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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dietary Patterns of Pregnant Women: A Comparison between Two Mother-Child Cohorts in Sicily, Italy

A maternal diet, before and during pregnancy, plays a key role in ensuring maternal and newborn health. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, may have compromised dietary habits in the general population and in specific subgroups of individuals. Here, we evaluated the impact of COVID-19 on the diet of pre...

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Autores principales: Magnano San Lio, Roberta, Barchitta, Martina, Maugeri, Andrea, La Rosa, Maria Clara, Giunta, Giuliana, Panella, Marco, Cianci, Antonio, Galvani, Fabiola, Pappalardo, Elisa, Ettore, Giuseppe, Agodi, Antonella
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9416210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36014886
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14163380
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author Magnano San Lio, Roberta
Barchitta, Martina
Maugeri, Andrea
La Rosa, Maria Clara
Giunta, Giuliana
Panella, Marco
Cianci, Antonio
Galvani, Fabiola
Pappalardo, Elisa
Ettore, Giuseppe
Agodi, Antonella
author_facet Magnano San Lio, Roberta
Barchitta, Martina
Maugeri, Andrea
La Rosa, Maria Clara
Giunta, Giuliana
Panella, Marco
Cianci, Antonio
Galvani, Fabiola
Pappalardo, Elisa
Ettore, Giuseppe
Agodi, Antonella
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description A maternal diet, before and during pregnancy, plays a key role in ensuring maternal and newborn health. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, may have compromised dietary habits in the general population and in specific subgroups of individuals. Here, we evaluated the impact of COVID-19 on the diet of pregnant women, using data from two mother-child cohorts in Sicily (Italy). Dietary data were collected using a food frequency questionnaire and analyzed through the Mediterranean diet (MD) score and principal component analysis (PCA). The comparison of maternal dietary consumption before and during the COVID-19 pandemic showed differences in terms of vegetables (p < 0.001), fruit (p < 0.001), dairy products (p < 0.001), fish (p < 0.001), and legumes (p = 0.001). Accordingly, after adjusting for covariates, mothers enrolled during the pandemic were more likely to report low adherence to MD than those enrolled before (OR = 1.65; 95%CI = 1.12–2.42; p = 0.011). A similar result was obtained by analyzing the adherence to a prudent dietary pattern, derived through PCA and characterized by high intake of cooked and row vegetables, legumes, fruit, fish, and soup. Overall, these findings suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic may have influenced maternal diet during pregnancy. However, further efforts are needed to investigate the main causes and consequences of this change.
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spelling pubmed-94162102022-08-27 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dietary Patterns of Pregnant Women: A Comparison between Two Mother-Child Cohorts in Sicily, Italy Magnano San Lio, Roberta Barchitta, Martina Maugeri, Andrea La Rosa, Maria Clara Giunta, Giuliana Panella, Marco Cianci, Antonio Galvani, Fabiola Pappalardo, Elisa Ettore, Giuseppe Agodi, Antonella Nutrients Article A maternal diet, before and during pregnancy, plays a key role in ensuring maternal and newborn health. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, may have compromised dietary habits in the general population and in specific subgroups of individuals. Here, we evaluated the impact of COVID-19 on the diet of pregnant women, using data from two mother-child cohorts in Sicily (Italy). Dietary data were collected using a food frequency questionnaire and analyzed through the Mediterranean diet (MD) score and principal component analysis (PCA). The comparison of maternal dietary consumption before and during the COVID-19 pandemic showed differences in terms of vegetables (p < 0.001), fruit (p < 0.001), dairy products (p < 0.001), fish (p < 0.001), and legumes (p = 0.001). Accordingly, after adjusting for covariates, mothers enrolled during the pandemic were more likely to report low adherence to MD than those enrolled before (OR = 1.65; 95%CI = 1.12–2.42; p = 0.011). A similar result was obtained by analyzing the adherence to a prudent dietary pattern, derived through PCA and characterized by high intake of cooked and row vegetables, legumes, fruit, fish, and soup. Overall, these findings suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic may have influenced maternal diet during pregnancy. However, further efforts are needed to investigate the main causes and consequences of this change. MDPI 2022-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9416210/ /pubmed/36014886 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14163380 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Magnano San Lio, Roberta
Barchitta, Martina
Maugeri, Andrea
La Rosa, Maria Clara
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Panella, Marco
Cianci, Antonio
Galvani, Fabiola
Pappalardo, Elisa
Ettore, Giuseppe
Agodi, Antonella
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dietary Patterns of Pregnant Women: A Comparison between Two Mother-Child Cohorts in Sicily, Italy
title The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dietary Patterns of Pregnant Women: A Comparison between Two Mother-Child Cohorts in Sicily, Italy
title_full The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dietary Patterns of Pregnant Women: A Comparison between Two Mother-Child Cohorts in Sicily, Italy
title_fullStr The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dietary Patterns of Pregnant Women: A Comparison between Two Mother-Child Cohorts in Sicily, Italy
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dietary Patterns of Pregnant Women: A Comparison between Two Mother-Child Cohorts in Sicily, Italy
title_short The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dietary Patterns of Pregnant Women: A Comparison between Two Mother-Child Cohorts in Sicily, Italy
title_sort impact of the covid-19 pandemic on dietary patterns of pregnant women: a comparison between two mother-child cohorts in sicily, italy
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9416210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36014886
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14163380
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