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A basis-breaking national study that would track the wellness of children from nascence to machismo may not happen afterward all.

Researchers hoped data gained from the study, which was gear up to start this year, could offering insights almost "how children can grow up healthy and how existence a healthy kid tin can lead to beingness a healthy adult." The written report would follow 100,000 children from birth to historic period 21. Women who were pregnant or likely to be pregnant were recruited in different regions.

Congress ordered the National Children's Report in 2000, to gather data that could lead to strategies about how to prevent childhood illnesses like asthma, autism and attention arrears disorder. Until now, the researchers were working on design and recruitment strategies. Merely the 21-yr longitudinal written report has been put on agree over concerns about its costs and whether the inquiry methods planned are outdated, Kaiser Health News reports.

In July, an Institute of Medicine report raised questions about whether the report should move forward equally information technology's currently designed.

A National Institutes of Health working grouping is investigating these issues and will recommend whether to proceed with the study, Kaiser Wellness News reports.

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