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Migraine Disorders Obesity
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is an association between migraine in children and certain patterns of appetite or eating behaviour that may lead to later obesity.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
"Bigal ME, Lipton RB, Holland PR, Goadsby PJ. Obesity, migraine, and chronic migraine: possible mechanisms of interaction. Neurology. 2007 May 22;68(21):1851-61. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000262045.11646.b1."; "17515549"; "Carnell S, Wardle J. Appetite and adiposity in children: evidence for a behavioral susceptibility theory of obesity. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jul;88(1):22-9. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/88.1.22."; "18614720"; "Pinhas-Hamiel O, Frumin K, Gabis L, Mazor-Aronovich K, Modan-Moses D, Reichman B, Lerner-Geva L. Headaches in overweight children and adolescents referred to a tertiary-care center in Israel. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Mar;16(3):659-63. doi: 10.1038/oby.2007.88. Epub 2008 Jan 17."; "18239560"
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The study is sponsored by Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust and is in collaboration with University of Liverpool.
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