Socioeconomic Characteristics and the Home Food Environment Are Associated With Feeding Healthful and Discretionary Foods During the First Year of Life in the Pregnancy Eating Attributes Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Feeding of nutrient-poor foods begins in infancy and may adversely influence long-term food preferences.

Objective

To examine associations of socioeconomic characteristics, childbearing parent eating behaviors, and home food environment with infant feeding characteristics.

Design

Secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study from first trimester of pregnancy through 12 months postpartum.

Participants/setting

Participants with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies and no major chronic illness were enrolled from November 2014 through October 2016 from 2 university-based obstetrics clinics in Chapel Hill, NC. Of 458 enrolled, 321 were retained through 12 months postpartum.

Main outcome measures

Participants completed infant food frequency questi

SUBMITTER: Nansel TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11576486 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature