Birth Weight is Associated with Dietary Factors at the Age of 6-8 Years: the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) Study

Overview

Journal Public Health Nutr

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Date 2018 Feb 8

PMID 29409562

Citations 4

Authors

Aino-Maija Eloranta

Jarmo Jaaskelainen

Taisa Venalainen

Henna Jalkanen

Sanna Kiiskinen

Aino Mantyselka

Ursula Schwab

Virpi Lindi

Timo A Lakka

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Abstract

Objective: Low and high birth weight have been associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes and CVD. Diet could partly mediate this association, e.g. by intra-uterine programming of unhealthy food preferences. We examined the association of birth weight with diet in Finnish children.

Design: Birth weight standard deviation score (SDS) was calculated using national birth register data and Finnish references. Dietary factors were assessed using 4 d food records. Diet quality was defined by the Finnish Children Healthy Eating Index (FCHEI).

Setting: The Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) study.

Subjects: Singleton, full-term children (179 girls, 188 boys) aged 6-8 years.

Results: Birth weight was inversely associated (standardized regression coefficient β; 95 % CI) with FCHEI (-0·15; -0·28, -0·03) in all children and in boys (-0·27; -0·45, -0·09) but not in girls (-0·01; -0·21, 0·18) after adjusting for potential confounders (P=0·044 for interaction). Moreover, higher birth weight was associated with lower fruit and berries consumption (-0·13; -0·25, 0·00), higher energy intake (0·17; 0·05, 0·29), higher sucrose intake (0·19; 0·06, 0·32) and lower fibre intake (-0·14; -0·26, -0·01). These associations were statistically non-significant after correction for multiple testing. Children with birth weight >1 SDS had higher sucrose intake (mean; 95 % CI) as a percentage of energy intake (14·3 E%; 12·6, 16·0 E%) than children with birth weight of -1 to 1 SDS (12·8 E%; 11·6, 14·0 E%) or <-1 SDS (12·4 E%; 10·8, 13·9 E%; P=0·036).

Conclusions: Higher birth weight may be associated with unhealthy diet in childhood.

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