Association between fruit and vegetable consumption and birth weight: A prospective study among 43,585 Danish women

Objective: To develop a basis for building models that can examine the impact of organic food (OF) choices on maternal and offspring health, including identification of factors associated with OF consumption and underlying dietary patterns. Design: Dietary intake was collected for the preceding month from an FFQ in mid-pregnancy and information on sociodemographic characteristics was collected from telephone interviews during pregnancy. From a question about OF consumption in the FFQ, including six food categories, an OF preference index was calculated. Latent variables that captured the variability in OF choices in relation to dietary intake were defined.

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“…(yes, no). Most of these variables have been described and used in earlier studies based on the DNBC (31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40) .…”

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Sociodemographic characteristics and food habits of organic consumers – a study from the Danish National Birth Cohort

Petersen

Rasmussen

Strøm

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

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“…As one modifiable risk factor (3) , adequate maternal nutritional status during pregnancy has long been accepted as vital to fetal growth via the creation of an optimal intra-uterine environment. Until recently, many epidemiological studies have examined the relationship between fetal growth outcomes and the maternal intake of food groups and nutrients, including fruits and vegetables (4,5) , fish (6,7) , dairy products (8,9) , protein (10 -12) , carbohydrate (10 -12) , fatty acids (13,14) , vitamins (9,15 -18) and glycaemic index (19) . However, no clear relationship has yet been established.…”

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Maternal dietary patterns in pregnancy and fetal growth in Japan: the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study

et al. 2011

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Maternal nutritional status during pregnancy is an important determinant of fetal growth. Although the effects of several nutrients and foods have been well examined, little is known about the relationship of overall maternal diet in pregnancy to fetal growth, particularly in nonWestern populations. We prospectively examined the relationship of maternal dietary patterns in pregnancy to neonatal anthropometric measurements at birth and risk of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth among 803 Japanese women with live-born, singleton, term deliveries. Maternal diet in pregnancy was assessed using a validated, self-administered diet history questionnaire. Dietary patterns from thirty-three predefined food groups (g/4184 kJ) were extracted by cluster analysis. The following three dietary patterns were identified: the 'meat and eggs' (n 326), 'wheat products', with a relatively high intake of bread, confectioneries and soft drinks (n 303), and 'rice, fish and vegetables' (n 174) patterns. After adjustment for potential confounders, women in the 'wheat products' pattern had infants with the significantly lowest birth weight (P¼ 0·045) and head circumference (P¼0·036) among those in the three dietary patterns. Compared with women in the 'rice, fish and vegetables' pattern, women in the 'wheat products' pattern had higher odds of having a SGA infant for weight (multivariate OR 5·2, 95 % CI 1·1, 24·4), but this was not the case for birth length or head circumference. These results suggest that a diet high in bread, confectioneries, and soft drinks and low in fish and vegetables during pregnancy might be associated with a small birth weight and an increased risk of having a SGA infant.

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“…El tipo y concentración de fitoquímicos en las células vegetales depende de la variedad, la época del año, el grado de madurez, las condiciones de la cosecha y almacenamiento y el procesamiento 2 . Entre la gran diversidad química de los fitoquími-cos, los compuestos fenólicos -como ácidos fenólicos, flavonoides, taninos, estilbenos, curcuminoides, cumarinas, lignanos y quinonas, entre otros-han atraído un interés considerable a causa de su amplia bioactividad, y se han mostrado importantes en la prevención de diferentes tipos de cáncer mediante estudios epidemiológicos y clínicos 11,12 . Dentro de los compuestos fenólicos, los flavonoides son un amplio grupo de moléculas que aparecen de manera natural en las plantas, a las que se atribuyen multitud de efectos terapéuticos 13,14 , incluidas propiedades anticancerígenas, por lo que muchos ensayos se han centrado en el estudio de la relación entre estas biomoléculas, en especial la quercetina 15,16 , con el riesgo de padecer diferentes tipos de cán-cer [17][18][19] , incluido el cáncer de pulmón [20][21][22][23] .…”

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Flavonoides como agentes quimiopreventivos y terapéuticos contra el cáncer de pulmón

Cabrera

Mach

2012

Rev Esp Nutr Hum Diet

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El objetivo de la presente revisión es estudiar la relación entre los flavonoides y el cáncer de pulmón, postulando que su consumo habitual en la dieta occidental podría resultar beneficioso para proteger a los pacientes contra el cáncer de pulmón. Se realizó una extensa búsqueda de publicaciones científicas recientes en las siguientes bases de datos electrónicas especializadas: PubMed central (PMC)-NCBI, Elsevier Journal, SciELO España, Scirus y Science Direct, incluyendo estudios en células, animales y humanos sobre el efecto de los flavonoides en la prevención y el desarrollo de cáncer de pulmón. Pese a que los estudios in vitro y en modelos animales muestran la capacidad potencial de los flavonoides para actuar contra diferentes tipos de cáncer, y en especial contra el riesgo de padecer cáncer de pulmón, la presencia de datos contradictorios en los estudios epidemiológicos y la falta de estudios clínicos en humanos actualmente impiden realizar recomendaciones dietéticas basadas en la evidencia científica para los pacientes con cáncer de pulmón. Así, los autores del presente artículo recomiendan seguir los consejos de las guías de alimentación saludable, las cuales promocionan el consumo de alimentos ricos en flavonoides y reflejan el conocimiento necesario para tratar a los pacientes con cáncer de pulmón.Erratum in: Rev Esp Nutr Hum Diet. 2013;17(2):91-92Link: http://www.renhyd.org/index.php/renhyd/article/view/6/17

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Association between fruit and vegetable consumption and birth weight: A prospective study among 43,585 Danish women

Abstract: Fruit and vegetable consumption in pregnancy is positively associated with birth weight in well-nourished Danish women, especially among lean women.

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Sociodemographic characteristics and food habits of organic consumers – a study from the Danish National Birth Cohort

Sociodemographic characteristics and food habits of organic consumers – a study from the Danish National Birth Cohort

Maternal dietary patterns in pregnancy and fetal growth in Japan: the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study

Flavonoides como agentes quimiopreventivos y terapéuticos contra el cáncer de pulmón

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