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J.C. Graaf, (Jurgen C. de)

2015-06-17

Prenatal nutrition and early childhood behaviour

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Prenatale voeding en gedrag van jonge kinderen

This thesis focuses on the relation between maternal nutrition during pregnancy and offspring emotional and behavioural development within the general population. The studies described in this thesis explore whether the maternal prenatal diet as a whole, as well as maternal blood concentrations of specific nutrients (folate and omega-3 and -6 fatty acids) affect early childhood risk of general emotional and behavioural problems, and autistic traits more specifically. The research was conducted within the Generation R Study, a population-based cohort from early foetal life until young adulthood in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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Keywords Birth cohort study, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Nutrition, Folic acid supplementation, Folate, Fatty acids, Polyunsaturated fatty acids, Omega-3:omega-6 fatty acid ratio, Dietary patterns, Foetal neurodevelopment, Head growth, Head size, Child, Emotional problems, Behavioural problems, Autistic traits
Promotor F.C. Verhulst (Frank) , H.W. Tiemeier (Henning)
Publisher Erasmus University Rotterdam
Sponsor The work presented in this thesis was conducted at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/psychology of the Erasmus Medical Centre – Sophia’s Children Hospital in Rotterdam. It was supported by a grant from ZonMw (Grant Number: 10.000.1003) and a grant from the European Community’s 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2008–2013) under grant agreement 212652 (NUTRIMENTHE Project: ‘‘The Effect of Diet on the Mental Performance of Children’’). Further financial support for the publication of this thesis was provided by the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/psychology, the Generation R Study, and the Erasmus Medical Centre. Additional financial support was generously provided by Nutricia baby- en kindervoeding.
ISBN 978-94-6169-665-6
Persistent URL hdl.handle.net/1765/78262
Note Due to embargo regulations RePub contains an edited version of this thesis (chapters 3.1 and 4.2 exluded).
Grant This work was funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme; grant id fp7/212652 - “Effect of diet on the mental performance of children” (NUTRIMENTHE)
Organisation Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam
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Graaf,, J. C. de . (2015, June 17). Prenatal nutrition and early childhood behaviour. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/78262
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