Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and childhood growth and overweight: results from a large Norwegian prospective observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To study the association between maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and the child's weight gain and overweight risk up to 8 years. DESIGN:Prospective nationwide pregnancy cohort. SETTING:The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 50 943 mothers recruited from 2002 to 2008 and their children, after singleton pregnancies, with information about average caffeine intake assessed at mid-pregnancy. OUTCOME MEASURE:Child's body size information at 11 age points from 6 weeks to 8 years. We defined excess growth in infancy as a WHO weight gain z-score of >0.67 from birth to age 1 year, and overweight according to the International Obesity Task Force. We used a growth model to assess individual growth trajectories. RESULTS:Compared with pregnant women with

SUBMITTER: Papadopoulou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914784 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature