Maternal, but not paternal or grandparental, caffeine intake is associated with childhood obesity and adiposity: The Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal caffeine intake is associated with adverse birth outcomes, but its long-term influence on offspring adiposity outcomes is not well studied. Furthermore, few studies have investigated paternal and grandparental caffeine intake in relation to offspring outcomes.

Objective

To study the associations between maternal, paternal, and grandparental caffeine intake and offspring childhood adiposity.

Design

The core study sample consists of 558 mother-child pairs from the Lifeways Study. Caffeine intake was derived from relevant food items in a self-administered validated food frequency questionnaire in early pregnancy. Children's body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) were measured at 5- and 9-y follow-up. Childhood overall and central obesity w

SUBMITTER: Chen LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7484488 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature