Early Pregnancy Cravings, Dietary Intake, and Development of Abnormal Glucose Tolerance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the relationships between pregnancy cravings, maternal diet, and development of abnormal glucose tolerance.

Objectives

We examined relationships of pregnancy cravings with dietary intake and risk of developing isolated hyperglycemia (IH), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), or gestational diabetes (GDM) later in pregnancy.

Design/setting

Among 2,022 mothers in Project Viva, a prospective birth cohort recruited from medical practices in eastern Massachusetts between 1999 and 2002, we assessed type of pregnancy craving based on self-report at mean gestation of 10.9 weeks.

Main outcome measures

The outcomes were cross-sectional dietary intake from a food frequency questionnaire and incident IH, IGT, or GDM determined by glucose toler

SUBMITTER: Farland LV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4663162 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature