Diet quality during preconception or pregnancy and gestational weight gain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Inappropriate gestational weight gain (GWG), including inadequate and excessive GWG, has become pandemic across nations and continents. This review aims to synthesise the evidence on the correlation between diet quality and GWG. If this association is confirmed, improving diet quality could become an intervention target in the efforts to reduce inappropriate GWG.

Methods and analysis

We will conduct a systematic review of all prospective cohort studies on diet quality in preconception or pregnancy and GWG. Our secondary outcomes include gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia and birth weight. A comprehensive search of all published articles in MEDLINE ALL (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), Food Science and Technology Abstracts (Ovid) and CINAHL (EBSCOHost), from database creat

SUBMITTER: Yu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050399 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature