Associations between sugar-sweetened beverages before and during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity in Japanese women: the TMM BirThree Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Misato Aizawa (Author), Keiko Murakami (Author), Yudai Yonezawa (Author), Ippei Takahashi (Author), Tomomi Onuma (Author), Aoi Noda (Author), Fumihiko Ueno (Author), Fumiko Matsuzaki (Author), Mami Ishikuro (Author), Taku Obara (Author), Shinichi Kuriyama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary

Abstract Objective: The association between high sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) intake during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity has been reported only from Western countries. The objective of this study was to examine the association between SSB intake before and during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity among Japanese women. Design: Japanese prospective birth cohort study. Setting: We analysed mother-offspring pairs who participated in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study from 2013 to 2017. SSB intake during pregnancy was evaluated using the FFQ and classified into three groups: none (0 g/d), medium (<195 g/d) and high (>195 g/d). Overweight or obesity at 1 year of age in offspring was defined as having a BMI Z-score greater than 2 sd, calculated based on the BMI reference data for Japanese children. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the associations between SSB intake before and during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity, after adjusting for covariates. Participants: Japanese mother-offspring pairs (n 7114). Results: The overweight/obesity rate of the offspring was 8·8 %. Pregnant women with a high intake of SSB in early to mid-pregnancy had a higher risk of overweight/obesity in their offspring compared with those who did not; the OR was 1·52 (95 % CI (1·09, 2·12)). Conclusions: High SSB intake in early to mid-pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of offspring overweight/obesity at 1 year of age.

Item Description

10.1017/S1368980023000307
1368-9800
1475-2727