Maternal diet influences pregnancy and birth outcomes. However, its contribution to childhood obesity, which has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, is not yet well established. According to research, a low-quality diet during pregnancy influences childhood obesity via different mechanisms such as inflammation or pathways responsible for epigenetic reprogramming. A recent study published in BMC Medicine investigated birth outcomes in seven mother-offspring European cohorts to understand the relationship between maternal inflammatory potential of antenatal dietary quality and adiposity in early childhood.
The energy-adjusted Dietary Inflammatory Index (E-DII) was used to assess maternal dietary inflammatory potential. The dietary quality was assessed by the degree of adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. The primary outcomes of the offsprings were…
