JAMA Network Open · 23 authors, 12 centres
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This randomized clinical trial tested if a Mediterranean diet or stress reduction program for pregnant women improves child development at age 2. The study found that the diet intervention improved cognitive and social-emotional scores, while the stress reduction program improved social-emotional scores compared to usual care.
At corrected age 2 years, child neurodevelopment was assessed using the Bayley-III scale. The study found that children in the Mediterranean diet group had significantly higher scores in the cognitive and social-emotional domains compared to usual care. Children in the stress reduction group had significantly higher scores in the social-emotional domain.
