Socioecological correlates of parental lifestyle patterns during the antenatal period.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to explore socioecological correlates of parental lifestyle patterns during pregnancy, an overlooked topic except for individual socioeconomic factors.

Methods

We used data from three European mother-offspring cohorts participating in the EndObesity Consortium [EDEN, France, n = 1,962; Generation R, the Netherlands, n = 8,765; and Lifeways, Ireland, n = 932]. In previous principal component analysis, we identified two separate parental lifestyle patterns in pregnancy, characterised by: 1) "high parental smoking, poor-quality maternal diet, and low physical activity"; and 2) "low parental body mass index (BMI) and high gestational weight gain (GWG)". Applying the socioecological model, we conducted multivariable linear regression analyses on lifest

SUBMITTER: Lecorguille M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11827224 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature