Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Children’s Diet:Evidence from a population of low socioeconomic status
| Autor: | Martina Vecchi, Nicolai Vitt, Jonathan James, Michèle Belot |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Population Mothers Prenatal care Maternal stress Food Preferences stress Pregnancy Environmental health Medicine Humans ECON Applied Economics education Child Socioeconomic status Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Public health Regression analysis medicine.disease ECON CEPS Health Diet in-utero Social Class Child Preschool Female business diet Body mass index food preferences |
| Zdroj: | Vitt, N, Vecchi, M, James, J & Belot, M 2022, ' Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Children’s Diet : Evidence from a population of low socioeconomic status ', Nutrition, vol. 93, 111423 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2021.111423 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111423 |
| Popis: | Objectives: The study examined the relationship between maternal exposure to stress during pregnancy and children’s food preferences and diet in a low socioeconomic status (SES) population. Methods: Indices of exposure to stress were constructed based on retrospective self-reported experience of stressful events during pregnancy (such as death of close family member, relationship difficulties, legal issues, health issues, financial issues, or other potentially stressful event(s)). Data was collected for more than two hundred low SES mothers, with a child between the age of 2 and 12. Data on mothers’ body mass index, current exposure to stress, current diet and diet during pregnancy was collected at the same time, as well as data on children’s food preferences and current diet as reported by the mothers. Indices of the healthiness of food preferences and diet were constructed and used as outcome variables. Results: Maternal exposure to stress during pregnancy significantly predicts children’s food and taste preferences as well as their diet, in regression models controlling for maternal diet, current maternal stress and demographics of child and mother. Higher average stress during pregnancy is linked with significantly less healthy food preferences and diet, and with weaker preferences for sour and bitter foods. This relationship is observed across different age groups.Conclusions: Maternal exposure to stress during pregnancy could have long run detrimental effects on dietary outcomes and thereby on health conditions related to diet. Prenatal care and preconception counselling could be critical for developing preventive strategies to improve public health. |
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