Consumption of artificial sweeteners in pregnancy increased overweight risk in infants

Cohort study of mother–infant dyads. Setting: Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development Study. A population-based study with four contributing sites. Patients: Mothers of singleton pregnancies and their 1-year-old infants. Exposure: Maternal artificial and sugar-sweetened beverage intake from questionnaire, classified according to the number of servings per day/week/month. Outcomes: Primary outcome was infant body mass index (BMI) z-score at 1 year of age. Secondary outcome was the risk of being overweight (BMI z-score >97th centile) at 1 year of age. Follow-up period : Women recruited over 5 years (2009–2013). Infant BMI was calculated at 1 year of age. Patient follow-up : 3033 mother–infant dyads were recruited. 2682 completed follow-up of BMI and 2413 …