Eating in the Absence of Hunger Is Related to Worse Diet Quality throughout Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scant research has examined whether laboratory assessments of eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) relates to long-term diet quality.

Objective

This study investigates the association of EAH with diet quality during pregnancy.

Design

Pregnancy diet quality was assessed using 24-hour diet recalls collected in each pregnancy trimester. EAH was assessed in a counterbalanced, crossover laboratory feeding substudy in which participants completed two free access eating occasions following a standardized meal during their second pregnancy trimester.

Participants/setting

Data were collected from March 2015 to December 2016 from a subsample of participants (n = 46) enrolled at ≤12 weeks' gestation in an observational, prospective cohort study (the Pregnancy

SUBMITTER: Lipsky LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7902382 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature