Using a Microsimulation of Energy Balance to Explore the Influence of Prenatal Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake on Child BMI.
Matt KasmanBenjamin HeubergerWilliam Mack-CraneRob PurcellRoss A HammondEmily OkenKen P KleinmanPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)
These findings suggest that SSB consumption during the second trimester of pregnancy is associated with child energy intake and may influence anthropometry in early childhood, which is consistent with and suggestive of the presence of biological causal pathways alongside likely simultaneous contributions of social and environmental influences.