Medscape October 28, 2024
TOPLINE:
Children of mothers who had obesity or eating disorders before or during pregnancy may face higher risks for neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders.
METHODOLOGY:
- Researchers conducted a population-based cohort study to investigate the association of maternal eating disorders and high prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) with psychiatric disorder and neurodevelopmental diagnoses in offspring.
- They used Finnish national registers to assess all live births from 2004 through 2014, with follow-up until 2021.
- Data of 392,098 mothers (mean age, 30.15 years) and 649,956 offspring (48.86% girls) were included.
- Maternal eating disorders and prepregnancy BMI were the main exposures, with 1.60% of mothers having a history of eating disorders; 5.89% were underweight and 53.13% had obesity.
- Diagnoses of children were identified and...
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