Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation and Child Food Preferences, Dietary Patterns, and Weight Outcomes: a Review of Recent Research

Ventura, Alison K.; Phelan, Suzanne; García, Karina Silva

doi:10.1007/s13668-021-00366-0

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“…Moreover, ECHO Cycle 1 data (and future Cycle 2 data) also present opportunities to examine how early-life shapes dietary behaviors. For example, there is interest in how maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation influences child dietary behaviors [ 63 ] and how predictors of child diet may vary by socioeconomic status [ 64 ]. Given the cultural and socioeconomic diversity in the ECHO Program, this could be a prime opportunity for research.…”

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confidence: 99%

Opportunities for Examining Child Health Impacts of Early-Life Nutrition in the ECHO Program: Maternal and Child Dietary Intake Data from Pregnancy to Adolescence

Bragg,

Westlake,

Alshawabkeh

et al. 2023

Current Developments in Nutrition

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confidence: 99%

Opportunities for Examining Child Health Impacts of Early-Life Nutrition in the ECHO Program: Maternal and Child Dietary Intake Data from Pregnancy to Adolescence

Bragg,

Westlake,

Alshawabkeh

et al. 2023

Current Developments in Nutrition

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“…There is strong evidence for associations between maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation and children's later food preferences, and if the mother has a healthy diet, there are good chances that the child will have it too (73,74). However, when it comes to children's later food habits, there are also many different potential mediators, moderators, confounders, and covariates related to both exposure and outcome that are not always included in studies (73).…”

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confidence: 99%

Infant feeding—a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023

Hörnell,

Lagström

2024

Food & Nutrition Research

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The 2012 edition of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) included recommendations on breastfeeding, based on the most recent guidelines and recommendations from major national food and health authorities and organizations, systematic reviews, and some original research. For NNR 2023, the scope has been expanded and also includes formula feeding and the introduction of solid food. The main focus in this scoping review is on infants aged 0–12 months but also considers parts both before and beyond the first year, as the concept of ‘the first 1000 days’ emphasizes the importance of factors during pregnancy and the first 2 years of life for immediate and later health: physical as well as emotional and mental health. Breastmilk is the natural and sustainable way to feed an infant during the first months of life. Numerous studies have indicated immediate as well as long-term beneficial effects of breastfeeding on health for both the infant and the breastfeeding mother, and from a public health perspective, it is therefore important to protect, support, and promote breastfeeding. For full-term, normal weight infants, breastmilk is sufficient as the only form of nutrition for the first 6 months, except for vitamin D that needs to be given as supplement. The World Health Organization (WHO) and several other authoritative bodies therefore recommend exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months. Starting solids at about 6 months is necessary for both nutritional and developmental reasons. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN), solid foods are safe to give from 4 months although exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months is the desirable goal. Breastfeeding can continue together with complementary foods as long as it is mutually desired by the mother and child. If breastfeeding is not enough or for some reason discontinued before the infant is 4 months of age, the infant should be fed infant formula, and, when possible, breastfeeding should be continued alongside the formula feeding. If the infant is 4 months or older, starting with solids together with continued breastfeeding and/or formula feeding is an option. Infant formulas have been developed for infants who are not breastfed or do not get enough breastmilk. Home-made formula should not be given.

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“…Here, caregivers play a key role in shaping the dietary habits of their children. For example, Fisk et al [18] reported that maternal diet traits explained 30% of the variance in the child's diet quality, emphasising the importance of the mother as a role model, and several studies report associations between the child's diet quality and maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation [19,20]. If mothers have an innate preference for some food types, e.g., sweet foods, this may affect the foods they select for their children and subsequently shape their eating habits in addition to the child's own inherited preference for foods or tastes.…”

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confidence: 99%

Genetic Preference for Sweet Taste in Mothers Associates with Mother-Child Preference and Intake

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Taste perception is a well-documented driving force in food selection, with variations in, e.g., taste receptor encoding and glucose transporter genes conferring differences in taste sensitivity and food intake. We explored the impact of maternal innate driving forces on sweet taste preference and intake and assessed whether their children differed in their intake of sweet foods or traits related to sweet intake. A total of 133 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes reported to associate with eating preferences were sequenced from saliva-DNA from 187 mother-and-child pairs. Preference and intake of sweet-, bitter-, sour-, and umami-tasting foods were estimated from questionnaires. A total of 32 SNP variants associated with a preference for sweet taste or intake at a p-value < 0.05 in additive, dominant major, or dominant minor allele models, with two passing corrections for multiple testing (q < 0.05). These were rs7513755 in the TAS1R2 gene and rs34162196 in the OR10G3 gene. Having the T allele of rs34162196 was associated with higher sweet intake in mothers and their children, along with a higher BMI in mothers. Having the G allele of rs7513755 was associated with a higher preference for sweets in the mothers. The rs34162196 might be a candidate for a genetic score for sweet intake to complement self-reported intakes.

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Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation and Child Food Preferences, Dietary Patterns, and Weight Outcomes: a Review of Recent Research

Cited by 9 publications

References 97 publications

Opportunities for Examining Child Health Impacts of Early-Life Nutrition in the ECHO Program: Maternal and Child Dietary Intake Data from Pregnancy to Adolescence

Opportunities for Examining Child Health Impacts of Early-Life Nutrition in the ECHO Program: Maternal and Child Dietary Intake Data from Pregnancy to Adolescence

Infant feeding—a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023

Genetic Preference for Sweet Taste in Mothers Associates with Mother-Child Preference and Intake

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