Impact of maternal BMI and dietary intake on health of mother and child.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25750036
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: Yamanashi Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: YACHI Yoko 山梨学院大学, 健康栄養学部, 講師 (30642821)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 若年女性のやせ / 低出生体重児 / 妊産婦の栄養

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Birth weight is known to affect not only perinatal health or subsequent growth/development but also morbidity in later life. Especially low birth weight (LBW) is now recognized as an established risk for future metabolic abnormalities, including obesity and diabetes. Although it is well known that hyperglycemia is an important risk factor for macrosomia, whether maternal glucose levels are associated with incident neonatal LBW is unknown. We therefore examined the associations between maternal glycemia within normal glucose tolerance and the risk of LBW infants in Japanese mothers. In addition, we examined the relative contributions of maternal glycemia and BMI to LBW.
In this study, a low 1-h postload glucose level but within normal range and low maternal BMI alone, as well as in combination, were independently associated with an increased risk of incident LBW independent of other known risk factors. Their combination had a greater impact than either value alone.

Free Research Field

妊産婦の栄養と母児の健康