1. Mediators of lifestyle intervention effects on neonatal adiposity
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Lima, Rodrigo Antunes, Desoye, Gernot, Simmons, David, van Poppel, Mireille Nicoline Maria, Devlieger, Roland, Galjaard, Sander, Corcoy, Rosa, Adelantado, Juan M., Dunne, Fidelma, Harreiter, Jürgen, Kautzky-Willer, Alexandra, Damm, Peter, Mathiesen, Elisabeth R., Jensen, Dorte M., Andersen, Lise Lotte, Tanvig, Mette, Lapolla, Annunziata, Dalfra, Maria Grazia, Bertolotto, Alessandra, Wender-Ozegowska, Ewa, Zawiejska, Agnieszka, Hill, David J., Snoek, Frank J., Jelsma, Judith G.M., Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical psychology, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, APH - Mental Health, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D), Public and occupational health, and Medical Psychology
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Leptin ,Physiology ,Fatty Acids, Nonesterified ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,NEFA ,Randomized controlled trial ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,law ,Pregnancy ,030225 pediatrics ,Lifestyle intervention ,Medicine ,Humans ,Obesity ,Life Style ,Adiposity ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,medicine.disease ,Cord blood ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Gestation ,Female ,business ,Body mass index ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
We evaluated possible mediators underlying lifestyle intervention effects on neonatal adiposity, assessed with sum of skinfolds and cord blood leptin. This is a secondary analysis of the DALI study, a randomised controlled trial in nine European countries. Pregnant women with a pre-pregnancy body mass index of ≥29 kg/m2 were randomly assigned to counselling for healthy eating (HE), physical activity (PA), HE&PA combined, or to usual care. We considered five maternal metabolic factors at 24–28 and 35–37 weeks of gestation, and four cord blood factors as possible mediators of the effect of combined HE&PA counselling on neonatal adiposity. From all potential mediators, the intervention only affected cord blood non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), which was higher in the HE&PA group compared to UC (0.068 (mmol/L), 95% CI: 0.004 to 0.133). Cord blood NEFA did not mediate the HE&PA intervention effects on neonatal sum of skinfolds or cord blood leptin, based on an indirect effect on skinfolds of 0.018 (mm), 95% CI: −0.217 to 0.253 and an indirect effect on leptin of −0.143 (μg/l), 95% CI: −0.560 to 0.273. The Dali study observed reductions in neonatal adiposity in pregnant women with obesity, but we were not able to identify the underlying metabolic pathway.
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- 2022