Maternal Carbohydrate Intake During Pregnancy is Associated with Child Peripubertal Markers of Metabolic Health but not Adiposity.

Molly C MulcahyMartha Maria Tellez-RojoAlejandra CantoralMaritsa Solano-GonzálezAna BaylinDave BridgesKaren E PetersonWei Perng

Published in: Public health nutrition (2021)

In this study of mother-child pairs in Mexico City, children born to women in the highest quartile of CHO intake during pregnancy had lowest C-peptide and CP-IR during peripuberty. Additional research is warranted to replicate and identify mechanisms.

Keyphrases

mental health
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pregnancy outcomes
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