The characterisation of overweight and obese women who are under reporting energy intake during pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Misreporting of energy intake is common and can contribute to biased estimates of the relationship between diet and disease. Energy intake misreporting is poorly understood in pregnancy and there is limited research assessing characteristics of women who misreport energy intake or changes in misreporting of energy intake across pregnancy.

Methods

An observational study in n = 945 overweight or obese pregnant women receiving standard antenatal care who participated in the LIMIT randomised trial. Diet, physical activity, psychological factors, body image satisfaction and dieting behaviour were assessed at trial entry (10-20 weeks gestation) and 36 weeks gestation. Energy misreporting status was assessed through the ratio of daily energy intake over basal metabolic r

SUBMITTER: Moran LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5984749 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature