Impact of Maternal Health Behaviours and Social Conditions on Infant Diet at Age 1-Year: Results from a Prospective Indigenous Birth Cohort in Ontario, Canada

Background: Understanding the impact of maternal health behaviours and social conditions on childhood nutrition is important to inform strategies to promote health during childhood. Objective: To describe how maternal health sociodemographic factors (e.g., socioeconomic status, education), health be...

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Published in:Nutrients 2022-04, Vol.14 (9), p.1736
Main Authors: Wahi, Gita, Wilson, Julie, Burning, Melanie, George, Stephanie, Hill, Phyllis, Homer, Janet, Jacobs, Laurie, Lickers, Ashley, Smoke, Sharon, Davis, Albertha D, Desai, Dipika, Jack, Susan M, Williams, Natalie, de Souza, Russell J, Anand, Sonia S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Babies
Birth Cohort
Birthing centers
Body mass
Body mass index
Body size
Child
Children
Children & youth
Chronic illnesses
Community
Culture
Data collection
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diet
Education
Female
Food
Health Behavior
Health care
Health disparities
Health Promotion
Human nutrition
Humans
Indigenous health
Indigenous peoples
Infant
Infants
Infectious diseases
Lifestyles
Low income groups
Maternal Health
Midwifery
Mothers
Native North Americans
Nutrition
Nutrition research
Obesity
Ontario - epidemiology
Pregnancy
Prevention programs
Prospective Studies
Research methodology
Seafood
Social Conditions
social determinants of health
Socioeconomics
Womens health
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Summary:Background: Understanding the impact of maternal health behaviours and social conditions on childhood nutrition is important to inform strategies to promote health during childhood. Objective: To describe how maternal health sociodemographic factors (e.g., socioeconomic status, education), health behaviours (e.g., diet), and traditional health care use during pregnancy impact infant diet at age 1-year. Methods: Data were collected from the Indigenous Birth Cohort (ABC) study, a prospective birth cohort formed in partnership with an Indigenous community-based Birthing Centre in southwestern Ontario, Canada. 110 mother-infant dyads are included in the study and were enrolled between 2012 and 2017. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to understand factors associated with infant diet scores at age 1-year, with a higher score indicating a diet with more healthy foods. Results: The mean age of women enrolled during pregnancy was 27.3 (5.9) years. Eighty percent of mothers had low or moderate social disadvantage, 47.3% completed more than high school education, and 70% were cared for by a midwife during their pregnancy. The pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) was
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu14091736