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The quiet revolution: breastfeeding transformed with the use of breast pumpsKathleen M Rasmussen
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Am J Public Health 101:1356-9. 2011..As a result, the time has come to determine the prevalence of exclusive and periodic breast milk expression and the consequences of these behaviors for the health of mothers and their infants...
Recommendations for weight gain during pregnancy in the context of the obesity epidemicKathleen M Rasmussen
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
Obstet Gynecol 116:1191-5. 2010..Scientific evidence was inadequate to provide specific guidelines by obesity class or to support a public health recommendation to reduce the guidelines below 5-9 kg (11-20 lb) for obese women...- Interventions to increase the duration of breastfeeding in obese mothers: the Bassett Improving Breastfeeding StudyKathleen M Rasmussen
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
Breastfeed Med 6:69-75. 2011..To ascertain whether increased breastfeeding support or provision of a breast pump is a feasible, effective intervention to improve breastfeeding, we enrolled obese women who intended to breastfeed in two randomized trials... - Maternal supplementation differentially affects the mother and newbornKathleen M Rasmussen
Division of Nutrition Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Nutr 140:402-6. 2010.... - New guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy: what obstetrician/gynecologists should knowKathleen M Rasmussen
aDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 21:521-6. 2009..To review the recently issued guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy... 
High prepregnant body mass index is associated with early termination of full and any breastfeeding in Danish womenJennifer L Baker
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:404-11. 2007..An association between high prepregnant body mass index (BMI) and early termination of breastfeeding has been observed, but this finding may have depended on the sociocultural context...- Associations between high prepregnancy body mass index, breast-milk expression, and breast-milk production and feedingStephanie A Leonard
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 93:556-63. 2011.... - A description of lactation counseling practices that are used with obese mothersKathleen M Rasmussen
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
J Hum Lact 22:322-7. 2006..Given the excess risk for premature lactation failure among obese women, these findings suggest that those who care for such women need to be made aware of this risk so that they can develop and provide appropriate services... - Excessive weight gain during pregnancy is associated with earlier termination of breast-feeding among White womenJulie A Hilson
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
J Nutr 136:140-6. 2006..Thus, in addition to conceiving at a healthy weight, gaining the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy is also important for successful BF... - Constructing maternal knowledge frameworks. How mothers conceptualize complementary feedingEva C Monterrosa
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Appetite 59:377-84. 2012..We conclude that elucidating maternal knowledge frameworks is crucial for explaining maternal behavior, and argue that these frameworks are the foundation for developing behavior-change interventions... - Breastfeeding and health outcomes for the mother-infant dyadChristine M Dieterich
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 60:31-48. 2013..It also reviews the latest evidence about the consequences of breastfeeding for the health of the infant and mother. This review provides support for current national and international recommendations that support breastfeeding... - Micronutrient supplementation affects maternal-infant feeding interactions and maternal distress in BangladeshAmy L Frith
Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Ithaca, NY, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 90:141-8. 2009..Although micronutrient malnutrition has been associated with poorer interaction, the effects of maternal micronutrient supplementation on interaction are unknown... - Maternal obesity: a problem for both mother and childKathleen M Rasmussen
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:929-31. 2008 - Maternal prepregnant body mass index, duration of breastfeeding, and timing of complementary food introduction are associated with infant weight gainJennifer L Baker
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1579-88. 2004..Future investigations of the effects of breastfeeding on infant weight gain should account for all of these factors... - Larger infant size at birth reduces the negative association between maternal prepregnancy body mass index and breastfeeding durationStephanie A Leonard
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Nutr 141:645-53. 2011..Thus, the tendency of heavier mothers to deliver heavier infants reduces the true magnitude of the association between maternal prepregnancy BMI and shortened breastfeeding duration... - Maternal obesity is negatively associated with breastfeeding success among Hispanic but not Black womenJanet G Kugyelka
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Nutr 134:1746-53. 2004..We speculate that obesity may have a different biological meaning for BF success in Black women than it does in those who are Caucasian or Hispanic... - Prepregnant overweight and obesity diminish the prolactin response to suckling in the first week postpartumKathleen M Rasmussen
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 6301, USA
Pediatrics 113:e465-71. 2004.... - Early participation in a prenatal food supplementation program ameliorates the negative association of food insecurity with quality of maternal-infant interactionAmy L Frith
School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, USA
J Nutr 142:1095-101. 2012..Food insecurity limits the ability of mothers and infants to interact well, but an early invitation time to start a prenatal food supplementation program can support mother-infant interaction among those who are food insecure... - Danish health care providers' perception of breastfeeding difficulty experienced by women who are obese, have large breasts, or bothKarin A Katz
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 6301, USA
J Hum Lact 26:138-47. 2010.... - Maternal, infant, and household factors are associated with breast-feeding trajectories during infants' first 6 months of life in Matlab, BangladeshSabrina Rasheed
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Nutr 139:1582-7. 2009..6; 95% CI, 0.4-0.8) were less likely to be in the CMFT. Thus, these trajectories were associated with distinct groups of women and these results provide information useful for developing interventions to improve breast-feeding practices... - Obesity as a risk factor for failure to initiate and sustain lactationKathleen M Rasmussen
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 503:217-22. 2002 - Trends in breastfeeding: it is not only at the breast anymoreSheela R Geraghty
Center for Breastfeeding Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Matern Child Nutr 9:180-7. 2013..It is now time to develop appropriate ways to characterise the production and consumption of breast milk more accurately and investigate whether these behaviours have consequences for the health of mothers and infants...