Dietary trans fatty acid intake and maternal and infant adiposity

Abstract

Background/Objectives: The fatty acid composition in maternal diet and in breastmilk during lactation may be a factor in the development of childhood overweight later in life. To investigate the association between trans fatty acid and adiposity, 96 mother-infant pairs (exclusive breastfed; mixed fed; and formula fed) at 3 months postpartum were interviewed; body composition was measured onsite using the BOD POD and PEA POD for mothers and infants, respectively. Subjects/Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Participants were recruited via convenience sampling from Athens-Clarke and surrounding counties of the state of Georgia. Data were analyzed using w 2 , analysis of variance and regression. Results: There were no significant differences in maternal percent body fat by feeding group (32.70, 33.70, and 35.73%, for exclusive, mixed and formula feeding, respectively). Exclusively breastfed infants had higher percent body fat (24.87%) compared with their mixed-fed counterparts (22.15%) but not formula-fed infants (23.93). Mothers who consumed at least 4.5 g of trans fatty acids/day were 5.8 times more likely to have body fat X30% than those consuming less (odds ratio ¼ 5.81; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.05, 32.32), and their infants were over two times more likely (odds ratio ¼ 2.13; 95% CI, 0.75, 6.01) to have body fat X24%. Conclusions: Trans fatty acid content of the maternal diet may be associated with both maternal and infant body composition in the early postpartum period. More research is warranted regarding maternal dietary and breastmilk fatty acid composition and their effects on maternal and infant body composition and the development of childhood overweight later in life.

Antenatal predictors and body composition of large-for-gestational-age newborns: perinatal health outcomes

“…They were symmetrically larger than the AGA infants on all anthropometric dimensions. These findings were in keeping with Anderson et al, 22 who demonstrated using ADP that infants with higher birthweight had higher body fat at 3 months of age.…”

“…This method has been validated 16,17 and is the gold standard for measuring infant body composition. [18][19][20][21][22] In this study, we performed anthropometric measurements and determined body composition of LGA infants using ADP. We also aimed to identify antenatal predictors and short-term labour and birth outcomes associated with LGA infants.…”

Lipids, Nutrition and Development

“…It is known that the fat content variation in human milk is clearly the result of different dietary, metabolic and physiologic controls (German, 2011). In humans, the fatty acid composition in maternal diet and in breastmilk during lactation may not affect the infant body composition in the early postpartum period but may be a factor in the development of childhood overweight later in life (Anderson et al, 2010). The somatic maturation and reflex development from the 2nd over the 21st postnatal days of life are good indicators to understand how environmental factors can influence the functional maturity of the brain development (Smart & Dobbing, 1971;Gramsbergen, 1998).…”

Hubungan Antara Asupan Asam Lemak Trans Dengan Persen Lemak Tubuh Dan Status Gizi Pada Orang Dewasa Di Kabupaten Dan Kota Bogor

“…Kebanyakan penelitian mengenai pengaruh TFA hanya terkait bidang kesehatan dan masih sedikit penelitian mengenai pengaruh TFA terhadap simpanan lemak tubuh dan status gizi , akan tetapi hasil penelitian Anderson et al (2010) menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh dari asupan lemak trans terhadap komposisi lemak tubuh ibu dan bayi pasca kelahiran. Selain itu, asupan TFA juga dapat mengganggu metabolisme asam lemak esensial yang baik bagi perkembangan bayi (Innis 2006).…”