Using a Microsimulation of Energy Balance to Explore the Influence of Prenatal Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake on Child BMI.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Experiments with animals suggest that high sugar consumption during pregnancy may predispose offspring to obesity, but few human studies have examined this relationship. This study explored the association between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) during pregnancy and caloric intake through childhood.

Methods

Using cohort data on child weight, height, and physical activity levels, a lab-validated microsimulation model of energy balance was employed to infer the caloric intake of children through age 11 years. Random effects models were then employed to explore the relationships between prenatal maternal consumption and inferred caloric intake during childhood.

Results

An additional daily serving of SSBs during the second trimester of pregna

SUBMITTER: Kasman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7990697 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature