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Nutrition in early life interacts with genetic risk to influence preadult behaviour in the Raine Study

Early life nutrition is associated with child behaviour; however, the interplay with genetic vulnerability is understudied. We hypothesised that psychiatric genetic risk interacted with early nutrition to predict behavioural problems in childhood and adolescence.

Citation:
Byg LM, Wang CA, Attia J, Whitehouse AJO, Oddy WH, et al. Nutrition in early life interacts with genetic risk to influence preadult behaviour in the Raine Study. Commun Med. 2026;6(1).

Keywords:
Raine study;  nutrition ADHD; depression; behaviour problems

Abstract:
Early life nutrition is associated with child behaviour; however, the interplay with genetic vulnerability is understudied. We hypothesised that psychiatric genetic risk interacted with early nutrition to predict behavioural problems in childhood and adolescence.