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| Kathleen Maher RasmussenSummaryAffiliation: Cornell University Country: USA Publications
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The "fetal origins" hypothesis: challenges and opportunities for maternal and child nutritionK M Rasmussen
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14583, USA
Annu Rev Nutr 21:73-95. 2001..It is too soon to use this research as a basis for new interventions directed at pregnant women for the purpose of reducing chronic disease in their offspring...- 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 - Association of maternal obesity before conception with poor lactation performanceKathleen Maher Rasmussen
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Annu Rev Nutr 27:103-21. 2007..Given the increasingly high rates of obesity among women of reproductive age worldwide and the importance of breastfeeding for infant health, further study of this association is essential... - 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.... - Obesity may impair lactogenesis IIK M Rasmussen
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Nutr 131:3009S-11S. 2001..Taken together, these findings in animals and women strongly suggest that maternal obesity in the perinatal period is a cause of delayed lactogenesis... - 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 
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...- 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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, 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...
Research Grants
- TRAINING IN MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITIONKATHLEEN RASMUSSEN; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..