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Public perceptions on breastfeeding constraintsRuowei Li
Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop K-25, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA
J Hum Lact 18:227-35. 2002..To promote and support breastfeeding in society as a whole, these messages need to be considered in planning and implementing breastfeeding interventions...
Do infants fed from bottles lack self-regulation of milk intake compared with directly breastfed infants?Ruowei Li
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, 4770 Buford Highway, MS K25, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Pediatrics 125:e1386-93. 2010..We studied whether infants' self-regulation of milk intake is affected by feeding mode (bottle versus breast) and the type of milk in the bottle (formula versus expressed breast milk)...- Changes in public attitudes toward breastfeeding in the United States, 1999-2003Ruowei Li
National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:122-7. 2007..Pediatricians and other health professionals should recommend human milk for all infants for whom breastfeeding is not specifically contraindicated... - Racial/ethnic disparities in public opinion about breastfeeding: the 1999--2000 healthstyles surveys in the United StatesRuowei Li
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop K-25, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3717, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 554:287-91. 2004 - Public beliefs about breastfeeding policies in various settingsRuowei Li
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 104:1162-8. 2004..A variety of policy strategies would be appropriate to create a favorable environment for breastfeeding... - Baby-Friendly hospital practices and meeting exclusive breastfeeding intentionCria G Perrine
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Pediatrics 130:54-60. 2012..To describe mothers' exclusive breastfeeding intentions and whether Baby-Friendly hospital practices are associated with achieving these intentions... - Breastfeeding rates in the United States by characteristics of the child, mother, or family: the 2002 National Immunization SurveyRuowei Li
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3717, USA
Pediatrics 115:e31-7. 2005..Using the data from the 2002 NIS, this study estimates breastfeeding rates in the United States by characteristics of the child, mother, or family... - Regional variation in public opinion about breastfeeding in the United StatesAbeda Hannan
DeKalb County Board of Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30034, USA
J Hum Lact 21:284-8. 2005..This study emphasizes the need to learn from the best regions and apply subsequent findings to those regions having less positive public opinions and low breastfeeding rates... - Risk of bottle-feeding for rapid weight gain during the first year of lifeRuowei Li
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:431-6. 2012..To better understand the mechanisms behind breastfeeding and childhood obesity, we assessed the association of weight gain with the mode of milk delivery aside from the type of milk given to infants... - Dose-response associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and subsequent childhood obesity: effect modification by maternal race/ethnicity in a low-income US cohortAndrea J Sharma
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Mailstop K 25, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:995-1007. 2008.... - Prevalence of breastfeeding in the United States: the 2001 National Immunization SurveyRuowei Li
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3717, USA
Pediatrics 111:1198-201. 2003..The present study examines the current prevalence of breastfeeding in the United States using NIS data from this initial quarter... - Association of breastfeeding intensity and bottle-emptying behaviors at early infancy with infants' risk for excess weight at late infancyRuowei Li
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, 4770 Buford Hwy, Mail Stop K25, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Pediatrics 122:S77-84. 2008.... - Racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding among United States infants: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994Ruowei Li
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3717, USA
Birth 29:251-7. 2002..Therefore, blacks, particularly those who are poor or less educated, need to be targeted for promotion, protection, and support of breastfeeding... - Reasons for earlier than desired cessation of breastfeedingErika C Odom
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatrics 131:e726-32. 2013..To describe the prevalence and factors associated with not meeting desired breastfeeding duration... - Why mothers stop breastfeeding: mothers' self-reported reasons for stopping during the first yearRuowei Li
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, 4770 Buford Hwy, Mail Stop K25, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Pediatrics 122:S69-76. 2008..Our goal was to determine why women stop breastfeeding at various times during their infant's first year... - The validity and reliability of maternal recall of breastfeeding practiceRuowei Li
Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3714, USA
Nutr Rev 63:103-10. 2005..Further and more extensive studies on maternal recall of breastfeeding history and ways to improve such recall are warranted... - Maternal obesity and breast-feeding practicesRuowei Li
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:931-6. 2003..Maternal obesity has been associated with poor lactation in animal models, but the results of related research in humans are inconclusive... - Nutritional rickets among children in the United States: review of cases reported between 1986 and 2003Pamela Weisberg
Maternal Child Nutrition Branch, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1697S-705S. 2004..Education should also emphasize the importance of weaning children to a diet adequate in both vitamin D and calcium... 
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among US infants: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Phase II, 1991-1994)Ruowei Li
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1107-10. 2002- Associations between breastfeeding practices and young children's language and motor skill developmentDeborah L Dee
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, and the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 2524, USA
Pediatrics 119:S92-8. 2007..We examined the associations of breastfeeding initiation and duration with language and motor skill development in a nationally representative sample of US children aged 10 to 71 months... - Comparison of manual and electric breast pumps among WIC women returning to work or school in HawaiiDonald K Hayes
Family Health Services Division, Hawaii Department of Health, Honolulu, Hawaii 96816, USA
Breastfeed Med 3:3-10. 2008..A study was done to determine whether an electric breast pump (vs. a manual pump) would increase breastfeeding duration in those returning to work or school full-time... - Mothers' and clinicians' perspectives on breastfeeding counseling during routine preventive visitsElsie M Taveras
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:e405-11. 2004..Little is known, however, about the counseling provided during these visits and how mothers and their clinicians perceive breastfeeding counseling... - Opinions and practices of clinicians associated with continuation of exclusive breastfeedingElsie M Taveras
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Center for Child Health Care Studies, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:e283-90. 2004..Unfortunately, little information is available on how clinicians and health care organizations can best promote continuation of exclusive breastfeeding... - Effects of chronic iodine excess in a cohort of long-term American workers in West AfricaElizabeth N Pearce
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:5499-502. 2002..The prevalence of all abnormalities decreased after removal of excess iodine from the drinking water system...