Trajectories of dietary patterns from pregnancy to 12 years post-pregnancy and associated maternal characteristics: evidence from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

Sonia Pervin; Pauline Emmett; Kate Northstone; Nick Townsend; Yaqoot Fatima; M. Mamun Huda; H. David McIntyre; Abdullah Al Mamun

doi:10.1007/s00394-023-03185-x

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Trajectories of dietary patterns from pregnancy to 12 years post-pregnancy and associated maternal characteristics: evidence from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

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Trajectories of dietary patterns from pregnancy to 12 years post-pregnancy and associated maternal characteristics: evidence from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

Sonia Pervin, Pauline Emmett, Kate Northstone, Nick Townsend, Yaqoot Fatima, M. Mamun Huda, H. David McIntyre and Abdullah Al Mamun

European Journal of Nutrition, Vol.62(7), pp.2763-2777

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-023-03185-x

PMID: 37294362

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Abstract

dietary patterns

pregnancy

dietary patterns trajectories

PCA

group-based trajectory modelling

smoking cessation

ALSPAC

Purpose Dietary patterns (DPs) during pregnancy have been well researched. However, little is known about maternal diet after pregnancy. The aim of the study was to explore maternal DPs longitudinally, examine trajectories over 12 years after pregnancy and identify associated factors. Methods Of 14,541 pregnant women enrolled in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) complete dietary information was available for 5336 women. Principal components analysis (PCA) was used to derive DPs. DP scores at each time point were used to create DP trajectories using group-based trajectory modelling (GBTM). Multinomial logistic regression assessed the association with maternal factors. Results A total of six distinct DPs were identified over time with different numbers of DPs at each time point. The “healthy” and “processed” DPs persisted over the 12-year post-pregnancy. Three trajectories of “healthy” and “processed” DPs were identified from GBTM. Half the women were on the moderately healthy DP trajectory with 37% on the lower trajectory and 9% on the higher healthy DP trajectory. 59% of women were on the lower processed DP trajectory with 38% on the moderate trajectory and 3.3% on the higher processed DP trajectory. Low educational attainment, low social class and smoking in pregnancy were independently associated with being on a less favourable DP trajectory over the 12 years. Conclusion Health professionals should provide support on smoking cessation along with healthy eating advice during ante-natal counselling. Continued support on eating healthily after pregnancy would be beneficial for mothers and families.

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Title: Trajectories of dietary patterns from pregnancy to 12 years post-pregnancy and associated maternal characteristics: evidence from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Authors: Sonia Pervin (Corresponding Author) - The University of Queensland
Pauline Emmett - University of Bristol
Kate Northstone - University of Bristol
Nick Townsend - University of Bristol
Yaqoot Fatima - ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
M. Mamun Huda - The University of Queensland
H. David McIntyre - The University of Queensland
Abdullah Al Mamun - The University of Queensland
Publication details: European Journal of Nutrition, Vol.62(7), pp.2763-2777
Publisher: Springer Medizin
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-023-03185-x
ISSN: 1436-6215
PMID: 37294362
Copyright note: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Data Availability: ALSPAC data used in this paper are available upon application to the Executive of ALSPAC (alspac-exec@bristol.ac.uk). The ALSPAC study website contains details of all the data that is available through a fully searchable data dictionary and variable search tool (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/researchers/our-data/). The ALSPAC data management plan and details of the policy regarding data sharing are also publicly available (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/researchers/dataaccess/documents/alspac-data-management-plan.pdf).
Grants: Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship, RTP, Department of Education (Australia, Canberra)
Grant note: The UK Medical Research Council and Wellcome (Grant ref: 217065/Z/19/Z) and the University of Bristol provide core support for ALSPAC.
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; Thompson Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991212780002621
Output Type: Journal article

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