Simon Griffin  – MRC Epidemiology Unit

Co-investigators

Professor Aedin Cassidy  – University of East Anglia
Dr Kirsten Corder  – MRC Epidemiology Unit
Professor Andy Jones – University of East Anglia

Status

Field work is completed, on-going processing and data analysis work is focussed on longitudinal and SPEEDY-3 data (linking GPS, accelerometer and GIS data; analysis of dietary data; statistical analysis of determinants of change in physical activity and dietary behaviour).

Unit role

Unit led study conducted in collaboration with the School of Medicine, University of East Anglia. The Unit is responsible for data management.

Funding

A Unit held grant from the National Prevention Research Initiative funded the baseline. MRC core funding for 1 and 4 year follow-ups.

Data sharing

SPEEDY data is available upon request. Please see our Data Sharing portal for more information.

SPEEDY data is also included in the International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD).