Exploring the diets of mothers and their partners during pregnancy: Findings from the Queensland Family Cohort pilot study

Shelley A Wilkinson; Danielle A J M Schoenaker; Susan de Jersey; Clare E Collins; Linda Gallo; Megan Rollo; Danielle Borg; Marloes Dekker Nitert; Helen Truby; Helen L Barrett; Sailesh Kumar; Vicki Clifton

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Exploring the diets of mothers and their partners during pregnancy: Findings from the Queensland Family Cohort pilot study

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Exploring the diets of mothers and their partners during pregnancy: Findings from the Queensland Family Cohort pilot study

Shelley A Wilkinson, Danielle A J M Schoenaker, Susan de Jersey, Clare E Collins, Linda Gallo, Megan Rollo, Danielle Borg, Marloes Dekker Nitert, Helen Truby, Helen L Barrett, …

Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol.79(5), pp.602-615

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12733

PMID: 35355379

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maternal health

dietary intake

dietary guidelines

gestational weight gain

birth cohort

pregnancy

Aim: Modifiable behaviours during the first 1000 days of life influence developmental trajectories of adult chronic diseases. Despite this, sub-optimal dietary intakes during pregnancy and excessive gestational weight gain are common. Very little is known about partners' dietary patterns and the influence on women's pregnancy dietary patterns. We aimed to examine dietary intake during pregnancy among women and their partners, and gestational weight gain patterns in the Queensland Family Cohort pilot study. Methods: The Queensland Family Cohort is a prospective, observational study piloted at a Brisbane (Australia) tertiary maternity hospital from 2018 to 2021. Participant characteristics, weight gain, dietary and nutrient intake were assessed. Results: Data were available for 194 pregnant women and their partners. Poor alignment with Australian Guide to Healthy Eating recommendations was observed. Highest alignment was for fruit (40% women) and meat/alternatives (38% partners) and lowest for breads/cereals (<1% women) and milk/alternatives (13% partners). Fewer women (4.4%-60.3%) than their partners (5.4%-92.3%) met guidelines for all micronutrient intakes from food alone, particularly folic acid, iodine, and iron. Women were more likely to meet daily recommendations for fruit, vegetables, dairy, bread/cereals, and meat/alternatives when their partners also met recommendations. Women with a higher pre-pregnancy body mass index were more likely to gain above recommended weight gain ranges. Conclusions: In this contemporary cohort of pregnant women and their partners, sub-optimal dietary patterns and deficits in some nutrients were common. There is an urgent need for evidence-informed public health policy and programs to improve diet quality during pregnancy due to intergenerational effects.

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Title: Exploring the diets of mothers and their partners during pregnancy: Findings from the Queensland Family Cohort pilot study
Authors: Shelley A Wilkinson (Corresponding Author) - Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, School of Human Movements and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland
Danielle A J M Schoenaker (Author) - University of Southampton
Susan de Jersey (Author) - Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Clare E Collins (Author) - University of Newcastle Australia
Linda Gallo (Author) - The University of Queensland
Megan Rollo (Author) - University of Newcastle Australia
Danielle Borg (Author) - The University of Queensland
Marloes Dekker Nitert (Author) - The University of Queensland
Helen Truby (Author) - The University of Queensland
Helen L Barrett (Author) - Mater Health Services
Sailesh Kumar (Author) - The University of Queensland
Vicki Clifton (Author) - The University of Queensland
Publication details: Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol.79(5), pp.602-615
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.12733
ISSN: 1747-0080; 1446-6368
PMID: 35355379
Copyright note: © 2022 The Authors.Nutrition & Dietetics published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Dietitians Australia. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Grant note: 1033 / Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners Queensland University of Technology Qiagen Microba Griffith University 2041 / Perpetual Impact Funding University of Queensland IS-BRC-1215-20004 (DAJMS) / National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) 2441 / Advanced Queensland Mater Foundation
Organisation Unit: School of Health - Biomedicine; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99679195202621
Output Type: Journal article

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