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Maternal healthful dietary patterns during peripregnancy and long-term overweight risk in their offspring

Authors: Susanne Strohmaier, Leonie Helen Bogl, A. Heather Eliassen, Jennifer Massa, Alison E. Field, Jorge E. Chavarro, Ming Ding, Rulla M. Tamimi, Eva Schernhammer

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 3/2020

Abstract

Adherence to healthful dietary patterns is associated with lower body mass index (BMI) in adults; however, whether maternal diet quality during peripregnancy is related to a lower overweight risk in the offspring remains to be elucidated. We investigated the associations between the Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI), Alternate Mediterranean Diet (aMED) and Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) during peripregnancy and offspring weight outcomes in a study including 2729 mother–child pairs from the Nurses’ Health Study II and offspring cohort Growing Up Today Study II. Children, 12–14 years at baseline were 21–23 years at the last follow-up. Overweight or obesity was defined according to International Obesity Task Force (< 18 years) and World-Health-Organization guidelines (18 + years). Maternal dietary patterns were calculated from food frequency questionnaires. Log-binomial models were used to estimate relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals. In models adjusted for sex, gestational age at delivery and maternal total energy intake, greater maternal adherence to aMED and DASH, but not AHEI, was associated with lower overweight risk in the offspring (RR_{Q5 vs Q1} = 0.82 [0.70–0.97] for aMED and 0.86 [0.72–1.04] for DASH, P for trend < 0.05 for both). After additional adjustment for maternal pre-pregnancy lifestyle factors and socio-demographic characteristic, none of the diet quality scores were significantly associated with offspring overweight risk. Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI did not modify any of these associations. In this population of generally well-nourished women, maternal healthful dietary patterns during the period surrounding pregnancy were not independently associated with offspring overweight risk at ages 12–23 years.

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Title: Maternal healthful dietary patterns during peripregnancy and long-term overweight risk in their offspring
Authors: Susanne Strohmaier
Leonie Helen Bogl
A. Heather Eliassen
Jennifer Massa
Alison E. Field
Jorge E. Chavarro
Ming Ding
Rulla M. Tamimi
Eva Schernhammer
Publication date: 01-03-2020
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Keywords: Obesity
Obesity
Overweight
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-020-00621-8

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