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Associations of maternal diet with infant adiposity at birth, 6 months and 12 months.
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- Maternal Diet Quality in Pregnancy and Human Milk Extracellular Vesicle and Particle microRNA.Epigenetics reports · 2025Article
- Association of healthy eating index (HEI), alternative healthy eating index (AHEI) with antioxidant capacity of maternal breast milk and infant's urine: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Relationships of pregnancy and postpartum diet quality with offspring birth weight and weight status through 12 months.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
- Food security and diet quality in a racially diverse cohort of postpartum women in the USA.The British journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Maternal Dietary Quality and Dietary Inflammation Associations with Offspring Growth, Placental Development, and DNA Methylation.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Maternal Dietary Intake of Total Fat, Saturated Fat, and Added Sugar Is Associated with Infant Adiposity and Weight Status at 6 mo of Age.The Journal of nutrition · 2021Observational
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- Determinants of Infant Adiposity across the First 6 Months of Life: Evidence from the Baby-bod study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Associations of Maternal Consumption of Sugary Beverages in Pregnancy With Infant Weight Status.Academic pediatricsArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess associations between maternal prenatal diet quality and infant adiposity.
designThe design was a prospective birth cohort.
settingWe used data from the Nurture study, a cohort of women and their infants residing in the southeastern USA. PARTICIPANTS AND EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT: Between 2013 and 2015, we enrolled 860 women between 20 and 36 weeks' gestation. After reconsenting at delivery and excluding women with implausible calorie intakes, we measured dietary intake using the Block food frequency questionnaire, and assessed diet quality using a modified Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010 (AHEI-2010), which assessed intake of 10 food categories, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts/legumes, fats, meats, beverages and sodium (excluding alcohol). OUTCOMES: We assessed birth weight for gestational age z-score, small and large for gestational age, low birth weight and macrosomia. Outcomes at 6 and 12 months were weight-for-length z-score, sum of subscapular and triceps skinfold thickness (SS+TR) and subscapular-to-triceps skinfold ratio (SS:TR).
resultsAmong mothers, 70.2% were black and 20.9% were white; less than half (45.2%) reported having a high school diploma or less. Among infants, 8.7% were low birth weight and 8.6% were small for gestational age. Unadjusted estimates showed that a higher AHEI-2010 score, was associated with a higher birth weight for gestational z-score (β=0.01; 95% CI 0.002 to 0.02; p=0.02) and a greater likelihood of macrosomia (OR=1.04; 95% CI 1.004 to 1.09; p=0.03). After adjustment, maternal diet quality was not associated with infant adiposity at birth, 6 or 12 months.
conclusionsAlthough poor maternal diet quality during pregnancy was not associated with infant adiposity in our study, maternal diet during pregnancy may still be an important and modifiable factor of public health importance.
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