Dietary patterns and their associations with gestational weight gain in the United Arab Emirates: results from the MISC cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suboptimum weight gain during pregnancy may carry long term health consequences for the infant or mother. Nutritional imbalances are well recognized as a determinant of gestational weight gain. Few studies examined the effect of dietary patterns on gestational weight gain, especially in countries undergoing nutrition transition, such as the United Arab Emirates.

Objectives

To characterize dietary patterns among pregnant women living in the UAE and examine their associations with gestational weight gain and gestational weight rate.

Methodology

Data were drawn from the Mother-Infant Study Cohort, a two-year prospective cohort study of pregnant women living in the United Arab Emirates, recruited during their third trimester (n = 242). Weight gain during pregna

SUBMITTER: Itani L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7175557 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature