Location: Potato, Pulse and Small Grains Quality Research
Project Number: 3060-21650-002-068-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 1, 2025
End Date: Dec 31, 2026
Objective:
The aim of this project is to evaluate the potential protective roles of dietary pulse consumption in child health. Specifically, examine the associations of child pulse consumption (total and individual classes [dried beans, dried peas, lentils, chickpeas]) in infancy, toddlers, and early childhood with child physical growth and cardio-metabolic health up to mid-adolescence.
Approach:
Guided by a life course framework, we will use secondary data from three U.S. longitudinal birth cohorts that tracked mother-child dyads from pregnancy to adolescence: 1) Project Viva (1999-present, N=2,128 newborns) 2) Infant Feeding Practices Study II (IFPS II, 2005-2012, N=3,033 newborns), and 3) WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 (WIC ITFPS-2, 2013-present, N=3,777 children). A) Project Viva (1999-present, N=2,128 newborns) that followed children and their mothers at birth, 6 months (m), 1 year (y), 2 y, 3 y, 4 y, 5 y, 6 y, 7 y, 8 y, 9 y, 10 y, 11 y, 12-13 y, 14 y, 15 y, and 17 y of child age32, B) Infant Feeding Practices Study II (IFPS II, 2005-2012, N=3,033 newborns) that followed children and their mothers at neonatal (1 m), 2 m, 3 m, 4 m, 5 m, 6 m, 7 m, 9 m, 10 m, 12 m, and 6 y of child age33,34, and C) WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 (WIC ITFPS-2, 2013- present, N=3,777 children) that followed children and their mothers at 1 m, 3 m, 5 m, 7 m, 9 m, 11 m, 13 m, 15 m, 18 m, 24 m, 30 m, 36 m, 42 m, 48 m, 54 m, 60 m, and 72 m of child age.