Higher Maternal Diet Quality during Pregnancy and Lactation Is Associated with Lower Infant Weight-For-Length, Body Fat Percent, and Fat Mass in Early Postnatal Life

Muna J Tahir; Jacob L Haapala; Laurie P Foster; Katy M Duncan; April M Teague; Elyse O Kharbanda; Patricia M McGovern; Kara M Whitaker; Kathleen M Rasmussen; David A Fields; David R Jacobs Jr; Lisa J Harnack; Ellen W Demerath

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Higher Maternal Diet Quality during Pregnancy and Lactation Is Associated with Lower Infant Weight-For-Length, Body Fat Percent, and Fat Mass in Early Postnatal Life

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Higher Maternal Diet Quality during Pregnancy and Lactation Is Associated with Lower Infant Weight-For-Length, Body Fat Percent, and Fat Mass in Early Postnatal Life

Muna J Tahir, Jacob L Haapala, Laurie P Foster, Katy M Duncan, April M Teague, Elyse O Kharbanda, Patricia M McGovern, Kara M Whitaker, Kathleen M Rasmussen, David A Fields, …

Nutrients, Vol.11(3), p.632

03/15/2019

DOI: 10.3390/nu11030632

PMCID: PMC6471184

PMID: 30875943

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Maternal pregnancy nutrition influences fetal growth. Evidence is limited, however, on the relationship of maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation on infant postnatal growth and adiposity. Our purpose was to examine associations between maternal diet quality during pregnancy and lactation with offspring growth and body composition from birth to six months. Maternal diet quality was serially assessed in pregnancy and at one and three months postpartum, using the Healthy Eating Index⁻2015 in a cohort of 354 fully breastfeeding mother⁻infant dyads. Infant length-for-age (LAZ), weight-for-age (WAZ), and weight-for-length (WLZ) Z-scores were assessed at birth, one, three, and six months. Infant body fat percent (BF%), fat mass (FM), and fat-free mass (FFM) were measured at six months using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Higher maternal diet quality from pregnancy through three months postpartum was associated with lower infant WLZ from birth to six months ( = 0.02) and BF% at six months ( ≤ 0.05). Higher maternal diet quality at one and three months postpartum was also associated with lower infant FM at six months ( < 0.01). In summary, maternal diet quality during pregnancy and lactation was inversely associated with infant relative weight and adiposity in early postnatal life. Additional research is needed to explore whether associations persist across the life course.

Pregnancy

Adiposity - physiology

Adult

Body Composition - physiology

Body Mass Index

Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data

Child Development - physiology

Diet - standards

Diet - statistics & numerical data

Female

Humans

Infant

Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology

Infant, Newborn

Lactation - physiology

Male

Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology

Middle Aged

Prospective Studies

Young Adult

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Title: Subtitle: Higher Maternal Diet Quality during Pregnancy and Lactation Is Associated with Lower Infant Weight-For-Length, Body Fat Percent, and Fat Mass in Early Postnatal Life
Creators: Muna J Tahir - University of Minnesota
Jacob L Haapala - University of Minnesota
Laurie P Foster - University of Minnesota
Katy M Duncan - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
April M Teague - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Elyse O Kharbanda - HealthPartners
Patricia M McGovern - University of Minnesota
Kara M Whitaker - University of Iowa
Kathleen M Rasmussen - Cornell University
David A Fields - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
David R Jacobs Jr - University of Minnesota
Lisa J Harnack - University of Minnesota
Ellen W Demerath - University of Minnesota
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Nutrients, Vol.11(3), p.632
DOI: 10.3390/nu11030632
PMID: 30875943
PMCID: PMC6471184
NLM abbreviation: Nutrients
ISSN: 2072-6643
eISSN: 2072-6643
Grant note: T32HL007779 / NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007779 / NHLBI NIH HHS R01HD080444 / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Language: English
Date published: 03/15/2019
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
Record Identifier: 9984245665802771

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