Fels Longitudinal Study (jan 11, 1930 – sep 11, 2018)

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"The Fels Longitudinal Study was founded in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1929 as part of the Fels Research Institute. At that time, the Fels Longitudinal Study was one of five similar studies that began in the United States between 1927 and 1932. The Fels Study was originally designed to study child growth and development. Physical growth, maturation and the psychological development of children were early key research areas of interest in the Fels Longitudinal Study. Later, the Fels Longitudinal Study focused on physical growth, skeletal maturation, body composition, risk factors for cardiovascular disease and obesity, skeletal and dental biology, longitudinal biostatistical analyses and aging. In 1977, the Fels Research Institute and the Fels Longitudinal Study became part of the Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine, residing first in the Department of Pediatrics and later within the later the Department of Community Health (now the Department of Population & Public Health Sciences) in its Lifespan Health Research Center. The Fels Longitudinal Study was the longest operational longitudinal study of its kind in the world." 1

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1. Wright State University. Fels Longitudinal Study Collection. Boonshoft School of Medicine. https://medicine.wright.edu/epidemiology-and-biostatistics/fels-longitudinal-study-collection. Updated December 23, 2019. Accessed April 19, 2021.

2. Wright State University. Yellow Springs News: Wright State shuts down Fels Study. Retirees Association. https://www.wright.edu/retirees-association/news/article/yellow-springs-news-wright-state-shuts-down-fels-study#:~:text=The%20Fels%20Longitudinal%20Study%2C%20the,decades%20has%20housed%20the%20study. Published October 11, 2018. Accessed April 19, 2021.

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