Associations between sugar-sweetened beverages before and during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity in Japanese women: the TMM BirThree Cohort Study

Misato Aizawa; Keiko Murakami; Yudai Yonezawa; Ippei Takahashi; Tomomi Onuma; Aoi Noda; Fumihiko Ueno; Fumiko Matsuzaki; Mami Ishikuro; Taku Obara; Shinichi Kuriyama

doi:10.1017/S1368980023000307

Public Health Nutrition (Jun 2023)

Associations between sugar-sweetened beverages before and during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity in Japanese women: the TMM BirThree Cohort Study

Misato Aizawa,
Keiko Murakami,
Yudai Yonezawa,
Ippei Takahashi,
Tomomi Onuma,
Aoi Noda,
Fumihiko Ueno,
Fumiko Matsuzaki,
Mami Ishikuro,
Taku Obara,
Shinichi Kuriyama

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Misato Aizawa: Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Keiko Murakami: ORCiD; Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan
Yudai Yonezawa: Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Innovation Division, Kagome Co., Ltd., Nasushiobara-Shi, Tochigi, Japan
Ippei Takahashi: Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Tomomi Onuma: Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan
Aoi Noda: Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Fumihiko Ueno: ORCiD; Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan
Fumiko Matsuzaki: Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan
Mami Ishikuro: Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan
Taku Obara: Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Shinichi Kuriyama: Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-Machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023000307
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26
pp. 1222 – 1229

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Abstract Objective: The association between high sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) intake during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity has been reported only from Western countries. The objective of this study was to examine the association between SSB intake before and during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity among Japanese women. Design: Japanese prospective birth cohort study. Setting: We analysed mother–offspring pairs who participated in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study from 2013 to 2017. SSB intake during pregnancy was evaluated using the FFQ and classified into three groups: none (0 g/d), medium (195 g/d). Overweight or obesity at 1 year of age in offspring was defined as having a BMI Z-score greater than 2 sd, calculated based on the BMI reference data for Japanese children. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the associations between SSB intake before and during pregnancy and offspring overweight/obesity, after adjusting for covariates. Participants: Japanese mother–offspring pairs (n 7114). Results: The overweight/obesity rate of the offspring was 8·8 %. Pregnant women with a high intake of SSB in early to mid-pregnancy had a higher risk of overweight/obesity in their offspring compared with those who did not; the OR was 1·52 (95 % CI (1·09, 2·12)). Conclusions: High SSB intake in early to mid-pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of offspring overweight/obesity at 1 year of age.

Published in Public Health Nutrition

ISSN: 1368-9800 (Print); 1475-2727 (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-health-nutrition

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