Association between eating habits during adolescence and gestational diabetes: data from the Japan environment and children's study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

It is difficult to change pre-pregnancy eating habits, yet establishing healthy eating habits before pregnancy is important for preventing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This study aimed to examine whether the weight-loss behavior of avoiding between-meal and midnight snacking in teenagers is associated with a reduction in the risk of subsequent GDM.

Methods

We used a dataset (jecs-an-20,180,131) from a nationwide, prospective birth cohort study, the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS). We included 89,227 (85.7% of the total) mother-infant pairs with live births. Participants in their second or third trimester were asked to report their weight-loss behavior during their teenage years. The prevalence of GDM was investigated. Differences in maternal cha

SUBMITTER: Minami M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10638231 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature