Author, as appears in the article.: Díaz-López, A; Espelt, LR; Abajo, S; Arija, V
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: Arija Val, Maria Victoria / Díaz López, Andres
Keywords: Trajectories Risk Questionnaire Pregnancy Mediterranean diet Maternal diet Lifestyles Index Fetal-growth Eclipses Childhood overweight Childhood obesity Birth Abdominal obesity
Abstract: The study of dietary patterns during pregnancy may be of great importance for determining the potential risk of obesity in childhood. We assessed the prospective association between maternal adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) during pregnancy and risk of childhood overweight/obesity at 4 years. This prospective analysis involved 272 mother-child pairs from the ECLIPSES study. Maternal diet during pregnancy was assessed using a validated 45-item food-frequency questionnaire and a relative whole-pregnancy MedDiet score (rMedDiet) was calculated. The children's weight and height were measured at the age of 4. Primary outcome was childhood overweight/obesity based on age- and-sex-specific BMI z-score > 85th percentile using the WHO child growth standards. Mean maternal rMedDiet score in pregnancy was 9.8 (+/- standard deviation 2.3) and 25.7% of the children were overweight/obese. Significant differences in anthropometric measurements (weight, height, and BMI) were found according to sex, with higher scores for boys. After controlling for potential confounders, greater maternal adherence to rMedDiet during pregnancy was associated with a lower risk of childhood overweight/obesity, highest vs. lowest quartile (OR = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.12-0.90; p-trend 0.037). Similar trends regarding this association (per 1-point increase rMedDiet score) were observed after stratification by advanced maternal age, maternal early pregnancy BMI, education, socioeconomic status, smoking, and gestational weight gain. Our findings suggest that closer adherence to the MedDiet during pregnancy may protect against the risk of offspring overweight/obesity at 4 years. Further research is needed to explore whether associations persist across the life course.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Food science Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: andres.diaz@urv.cat victoria.arija@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-7500-5629 0000-0002-1758-0975
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/4/532
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Nutrients. 16 (4): 532-
APA: Díaz-López, A; Espelt, LR; Abajo, S; Arija, V (2024). Close Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet during Pregnancy Decreases Childhood Overweight/Obesity: A Prospective Study. Nutrients, 16(4), 532-. DOI: 10.3390/nu16040532
Article's DOI: 10.3390/nu16040532
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2024
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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