Relationships between consumption of ultra-processed foods, gestational weight gain and neonatal outcomes in a sample of US pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An increasingly large share of diet comes from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), which are assemblages of food substances designed to create durable, convenient and palatable ready-to-eat products. There is increasing evidence that high UPF consumption is indicative of poor diet and is associated with obesity and metabolic disorders. This study sought to examine the relationship between percent of energy intake from ultra-processed foods (PEI-UPF) during pregnancy and maternal gestational weight gain, maternal lipids and glycemia, and neonatal body composition. We also compared the PEI-UPF indicator against the US government's Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010).

Methods

Data were used from a longitudinal study performed in 2013-2014 at the Women's Health Center and

SUBMITTER: Rohatgi KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5723430 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature