Anice de Campos Pássaro, Mariana Cristina Regra, Carla Serrão, Amélia Pasqual Marques
Cultural adaptation and reliability of the questionnaire of sex education in schools
Ciencia & saude coletiva
risk factors problematic child eating behaviors food preferences thought begin preconception period unknown maternal preconception body mass index bmi associated child nutritional risk factors eg poor dietary intake eating behaviors aimed determine whether maternal preconception bmi associated child nutritional risk longitudinal cohort study secondary data analysis children ages 18 mo 5 recruited applied research group kids target kids primary care practicebased research network canada primary exposure maternal preconception bmi primary outcome parentreported child nutritional risk score measured using nutrition screening every preschoolertoddler nutristep ageappropriate validated questionnaire fitted linear mixed effects models analyzed associations maternal preconception bmi child nutritional risk adjusting covariates study included 4733 children 8611 repeated nutristep observations obtained ages 18 mo 5 mean standard deviation sd maternal preconception bmi 236 44 731 mothers bmi 249 kgm2 269 bmi 25 kgm2 mean sd nutristep total score 135 62 866 low risk score 21 134 high risk score 21 1 unit increase maternal preconception bmi associated 009 increase nutristep total score 95 confidence interval ci 005 012 p 0001 stratification 1 unit increase maternal bmi associated 006 increase mean nutristep total score 95 ci 0007 011 p 0025 toddlers 011 increase mean nutristep total score 95 ci 007 015 p 0001 preschoolers higher maternal preconception bmi associated slightly higher nutristep total scores provides evidence preconception period may important time focus improving childhood nutrition study registered clinicaltrialsgov nct01869530