The role of child diets in the association between pre-pregnancy diets and childhood behavioural problems: a mediation analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the mediating role of childhood diets in the relationship between maternal diets prior to pregnancy and childhood behavioural disorders.

Design

The Healthy Eating Index score was constructed using a semi-quantitative and validated 101-item FFQ. We assessed childhood behavioural disorders using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Three dietary patterns were identified using principal component analysis to explore childhood dietary patterns (high fats and sugar; prudent diets; and diary). A causal inference framework for mediation analysis was used to quantify the mediating role of childhood diets in the association between pre-pregnancy diets and the risk of offspring behavioural problems.

Setting

This is a national representative popula

SUBMITTER: Gete DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991854 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature