Author, as appears in the article.: Puig-Vallverdu, Julia; Romaguera, Dora; Fernandez-Barres, Silvia; Gignac, Florence; Ibarluzea, Jesus; Santa-Maria, Loreto; Llop, Sabrina; Gonzalez, Sandra; Vioque, Jesus; Riano-Galan, Isolina; Fernandez-Tardon, Guillermo; Pinar, Ariadna; Turner, Michelle C.; Arija, Victoria; Salas-Savado, Jordi; Vrijheid, Martine; Julvez, Jordi;
Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
URV's Author/s: Arija Val, Maria Victoria / Salas Salvadó, Jorge
Keywords: Ultra-processed food Risk Pregnancy Nutrition Neuropsychological development Neurodevelopment Industrialized foods Birth cohort
Abstract: Background & aims: Maternal ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption during pregnancy may adversely affect child development. Pregnancy sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (as a part of UPF) has been associated with child cognitive dysfunction in the general population, but the role of total UPF con-sumption during pregnancy in later child neuropsychological development has not been studied. We aimed to analyse the association between maternal pregnancy UPF consumption and child neurodevelopment.Methods: This study involved 2377 pairs of pregnant women and their offspring from a Spanish birth cohort (recruitment period: 2004e20 08, INMA project). Dietary intake was estimated using a 101-item food frequency questionnaire in the third trimester of pregnancy. The NOVA classification was used to identify UPFs, and their consumption was calculated as the daily percentage of total food consumption and categorized into tertiles. Child neuropsychological development was assessed with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (1-year-old, n = 1929) and the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (4-5 years-old, n = 1679). Potential associations were analysed using multivariate linear regression models adjusted for a range of family and child characteristics.Results: UPF consumption among pregnant women represented an average of 17% of the total diet, with sugar-sweetened beverages being the most commonly consumed type of UPF (40%). Children born to mothers in the highest tertile of UPF consumption (28.9% or more of the total diet) vs the lowest tertile (7.2% or less), showed a lower score (B =-2.29 [95% Confidence Interval (CI),-4.13;-0.46]) in the Verbal Scale of the McCarthy Scales (p-for-trend = 0.02). No associations were observed with the McCarthy Scales assessing other cognitive domains or with the Bayley Scales.Conclusion: Of the seven cognitive domains studied, we observed an adverse association between maternal consumption of UPF during pregnancy and verbal functioning in early childhood, which is an important cognitive domain of neurodevelopment.(c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Química Odontología Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar General medicine Farmacia Engenharias iv Enfermagem Educação física Critical care and intensive care medicine Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: jordi.salas@urv.cat victoria.arija@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2700-7459 0000-0002-1758-0975
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Clinical Nutrition. 41 (10): 2275-2283
APA: Puig-Vallverdu, Julia; Romaguera, Dora; Fernandez-Barres, Silvia; Gignac, Florence; Ibarluzea, Jesus; Santa-Maria, Loreto; Llop, Sabrina; Gonzalez, Sa (2022). The association between maternal ultra-processed food consumption during pregnancy and child neuropsychological development: A population-based birth cohort study. Clinical Nutrition, 41(10), 2275-2283. DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2022.08.005
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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