Maternal Eating Disorders, Body Mass Index, and Offspring Psychiatric Diagnoses.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Maternal nutrition is essential in fetal development; thus, disordered eating may influence this process and contribute to the development of offspring psychiatric disorders.

Objective

To investigate the association of maternal eating disorders and prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) with offspring psychiatric diagnoses.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study used Finnish national registers to assess all live births from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2014, with follow-up until December 31, 2021. The data analyses were conducted from September 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024.

Exposures

Maternal eating disorder and prepregnancy BMI.

Main outcomes and measures

Primary outcomes were 9 neurodevelopmental and psyc

SUBMITTER: Nilsson IAK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581519 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature