The role of fathers in child development from preconception to postnatal influences: opportunities for the National Institutes of health environmental influences on child …

E Jansen, K Marceau, R Sellers, T Chen… - Developmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of literature highlights the important role of paternal health and
socioemotional characteristics in child development, from preconception through …

The myth and reality of familial resemblance in dietary intake: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the resemblance of dietary intake among parent and offspring

S Pervin, P Emmett, N Townsend, T Biswas… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background There is a strong societal belief that parents are role models for their child's
dietary behaviours in early life that may persist throughout the life course. Evidence has …

Higher maternal diet quality during pregnancy and lactation is associated with lower infant weight-for-length, body fat percent, and fat mass in early postnatal life

MJ Tahir, JL Haapala, LP Foster, KM Duncan… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Maternal pregnancy nutrition influences fetal growth. Evidence is limited, however, on the
relationship of maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation on infant postnatal growth and …

Application of the UK foresight obesity model in Ireland: the health and economic consequences of projected obesity trends in Ireland

L Keaver, L Webber, A Dee, F Shiely, T Marsh… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Given the scale of the current obesity epidemic and associated health
consequences there has been increasing concern about the economic burden placed on …

Like parent, like child? Dietary resemblance in families

H Vepsäläinen, J Nevalainen, M Fogelholm… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Studies investigating dietary resemblance between parents and their children
have gained mixed results, and the resemblance seems to vary across nutrients, foods …

Maternal macronutrient intake during pregnancy and 5 years postpartum and associations with child weight status aged five

C Murrin, A Shrivastava, CC Kelleher - European journal of clinical …, 2013 - nature.com
RESULTS: Total mean (sd) EI was significantly higher during pregnancy (2548±1239 kcal)
than 5 years postpartum (2084±718 kcal). Increased odds of overweight/obesity were found …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of maternal macronutrient intake during pregnancy with infant BMI peak characteristics and childhood BMI

LW Chen, IM Aris, JY Bernard, MT Tint… - The American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background: Infant body mass index (BMI) peak characteristics and early childhood BMI are
emerging markers of future obesity and cardiometabolic disease risk, but little is known …

Predictors of the dietary inflammatory index in children and associations with childhood weight status: A longitudinal analysis in the Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort …

P Navarro, N Shivappa, JR Hébert, J Mehegan… - Clinical Nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & aims The family environment can influence offspring diet and weight status.
Obesity is a pro-inflammatory state, which is associated with the dietary inflammatory index …

Evidence of familial resemblance and family-based heritability of food intakes derived from a longitudinal cohort study

M Akbarzadeh, F Teymoori, P Riahi, H Farhadnejad… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We sought to investigate the familial aggregation and family-based heritability of dietary
intakes among adults in a population-based longitudinal study of the Tehran Lipid and …

Maternal nutrition during mid-pregnancy and children's body composition at 7 years of age in the SELMA study

K Svensson, C Gennings, L Hagenäs, A Wolk… - British Journal of …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Optimal nutrition during pregnancy is vital for both maternal and child health. Our objective
was to explore if prenatal diet is associated with children's height and body fat. Nutrient …