Associations between sugar-sweetened beverages before and during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity in Japanese women: the TMM BirThree Cohort Study

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 1222 - 1229
• Main Authors: Aizawa, Misato, Murakami, Keiko, Yonezawa, Yudai, Takahashi, Ippei, Onuma, Tomomi, Noda, Aoi, Ueno, Fumihiko, Matsuzaki, Fumiko, Ishikuro, Mami, Obara, Taku, Kuriyama, Shinichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.06.2023
• Subjects: Adults; Alcoholic beverages; Beverages; Beverages - adverse effects; Birth weight; Body mass index; Body weight; Breastfeeding & lactation; Cereals; Child; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; East Asian People; Education; Energy drinks; Female; Food; Fruit juices; Gestational age; Gestational diabetes; Humans; Japan; Medical records; Missing data; Nutrition; Nutritional Epidemiology; Obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - etiology; Offspring; Offspring overweight/obesity; Overweight; Overweight - complications; Overweight - etiology; Pregnancy; Prospective Studies; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Research Paper; Soft drinks; Sugar; Sugar-sweetened beverages; Sugar-Sweetened Beverages - adverse effects; Variables; Womens health; Japan; Pregnancy; Offspring overweight/obesity; Sugar-sweetened beverages; Japan
• ISSN: 1368-9800; 1475-2727
• DOI: 10.1017/S1368980023000307

The association between high sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) intake during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity has been reported only from Western countries. The objective of this study was to examine the association between SSB intake before and during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity among Japanese women. Japanese prospective birth cohort study. We analysed mother-offspring pairs who participated in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study from 2013 to 2017. SSB intake during pregnancy was evaluated using the FFQ and classified into three groups: none (0 g/d), medium (<195 g/d) and high (>195 g/d). Overweight or obesity at 1 year of age in offspring was defined as having a BMI -score greater than 2 sd, calculated based on the BMI reference data for Japanese children. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the associations between SSB intake before and during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity, after adjusting for covariates. Japanese mother-offspring pairs ( 7114). The overweight/obesity rate of the offspring was 8·8 %. Pregnant women with a high intake of SSB in early to mid-pregnancy had a higher risk of overweight/obesity in their offspring compared with those who did not; the OR was 1·52 (95 % CI (1·09, 2·12)). High SSB intake in early to mid-pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of offspring overweight/obesity at 1 year of age.