Maternal diet quality and associations with body composition and diet quality of preschool children: A longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nutrition, associated with nutritional status, influences the growth of children. This study aimed to identify the association between maternal diet quality and the diet and body composition of their children.

Methods

This is a prospective longitudinal study with mother-child pairs. To assess diet quality, nutritional status, and socioeconomic data, two interviews in the children's first and third months of life (2011-2016) and one interview when children were of preschool age (2017-2019) were performed. Diet quality was assessed based on daily food consumption and frequency, considering: 1) food groups, based on the Brazilian food pyramid; 2) level of processing, according to the NOVA classification (unprocessed and/or minimally processed foods, processed foods a

SUBMITTER: de Bona Coradi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10174545 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature