怀孕期间母亲的饮食质量和美国队列中的儿童认知
Molly B Duncan1, Tammy M Scott1, Thomas M Holland2
1Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Journal of nutrition
|December 29, 2025
概括
怀孕期间母亲的饮食质量与儿童中期后代更好的认知功能有关. 这项研究在幼儿时代没有发现任何关联,强调了产前营养对以后认知发育的重要性.
科学领域:
- 营养神经科学 营养神经科学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 母亲的营养显著影响后代的认知发展.
- 早期的营养对大脑发育和长期的认知健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查怀孕期间母亲的饮食模式与后代认知功能之间的联系.
- 评估儿童早期和中期的认知结果.
主要方法:
- 从ECHO队列中分析了178个幼儿和174个中幼儿的母婴二合体.
- 通过使用食物频率问卷和AHEI-P,MIND-P和MDS-P等指数来评估母亲的饮食质量.
- 使用NIH工具箱认知电池测量后代的认知能力;统计模型分析了饮食-认知关联.
主要成果:
- 怀孕期更高的替代健康饮食指数 (AHEI-P) 和神经退行性延迟的地中海-DASH干预 (MIND-P) 评分与儿童中期更好的整体认知综合评分有关.
- 在童年中期改善的结晶认知得分与更高的AHEI-P,地中海饮食得分 (MDS-P) 和MIND-P有关.
- 没有发现母亲的饮食质量和早期儿童的认知得分或儿童中期的流动认知得分之间存在显著的关联.
结论:
- 怀孕期间母亲的饮食质量更高,与后代在童年中期的复合和结晶认知功能的增强有关.
- 该研究没有发现母亲的饮食质量与早期儿童的认知功能之间存在联系.
- 这些发现强调了产前营养对儿童认知发育的长期影响.
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