The National Children's Study revealed that it has given out new contracts to more than 22 study centers across United States to find whether environment and genetic factors play a role in the number of health ailments currently faced by children in the country. 

A massive sample of 100,000 children with ages ranging right from conception to 21 years old will be studied by under the project as the search goes on for plausible cure and prevention techniques for ailments such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease, autism and birth defects.

Duane Alexander, the Director of the NIH's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, stated that the project will not take not only the personal eating habits into account, factors such as pollution, exposure to chemicals and other genetic factors will also be investigated for their role in the population's health.

Revealing that the new study centers were both from urban and rural areas, Alexander said that a lot of research had gone into the selection process itself with emphasis given on the centers' ability to build a wide enough community networks from which the required sample would be chosen along with the ability to collect the required data from the sample and protect the privacy of those involved in the study.

The step was taken following the appropriation of $69 million by the Congress as a part of NIH's attempts to investigate the ailments affecting children in the country.

"Today's announcement represents a milestone for the National Children's Study", Alexander said, "The addition of new study centers will move the study closer to its goal of recruiting more than 100,000 children representative of the entire population of American children."

Located in 20 states across the country, with 15 centers in the eastern region and 11 from the west, Alexander stated that the project will eventually involve over 105 study centers across the nation. All the selected centers have been asked to launch the preparations for the study and hire the necessary staff required.

More information on the project can be found at National Children's Study website . 

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