A longitudinal study on the relationship between mother’s personality trait and eating behaviors, food intake, maternal weight gain during pregnancy and neonatal birth weight

Nutrition Journal

卷:19

Bahman Cheraghian¹  Mahin Najafian²  Reza Amani³  Sima Jafarirad⁴  Mahboobeh Shakeri⁴ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences;

[2] Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences;

[3] Food Security Research Center, Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences;

[4] Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences;

关键词: Pregnancy;    Personality traits;    Eating behavior;    Food intake;    Gestational weight gain;    Birth weight;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12937-020-00584-2

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background Many factors such as social and behavioral are related to appropriate weight gain during pregnancy, and there is much of importance to find them. The aim of the study was to explore the association of personality traits, with eating behaviors, food intake, maternal weight gain during pregnancy as well as the neonatal birth weight. Methods This is a longitudinal and cross-sectional study. Eating behaviors were assessed using the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ), and the NEO personality inventory was used to assess personality in pregnant subjects. A validated food frequency questionnaire was used to determine food intake. Three hundred and sixty pregnant subjects from Ahvaz (the capital city of Khuzestan province, Iran) were followed from the 20th week of pregnancy until delivery. Results High neuroticism was associated with higher consumption of highly energetic foods (p < 0.05) and less consumption of vegetables (p < 0.01), also was related with lower weight gain during pregnancy and neonatal birth weight (p < 0.05). Openness to experience, extraversion and agreeableness were linked with higher consumption of vegetables (p < 0.05). Conscientiousness predicted lower neonatal weight (odds ratio: 1.20, confidence interval: 1.07–1.34, p < 0.01). Conclusions Identification of personality traits would help to change the lifestyle and improve management guidelines.

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