Nutritional Modulation of Associations between Prenatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Childhood Obesity: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may contribute to the development of childhood obesity and metabolic disorders. However, little is known about whether the maternal nutritional status during pregnancy can modulate these associations.

Objectives

The main objective was to characterize the joint associations and interactions between prenatal levels of POPs and nutrients on childhood obesity.

Methods

We used data from to the Spanish INfancia y Medio Ambiente-Environment and Childhood (INMA) birth cohort, on POPs and nutritional biomarkers measured in maternal blood collected at the first trimester of pregnancy and child anthropometric measurements at 7 years of age. Six organochlorine compounds (OCs) [dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, h

SUBMITTER: Cano-Sancho G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10019508 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature