A strong association between a high consumption of sugar-containing beverages and asthma in children have been studied by many researchers. Only a few studies describe a link between high maternal sugar intake during pregnancy and occurrence of allergy and asthma in their child. The current article emphasizes the association between free sugar intake during pregnancy and the risk of allergy and allergic asthma in the offspring.
A high intake of free sugars which mainly includes monosaccharides or disaccharides added food or drink, affects rates of allergy and allergic asthma, but not wheeze, eczema, or hay fever in offspring. The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), also known as ‘Children of the 90s’ included 9,000 mothers and child pairs and analyzed associations between maternal intake of free sugars in pregnancy and allergy and asthma at 7 years of age. The…
