Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
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Longitudinal changes in maternal diet

Approved: 2012

Collaborators:

  • Dr Ellie D Arcy
  • Prof Julie Byles
  • Prof Gita Mishra
  • Ms Jennifer Powers
  • Prof Clare Collins
  • AProf Alexis Hure
  • Dr Lucy Leigh
  • Dr Christopher Oldmeadow

Synopsis

The proposed project seeks to evaluate dietary changes that occur longitudinally in women. The project will use self-reported dietary data from ALSWH’s young cohort (1973-78), over two mailed surveys in 2003 and 2009. Women will be classified as preconception, pregnant or not pregnant at each time point and their diets compared to observe the changes that occur as a woman ages or becomes pregnant. Overall, this project will examine the trends in dietary intake during childbearing years