Associations of ultra-processed food intake with maternal weight change and cardiometabolic health and infant growth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive intake of ultra-processed foods, formulated from substances extracted from foods or derived from food constituents, may be a modifiable behavioral risk factor for adverse maternal and infant health outcomes. Prior work has predominately examined health correlates of maternal ultra-processed food intake in populations with substantially lower ultra-processed food intake compared to the US population. This longitudinal study investigated relations of ultra-processed food intake with maternal weight change and cardiometabolic health and infant growth in a US cohort.

Methods

Mothers in the Pregnancy Eating Attributes Study were enrolled at ≤12 weeks gestation and completed multiple 24-Hour Dietary Recalls within six visit windows through one-year postpartum

SUBMITTER: Cummings JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9137185 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature