Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, Department of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, University of Agder, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway.
Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Sorlandet Hospital, 4615 Kristiansand, Norway.
Nutrients. 2019 Jul 21;11(7):1676. doi: 10.3390/nu11071676.
Environmental factors in the first years of life are crucial for a child's neurodevelopment. Research on the association between breastfeeding and neurodevelopment is inconclusive, while research on the possible association between other dietary factors and neurodevelopment is inadequate in children as young as one year of age. The aim of the present study was to investigate associations between both breastfeeding and other dietary factors and the neurodevelopment of one-year-old children in Norway.
Participants were recruited from kindergartens in four Norwegian counties in 2017. A questionnaire including questions about dietary factors and breastfeeding, and a standardised age-related questionnaire on neurodevelopment (the Ages and Stages Questionnaire), were completed by parents of one-year-olds. Linear regressions adjusting for relevant covariates were conducted to explore the associations.
In our sample of 212 one-year-old children, a longer duration of breastfeeding was associated with higher neurodevelopmental scores. Dietary intake of fish, fruits and vegetables was also strongly associated with higher neurodevelopmental scores, even after adjustment for breastfeeding and maternal education.
Our results indicate that healthy dietary factors are important for neurodevelopment in young children, with measurable effects already at the age of one year.
研究挪威一岁儿童母乳喂养和其他饮食因素与神经发育的关系。
2017 年，在挪威四个县的幼儿园招募参与者。父母完成了一份包括饮食因素和母乳喂养问题的问卷以及一份标准化的与年龄相关的神经发育问卷（发育进程问卷）。通过调整相关协变量的线性回归来探讨相关性。
在我们的 212 名一岁儿童样本中，母乳喂养时间较长与神经发育评分较高相关。即使在调整了母乳喂养和母亲教育后，鱼类、水果和蔬菜的饮食摄入量也与较高的神经发育评分强烈相关。
我们的结果表明，健康的饮食因素对幼儿的神经发育很重要，在一岁时就可以测量到其影响。
