To optimize surveillance and measurement of early child health by adding questions on diet, feeding practices, screen-time, and/or activity to the National Survey of Children’s Health, and assessing the availability of training products or tools for early care and education or home visiting settings on appropriate measurement of key child behaviors and healthy growth.

To investigate the association of prenatal exposure phthalates with DNA methylation patterns and childhood obesity using novel epigenomic approaches.

To measure biomarkers of environmental contaminants in participants recruited as part of SEARCH (Search for Diabetes in Youth study).