Prenatal Diet and Infant Growth From Birth to Age 24 Months.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Being born either small for gestational age (SGA) or large for gestational age (LGA) and experiencing rapid or slow growth after birth are associated with later-life obesity. Understanding the associations of dietary quality during pregnancy with infant growth may inform obesity prevention strategies.

Objective

To evaluate the associations of prenatal dietary quality according to the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) and the Empirical Dietary Inflammatory Pattern (EDIP) with infant size at birth and infant growth from birth to age 24 months.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from birthing parent-child dyads in 8 cohorts participating in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes program between 2007 and 2021. Data were analyz

SUBMITTER: Hedderson MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11582932 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature