Journal article
Targeting the perinatal diet to modulate the gut microbiota increases dietary variety and prebiotic and probiotic food intakes: Results from a randomised controlled trial
SL Dawson, M Mohebbi, JM Craig, P Dawson, G Clarke, MLK Tang, FN Jacka
Public Health Nutrition | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2021
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the hypothesis that a perinatal educational dietary intervention focused on 'eating for the gut microbiota' improves diet quality of pregnant women pre- and postnatally. Design: The Healthy Parents, Healthy Kids study is a prospectively registered randomised controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy of a dietary intervention in altering the maternal and infant gut microbiota and improving perinatal diet quality. Eligible pregnant women were randomised to receive dietary advice from their healthcare provider or to additionally receive a three session dietary intervention. Dietary data were collected at gestation weeks 26, 31, 36 and postnatal week 4. Outcome me..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank Associate Professor Adrienne O'Neil for reviewing the final manuscript; Professor Graham Giles of the Cancer Epidemiology Centre of The Cancer Council Victoria for permission to use the Dietary Questionnaire for Epidemiological Studies (Version 2), Melbourne: The Cancer Council Victoria, 1996; the study team: Jessica McArdle, Ivy Craw, Victoria Hobbs, Tiril Borge and Sara Campolonghi; Mrs Jann Parkes for the artwork. We acknowledge support from the Victorian Department of Education and Training. Financial support: The current study was funded by Deakin University's Food & Mood Centre and received in-kind support from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Royal Children's Hospital.