Maternal diet in pregnancy is associated with differences in child body mass index trajectories from birth to adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nutrition in pregnancy and accelerated childhood growth are important predictors of obesity risk. Yet, it is unknown which dietary patterns in pregnancy are associated with accelerated growth and whether there are specific periods from birth to adolescence that are most sensitive to these associations.

Objectives

To examine the extent to which 3 dietary indices in pregnancy [Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII), Alternate Healthy Eating Index for Pregnancy (AHEI-P), and Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS)] are associated with child BMI z-score (BMI-z) trajectories from birth to adolescence.

Methods

We examined 1459 mother-child dyads from Project Viva that had FFQ data in pregnancy and ≥3 child BMI-z measurements between birth and adolescence. We used linear spline

SUBMITTER: Monthe-Dreze C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8023853 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature