The CNP Maternal Diet and Child Development Research Category consolidates research exploring the relationship between maternal diet and child development. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.
Effect of a Mediterranean Diet or mindfulness-based stress reduction during pregnancy on child neurodevelopment: A prespecified analysis of the IMPACT BCN randomized clinical trial
Negative fetal and childhood neurodevelopment is linked to maternal undernutrition and high-stress levels. Crovetto et al. (2023) investigated the proposition that organized therapies based on a Mediterranean diet or mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) during pregnancy enhance 2-year-old children's neurodevelopment. The IMPACT BCN (Improving Mothers for a Better Prenatal Care Trial Barcelona) was a parallel-group, randomized clinical trial from February 2017 to March 2020. The three groups—a Mediterranean diet intervention, an MBSR program, or standard care— had 1221 singleton pregnancies (19 to 23 weeks gestation) with a high risk of small for gestational age delivery randomly assigned. The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition, was used to evaluate postnatal development. Data was examined between July and November 2022. The Mediterranean diet group was provided with free extra virgin olive oil and walnuts and monthly individual and group instructional sessions. Pregnant women who participated in the stress reduction program went through an 8-week MBSR program. Pregnancy care was provided to members of the typical care group in accordance with institutional policies. At 24 months of corrected postnatal age, the Bayley-III was used to evaluate the neurodevelopment of children. At a mean (SD) age of 24.8 (2.9) months, a total of 626 children (293 [46.8%] female and 333 [53.2%] male) participated. Analysis of the results revealed that, between the intervention groups, there were no variations in characteristics at baseline. Children in the Mediterranean diet group had higher cognitive and social-emotional scores than children in the usual care group, while children in the stress reduction group had higher social-emotional scores. The authors comment that the results of mother-structured lifestyle treatments during pregnancy based on a Mediterranean diet or MBSR significantly enhanced child neurodevelopmental outcomes at age two years, according to this predetermined analysis of a randomized clinical trial.
Maternal dietary intake of fish and child neurodevelopment at 3 years: a nationwide birth cohort—The Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Paternal dietary macronutrient balance and energy intake drive metabolic and behavioral differences among offspring
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Effect of a Mediterranean Diet or mindfulness-based stress reduction during pregnancy on child neurodevelopment: A prespecified analysis of the IMPACT BCN randomized clinical trial
Maternal diet alters long-term innate immune cell memory in fetal and juvenile hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in nonhuman primate offspring
Effects of a Mediterranean Diet Intervention on Maternal Stress, Well-Being, and Sleep Quality throughout Gestation—The IMPACT-BCN Trial
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Maternal obesity, gestational diabetes mellitus, and diet in association with neurodevelopment of 2-year-old children
Longitudinal dietary trajectories from preconception to mid-childhood in women and children in the Southampton Women’s Survey and their relation to offspring adiposity: a group-based trajectory modelling approach
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Periconceptional maternal Mediterranean diet is associated with favorable offspring behaviors and altered CpG methylation of imprinted genes
Periconceptional maternal diet characterized by high glycemic loading is associated with offspring behavior in NEST
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Association between maternal nutritional status in pregnancy and offspring cognitive function during childhood and adolescence; a systematic review
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Nutrients or nursing? Understanding how breast milk feeding affects child cognition
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Prenatal diet and children's trajectories of hyperactivity-inattention and conduct problems from 3 to 8 years: The EDEN mother-child cohort
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Pregnancy diet and associated outcomes in the Avon longitudinal study of parents and children
Maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy and child internalising and externalising problems. The Generation R Study
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Developmental programming of brain and behavior by perinatal diet: Focus on inflammatory mechanisms
Early-life nutritional programming of cognition—The fundamental role of epigenetic mechanisms in mediating the relation between early-life environment and learning and memory process
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The impact of Mediterranean dietary patterns during pregnancy on maternal and offspring health
Dietary patterns before and during pregnancy and birth outcomes: A systematic review
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Effect of adherence to Mediterranean Diet during pregnancy on children's health: A systematic review
Mother's dietary quality during pregnancy and offspring's dietary quality in adolescence: Follow-up from a national birth cohort study of 19,582 mother-offspring pairs
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The importance of maternal diet quality during pregnancy on cognitive and behavioural outcomes in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Maternal consumption of vegetables, fruit, and antioxidants during pregnancy and risk for childhood behavioral problems
Impact of omega-3 fatty acid DHA and EPA supplementation in pregnant or breast-feeding women on cognitive performance of children: Systematic review and meta-analysis
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Associations of prenatal and child sugar intake with child cognition
Maternal pregnancy diet quality is directly associated with autonomic nervous system function in 6-month-old offspring