FAB RESEARCH COMMENT:
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) - also known as the 'Children of the 90s' study - is a birth cohort study, which has collected an extraordinarly comprensive set of data relevant to health, wellbeing and child development - including information on diet.
The initial study sample involved over 14,000 pregnant women, recruited from a region in the south-west UK in the early 1990s; and they, their children (and now grandchildren) and partners where possible have been followed up regularly ever since.
The ALSPAC study has led to numerous publications examining associations between nutrition and diet during pregnancy, and child developmental outcomes - and this review summarises the main findings.
Key findings in brief:
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Some pregnant women had lower-than-recommended dietary intakes of key nutrients such as iron, potassium, magnesium, and folate