Fruit Pouch Consumption and Dietary Patterns Related to BMIz at 18 Months of Age.

ABSTRACT: Concerns have been raised that an overconsumption of baby food fruit pouches among toddlers might increase the risk of childhood obesity. This study aimed to quantify the consumption of fruit pouches and other fruit containing food products and to explore potential correlations between the consumption of these products and body-mass index z-score (BMIz) at 18 months, taking other predictive factors into consideration. The study was based on 1499 children and one-month-recall food frequency questionnaires from the Swedish population-based birth cohort NorthPop. Anthropometric outcome data were retrieved from child health care records. BMIz at 18 months of age was correlated to maternal BMI and gestational weight gain and inversely correlated to fruit juice consumption and breastfeeding. BMI

SUBMITTER: Lundkvist E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8308466 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature