Maternal Programming
- Childhood cardiometabolic risk factors associated with the perinatal environment of the maternal-paternal-child triad. Pediatr Obes. 2024.
- Excessive Gestational Weight Gain, Independent of Body Mass Index, Is Associated With Child Fat Mass Index at Age 2 Years in the Growing life, Optimizing Wellness Study. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2024.
- Maternal Adiposity is Associated with Fat Mass Accretion in Female but not Male Offspring During the First 2 Years of Life. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020.
Gestational Physical activity
- Excessive Gestational Weight Gain, Independent of Body Mass Index, Is Associated With Child Fat Mass Index at Age 2 Years in the Growing life, Optimizing Wellness Study. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2024.
- Physical Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Phenotypes in Women During the First Trimester of Pregnancy. Matern Child Health J. 2023
Nutritional Programming
- Maternal Adiposity is Associated with Fat Mass Accretion in Female but not Male Offspring During the First 2 Years of Life. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020.
- A longitudinal observational study of skeletal development between ages 3 mo and 6 y in children fed human milk, milk formula, or soy formula. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023.
- Body fat and bone mineral content of infants fed breast milk, cow’s milk formula, or soy formula during the first year of life. J Pediatr. 2013.
Breastfeeding and Human Milk Composition
- Childhood cardiometabolic risk factors associated with the perinatal environment of the maternal-paternal-child triad. Pediatr Obes. 2024
- The Impact of Excessive Weight on Breastfeeding Intention, Initiation, and Duration. Breastfeed Med. 2023.
- Human milk composition differs by maternal BMI in the first 9 months postpartum. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020.
Methodology development
- Body Composition Measurements from Birth through 5 Years: Challenges, Gaps, and Existing & Emerging Technologies-A National Institutes of Health workshop. Obes Reviews. 2020.
- Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance to measure fat mass in infants and children. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011.
- QMR: validation of an infant and children body composition instrument using piglets against chemical analysis. Int J Obes (Lond). 2010.