Assessing maternal dietary quality in early pregnancy in the programming of intrauterine fetal growth
Assessing maternal dietary quality in early pregnancy in the programming of intrauterine fetal growth
Date
2020-04
Authors
Kennedy, R.A.
Reynolds, C.M.E.
O’Malley, E.G.
Turner, M.J.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Abstract
It is established globally that a healthy maternal diet during pregnancy is important in programming fetal growth and development. The assessment of maternal dietary intake, however, is challenging both in clinical practice and in research studies. The aim of this study was to compare three individual dietary quality scores in early pregnancy based on European, American and World Health Organization (WHO) nutrient recommendations for the identification of suboptimal fetal growth.
Description
Women were recruited conveniently at their first antenatal hospital visit and completed a supervised 4-day diet history. The results were dichotomized into those women meeting and those not meeting macronutrient and micronutrient recommendations from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), WHO and the Institute of Medicine (USA). Composite nutrient scores were derived. The relation between the three individual dietary scores in early pregnancy and subsequent birthweight and small-for-gestational-age was compared using regression analyses.
Keywords
Pregnancy,
Diet
Citation
Kennedy, RAK, Reynolds, CME, O’Malley, EG, Turner, MJ. Assessing maternal dietary quality in early pregnancy in the programming of intrauterine fetal growth. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2020; 99: 510– 517. https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.13768