Maternal dietary patterns, breastfeeding duration, and their association with child cognitive function and head circumference growth: A prospective mother-child cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early life is a critical period for neurodevelopment, where factors such as maternal nutrition and breastfeeding duration significantly impact the growth of head circumference and cognitive development in children. Our study aimed to explore the associations between maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy, duration of breastfeeding, and their impacts on child head circumference and cognitive outcomes.

Methods and findings

Our study utilised data from the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood 2010 cohort, which enrolled 700 mother-child pairs between 2008 and 2010 with 86% clinical follow-up at age 10. Pregnancy dietary patterns, described as 'Varied' and 'Western,' were derived from food frequency questionnaires and used to model quantitative me

SUBMITTER: Horner D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11984734 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature