Maternal night-eating pattern and glucose tolerance during pregnancy: study protocol for a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Coordinating eating schedules with day-night cycles has been shown to improve glucose regulation in adults, but its association with gestational glycaemia is less clear. A better understanding on how eating time can influence glucose levels in pregnancy may improve strategies for gestational glycaemic control. This study aims to examine the association of maternal night-eating pattern with glucose tolerance in the second trimester of pregnancy, and to investigate how lifestyle factors may be related to night-eating pattern.

Methods and analysis

This is an observational longitudinal study that targets to recruit 200 pregnant women at 18-24 weeks' gestation from the KK Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore. Data collection includes sociodemographics, lifest

SUBMITTER: Loy SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797284 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature