Author, as appears in the article.: Fernández-Barrés S, Romaguera D, Valvi D, Martínez D, Vioque J, Navarrete-Muñoz EM, Amiano P, Gonzalez-Palacios S, Guxens M, Pereda E, Riaño I, Tardón A, Iñiguez C, Arija V, Sunyer J, Vrijheid M, INMA Project

Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

URV's Author/s: Arija Val, Maria Victoria

Keywords: Pregnancy Mediterranean diet Childhood obesity Abdominal obesity mediterranean diet childhood obesity abdominal obesity

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Animal models have suggested that maternal diet quality may reduce offspring obesity risk regardless of maternal body weight; however, evidence from human studies is scarce. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate associations between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) during pregnancy and childhood overweight and abdominal obesity risk at 4 years of age. METHODS: We analysed 1827 mother-child pairs from the Spanish 'Infancia y Medio Ambiente' cohort study, recruited between 2003 and 2008. Diet was assessed during pregnancy using a food frequency questionnaire and MD adherence by the relative Mediterranean diet score (rMED). Overweight (including obesity) was defined as an age-specific and sex-specific body mass index ≥85th percentile (World Health Organization referent), and abdominal obesity as a waist circumference (WC) >90th percentile. Multivariate adjusted linear and logistic regression models were used to evaluate associations between pregnancy rMED and offspring overweight and abdominal obesity. RESULT: There was no association between rMED and body mass index z-score, whereas there was a significant association between higher adherence to MD and lower WC (β of high vs. low rMED: -0.62 cm; 95% confidence interval: -1.10, -0.14 cm, P for trend = 0.009). CONCLUSION: Pregnancy adherence to the MD was not associated with childhood overweight risk, but it was associated with lower WC, a marker of abdominal obesity.

Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Public health, environmental and occupational health Pediatrics, perinatology and child health Pediatrics Nutrition and dietetics Nutrição Medicina ii Medicina i Health policy General medicine Engenharias iv Ciências biológicas i

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 20476302

Author's mail: victoria.arija@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-1758-0975

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

Link to the original source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ijpo.12092

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Pediatric Obesity. 11 (6): 491-499

APA: Fernández-Barrés S, Romaguera D, Valvi D, Martínez D, Vioque J, Navarrete-Muñoz EM, Amiano P, Gonzalez-Palacios S, Guxens M, Pereda E, Riaño I, Tardón (2016). Mediterranean dietary pattern in pregnant women and offspring risk of overweight and abdominal obesity in early childhood: the INMA birth cohort study. Pediatric Obesity, 11(6), 491-499. DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12092

Article's DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12092

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2016

Publication Type: Journal Publications