The role of prenatal violence exposure in the development of disparities in children's adiposity from birth to middle childhood

doi:10.1002/oby.23794

. 2023 Aug;31(8):2119-2128.

doi: 10.1002/oby.23794. Epub 2023 Jul 2.

The role of prenatal violence exposure in the development of disparities in children's adiposity from birth to middle childhood

Kristen L Rudd^{1

2}, Qi Zhao³, Nadra E Lisha², J Carolyn Graff⁴, Amanda Norona-Zhou², Danielle S Roubinov², Emily S Barrett⁵, Paul Juarez⁶, Kecia N Carroll⁷, Catherine J Karr⁸, Sheela Sathyanarayana^{8

9}, W Alex Mason³, Kaja Z LeWinn², Nicole R Bush^{2

10}

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¹ Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Weill Institute of Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
³ Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁴ College of Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
⁶ Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
⁷ Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁹ Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

PMID: 37394870
PMCID: PMC10523867 (available on 2024-08-01)
DOI: 10.1002/oby.23794

The role of prenatal violence exposure in the development of disparities in children's adiposity from birth to middle childhood

Kristen L Rudd et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;31(8):2119-2128.

doi: 10.1002/oby.23794. Epub 2023 Jul 2.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Weill Institute of Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
³ Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁴ College of Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
⁶ Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
⁷ Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁹ Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

PMID: 37394870
PMCID: PMC10523867 (available on 2024-08-01)
DOI: 10.1002/oby.23794

Abstract

Objective: This study examined whether women's exposure to multiple types of violence during childhood and pregnancy was associated with children's BMI trajectories and whether parenting quality moderated those associations.

Methods: A cohort of 1288 women who gave birth between 2006 and 2011 self-reported their exposure to childhood traumatic events, intimate partner violence (IPV), and residential address (linked to geocoded index of violent crime) during pregnancy. Children's length/height and weight at birth and at age 1, 2, 3, 4 to 6, and 8 years were converted to BMI z scores. Observed mother-child interactions were behaviorally coded during a dyadic teaching task.

Results: Covariate-adjusted growth mixture models identified three trajectories of children's BMI from birth to 8 years old: Low-Stable (17%), Moderate-Stable (59%), and High-Rising (22%). Children whose mothers experienced more types of IPV during pregnancy were more likely to be in the High-Rising than the Low-Stable (odds ratio [OR] = 2.62; 95% CI: 1.27-5.41) trajectory. Children whose mothers lived in higher crime neighborhoods were more likely to be in the High-Rising than the Low-Stable (OR = 1.11; 95% CI:1.03-1.17) or Moderate-Stable trajectories (OR = 1.08; CI: 1.03-1.13). Main effects of childhood traumatic events and moderation by parenting were not detected.

Conclusions: Maternal experiences of violence during pregnancy increase children's risk for developing overweight, highlighting intergenerational transmission of social adversity in children's health.

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[1] Anderson PM, Butcher KF, Schanzenbach DW. Understanding recent trends in childhood obesity in the United States. Economics & Human Biology. 2019;34:16–25. - PubMed

[2] Anderson PM, Butcher KF, Schanzenbach DW. Understanding recent trends in childhood obesity in the United States. Economics & Human Biology. 2019;34:16–25. - PubMed

[3] Entringer S, Buss C, Wadhwa PD. Prenatal stress and developmental programming of human health and disease risk: concepts and integration of empirical findings. Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity. 2010;17(6):507. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Entringer S, Buss C, Wadhwa PD. Prenatal stress and developmental programming of human health and disease risk: concepts and integration of empirical findings. Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity. 2010;17(6):507. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Hu Z, Tylavsky FA, Han JC, et al. Maternal metabolic factors during pregnancy predict early childhood growth trajectories and obesity risk: The CANDLE Study. International journal of obesity. 2019;43(10):1914–1922. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Hu Z, Tylavsky FA, Han JC, et al. Maternal metabolic factors during pregnancy predict early childhood growth trajectories and obesity risk: The CANDLE Study. International journal of obesity. 2019;43(10):1914–1922. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Graignic-Philippe R, Dayan J, Chokron S, Jacquet A, Tordjman S. Effects of prenatal stress on fetal and child development: a critical literature review. Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews. 2014;43:137–162. - PubMed

[8] Graignic-Philippe R, Dayan J, Chokron S, Jacquet A, Tordjman S. Effects of prenatal stress on fetal and child development: a critical literature review. Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews. 2014;43:137–162. - PubMed

[9] Monk C, Lugo-Candelas C, Trumpff C. Prenatal developmental origins of future psychopathology: mechanisms and pathways. Annual review of clinical psychology. 2019;15:317–344. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Monk C, Lugo-Candelas C, Trumpff C. Prenatal developmental origins of future psychopathology: mechanisms and pathways. Annual review of clinical psychology. 2019;15:317–344. - PMC - PubMed

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