A Longitudinal Study of Road Traffic Noise and Body Mass Index Trajectories from Birth to 8 Years

Weyde, Kjell Vegard Fjeldheim; Krog, Norun Hjertager; Oftedal, Bente; Magnus, Per; White, Richard A.; Stansfeld, Stephen; Øverland, Simon; Aasvang, Gunn Marit

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“…The results of the present study are in line with most previous studies, which rather consistently found road traffic noise to be associated with markers of adiposity 2–4 9–13. However, our study population of women during and after pregnancy (mean age of 30 years) differs from populations used in previous studies, which focused on either children12 13 or older populations 2–4 9–11.…”

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“…Studies of both cross-sectional and longitudinal designs have rather consistently found transportation noise to increase waist circumference and obesity among adults, whereas results for body mass index (BMI) are less consistent 2–4 9–11. Two recent studies have moreover indicated that traffic noise may affect adiposity in children 12 13. Exposure to transportation noise is believed harmful through a stress reaction, with activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis, leading to a rise in stress hormones, vascular dysfunction and metabolic abnormalities such as impaired glucose tolerance 14–18.…”

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Exposure to traffic noise and gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention: a cohort study

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Occup Environ Med

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ObjectivesTransportation noise has been associated with markers of obesity. We aimed to investigate whether road traffic and railway noise were associated with weight gain during and after pregnancy.MethodsAmong the women participating in the Danish National Birth Cohort, 74 065 reported on weight before and during the pregnancy (gestational week 30) and 52 661 reported on weight before and 18 months after pregnancy. Residential address history from conception to 18 months after pregnancy was obtained in national registers, and road traffic and railway noise were modelled for all addresses. Associations between noise and gestational weight gain (GWG) and postpartum weight retention (PPWR) were analysed using the linear and log-binomial regression.ResultsA 10 dB(A) higher road traffic noise was associated with an increase in GWG of 3.8 g/week (95% CI 2.3 to 5.3) and PPWR of 0.09 kg (95% CI 0.02 to 0.16). For PPWR, this association seemed confined to women who were overweight (0.17 kg, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.32) or obese (0.49 kg, 95% CI 0.26 to 0.73) before pregnancy. Further adjustment by nitrogen dioxide reduced GWG risk estimates and slightly increased PPWR risk estimates. Railway noise ≥65 dB(A) was associated with an increase in GWG of 4.5 g/week (95% CI −2.7 to 11.6) and PPWR of 0.26 kg (95% CI −0.09 to 0.60) compared with levels <55 dB(A).ConclusionsOur findings suggest that road traffic noise is associated with weight gain during and after the pregnancy, which adds to the literature linking transportation noise to adiposity.

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Exposure to traffic noise and gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention: a cohort study

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Ketzel

et al. 2019

Occup Environ Med

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“…1. Full text review yielded 24 publications for inclusion into the systematic review and meta-analyses [35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58]. The list of excluded studies with reasons for exclusion is available in SI 5.…”

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“…We performed two separate meta-analyses for BMI and body fat datasets. Table 1 altogether with SI 6 illustrate the characteristics of the 19 included studies [35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,53,55,56,58]. Thirteen studies included a relatively similar amount of males and females.…”

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Systematic review and meta-analysis on the relationship between prenatal stress and metabolic syndrome intermediate phenotypes

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Background Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) can be considered as a consequence of a complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors and can be influenced by changes in the environment early in life. Prenatal stress (PS) exposure likely represents an important adverse intrauterine environment that may impact the biology of the developing organism. The aim of this study was to quantitatively synthesize the available data on the effects of PS on offspring's obesity, estimated indirectly by body mass index (BMI) and body fat; blood pressure, plasma glucose and blood lipid concentrations (triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol).

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“…It has been discussed that the living environment including noise exposure and an unsecure living environment influence weight development in adults [ 27 – 29 ]. Since data on the effects of such stressors on children is sparse [ 30 ] we included not only the socioeconomic status of the study participants, but also factors characterizing their living environment such as traffic or residential noise in our analysis.…”

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Early maternal perceived stress and children’s BMI: longitudinal impact and influencing factors

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BackgroundMaternal perceived stress has been discussed to contribute to the development of childhood overweight. Our aim was to investigate the longitudinal relationship of early maternal perceived stress and BMI z-scores in preschool children (≤ five years).MethodsA longitudinal analysis was conducted in 498 mother-child pairs of the German prospective birth cohort LINA with information on maternal perceived stress during pregnancy, one and two years after birth. BMI z-scores were based on annual measurements of children’s weight/height and calculated based on WHO reference data. General estimation equations were applied to evaluate the impact of maternal stress on children’s longitudinal BMI z-scores. Potential stressors contributing to the perceived stress of the mother were assessed by linear regression models. Using mediation analyses we evaluated the relationship between stressors, maternal perceived stress, and children’s BMI z-score development.ResultsPostnatal maternal stress during the first year after birth had a positive longitudinal relationship with children’s BMI z-scores up to the age of five years. Gender-stratified analyses revealed that only girls showed this positive association while boy’s BMI z-scores were unaffected by maternal stress. We identified three neighborhood strains and two socio-demographic factors, which contributed to the maternal perceived stress level. Stressors themselves did not directly affect girl’s BMI z-scores but rather mediated their effect through the perceived stress level.ConclusionsWhile different stressors contribute to maternal stress, the perceived stress level - rather than the stressors themselves - is strongly positively associated with BMI z-score development in girls.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-018-6110-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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A Longitudinal Study of Road Traffic Noise and Body Mass Index Trajectories from Birth to 8 Years

Cited by 18 publications

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Exposure to traffic noise and gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention: a cohort study

Exposure to traffic noise and gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention: a cohort study

Systematic review and meta-analysis on the relationship between prenatal stress and metabolic syndrome intermediate phenotypes

Early maternal perceived stress and children’s BMI: longitudinal impact and influencing factors

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