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Diet Quality and Cognitive Performance in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight
Children born very low birth weight (VLBW, <1,500 g) are at high risk for cognitive and academic difficulties later in life. Although early nutrition (e.g., breastfeeding) is positively correlated with IQ in children born VLBW, the association between dietary intake in childhood and cognitive per...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9343771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35928843 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.874118 |
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author | Sato, Julie McGee, Meghan Bando, Nicole Law, Nicole Unger, Sharon O'Connor, Deborah L. |
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description | Children born very low birth weight (VLBW, <1,500 g) are at high risk for cognitive and academic difficulties later in life. Although early nutrition (e.g., breastfeeding) is positively correlated with IQ in children born VLBW, the association between dietary intake in childhood and cognitive performance is unknown. Thus, our study is the first to investigate the relationship between diet quality, as measured by the Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010) and cognitive performance in a Canadian cohort of 5-year-old children born VLBW (n = 158; 47% female). Diet quality was measured using two 24-h diet recalls obtained from parents and cognitive performance was assessed using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-IV (WPPSI-IV). To account for additional sociodemographic factors that could influence neurodevelopment, linear regression analyses were adjusted for sex, household income above/below the poverty line, maternal education, birth weight and breastfeeding duration. Mean ± SD HEI-2010 score was 58.2 ± 12.4, with most children (67%) having diets in “need of improvement” (scores 51–80). HEI-2010 scores were not significantly associated with IQ or any other WPPSI-IV composite score. Significant predictors of IQ in our model were birth weight, sex, and maternal education. Our findings emphasize the important role of maternal education and other sociodemographic factors on neurodevelopment in children born VLBW. Further, despite not finding any significant association between HEI-2010 scores and IQ, our results highlight the need to improve diet quality in young children born VLBW. Further research is needed to confirm the impact of diet quality on cognitive performance in this vulnerable population. |
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spelling | pubmed-93437712022-08-03 Diet Quality and Cognitive Performance in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight Sato, Julie McGee, Meghan Bando, Nicole Law, Nicole Unger, Sharon O'Connor, Deborah L. Front Nutr Nutrition Children born very low birth weight (VLBW, <1,500 g) are at high risk for cognitive and academic difficulties later in life. Although early nutrition (e.g., breastfeeding) is positively correlated with IQ in children born VLBW, the association between dietary intake in childhood and cognitive performance is unknown. Thus, our study is the first to investigate the relationship between diet quality, as measured by the Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010) and cognitive performance in a Canadian cohort of 5-year-old children born VLBW (n = 158; 47% female). Diet quality was measured using two 24-h diet recalls obtained from parents and cognitive performance was assessed using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-IV (WPPSI-IV). To account for additional sociodemographic factors that could influence neurodevelopment, linear regression analyses were adjusted for sex, household income above/below the poverty line, maternal education, birth weight and breastfeeding duration. Mean ± SD HEI-2010 score was 58.2 ± 12.4, with most children (67%) having diets in “need of improvement” (scores 51–80). HEI-2010 scores were not significantly associated with IQ or any other WPPSI-IV composite score. Significant predictors of IQ in our model were birth weight, sex, and maternal education. Our findings emphasize the important role of maternal education and other sociodemographic factors on neurodevelopment in children born VLBW. Further, despite not finding any significant association between HEI-2010 scores and IQ, our results highlight the need to improve diet quality in young children born VLBW. Further research is needed to confirm the impact of diet quality on cognitive performance in this vulnerable population. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9343771/ /pubmed/35928843 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.874118 Text en Copyright © 2022 Sato, McGee, Bando, Law, Unger and O'Connor. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Nutrition Sato, Julie McGee, Meghan Bando, Nicole Law, Nicole Unger, Sharon O'Connor, Deborah L. Diet Quality and Cognitive Performance in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight |
title | Diet Quality and Cognitive Performance in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight |
title_full | Diet Quality and Cognitive Performance in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight |
title_fullStr | Diet Quality and Cognitive Performance in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight |
title_full_unstemmed | Diet Quality and Cognitive Performance in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight |
title_short | Diet Quality and Cognitive Performance in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight |
title_sort | diet quality and cognitive performance in children born very low birth weight |
topic | Nutrition |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9343771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35928843 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.874118 |
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