Rush, EOliver, MPlank, LDTaylor, SIusitini, LJalili-Moghaddam, SSavila, FPaterson, JTautolo, E2017-03-242017-03-2420162016BMJ Open 2016;6:e013407. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-0134072044-6055https://hdl.handle.net/10292/10403This article profiles a birth cohort of Pacific children participating in an observational prospective study and describes the study protocol used at ages 14-15 years to investigate how food and activity patterns, metabolic risk and family and built environment are related to rates of physical growth of Pacific children.This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Birth cohortBody sizeFood habitsGrowthPhysical activityJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013407