The association between maternal fruit consumption before and during pregnancy and fetal growth: The Lanzhou birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between maternal fruit consumption and fetal growth remains inconsistent. The current study aimed to determine whether maternal fruit consumption was associated with low birth weight (LBW) or small for gestational age (SGA) babies.

Methods

A large birth cohort study was conducted in Lanzhou, China, from 2010 to 2012 and included 10,076 pregnant women at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimester of pregnancy for analysis. Fruit consumption in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimester of pregnancy was measured by a self-designed food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and divided into three groups: 1) inadequate fruit consumption: <200 g/d for the1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimester; 2) adequate fruit consumption: 200-350 g/d for the 1st trimester or 200-400 g/d for the 2nd and 3rd t

SUBMITTER: Xu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11337728 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature