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DOP039Maternal Ultra-Processed Food Intake During Pregnancy and Risk of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Danish Cohort Study

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The study aims to explore the association between maternal ultra-processed food intake during pregnancy and the risk of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in offspring.
Analyzed mother-child pairs from the Danish National Birth Cohort (1996-2002).
Assessed maternal dietary intake using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire.
Categorized foods based on the Nova classification system into ultra-processed and other types.
Identified offspring with pediatric IBD through national health registers.
Utilized Cox regression to estimate hazard ratios for IBD risk based on maternal UPF intake levels.
Among 59,483 mother-child pairs, 170 developed pediatric-onset IBD (0.3%).
Maternal UPF intake contributed a median of 20% of total energy intake.
Higher UPF intake was linked to poorer diet quality in mothers.
No significant association found between maternal UPF intake and increased IBD risk in offspring.

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Cohort study investigates maternal ultra-processed food intake impact on pediatric IBD risk, suggesting no direct link.

Anneberg et al. (2026) studied this question.

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