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Update on technical issues concerning complementary feeding of young children in developing countries and implications for intervention programsKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, in Davis, California, USA
Food Nutr Bull 24:5-28. 2003..A six-step approach to planning, implementing, and evaluating such programs is recommended...
Lipid-based nutrient supplements: how can they combat child malnutrition?Kathryn G Dewey
University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
PLoS Med 9:e1001314. 2012b>Kathryn Dewey and Mary Arimond discuss new research in PLOS Medicine that assesses the effect of blanket provision of ready-to-use supplementary food to children at high risk of malnutrition in Chad, and highlight some of the challenges ..
Safety of universal provision of iron through home fortification of complementary foods in malaria-endemic areasKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Adv Nutr 3:555-9. 2012..At present, the safest option is to implement home fortification in the context of comprehensive malaria control strategies, as recommended in recent WHO guidelines...- Study of Women, Infant Feeding, and Type 2 diabetes mellitus after GDM pregnancy (SWIFT), a prospective cohort study: methodology and designErica P Gunderson
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612 2304, USA
BMC Public Health 11:952. 2011..This report describes the design and methods implemented for this study to obtain the clinical, biochemical, anthropometric, and behavioral measurements during the recruitment and follow-up phases... - Nutrient composition of fortified complementary foods: should age-specific micronutrient content and ration sizes be recommended?Kathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 8669, USA
J Nutr 133:2950S-2S. 2003..a lower nutrient-density product and using a combination of approaches (e.g., a separate iron supplement) to reach the higher levels needed by infants. More information is needed on efficacy, costs and feasibility of these options... - Exclusive breast-feeding for 6 months, with iron supplementation, maintains adequate micronutrient status among term, low-birthweight, breast-fed infants in HondurasKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis, USA
J Nutr 134:1091-8. 2004..Given that infants given iron supplements did not benefit from complementary foods at 4-6 mo, we conclude that exclusive breast-feeding for 6 mo (with iron supplementation) can be recommended for term, LBW infants... - Impact of breastfeeding on maternal nutritional statusKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 8669, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 554:91-100. 2004..More research is needed on the effects of lactation on maternal nutritional status and on strategies for optimizing nutrient intake to meet the needs of both the mother and her infant... - WHO technical background paper: feeding of nonbreastfed children from 6 to 24 months of age in developing countriesKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8669, USA
Food Nutr Bull 25:377-402. 2004 - Infant nutrition in developing countries: what works?Kathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Lancet 365:1832-4. 2005 - Infant weight-for-length is positively associated with subsequent linear growth across four different populationsKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, 95616 8669, USA
Matern Child Nutr 1:11-20. 2005..The consistency of this relationship across studies supports the hypothesis that linear growth is partly regulated by initial body mass or fatness in infants... - Does birth spacing affect maternal or child nutritional status? A systematic literature reviewKathryn G Dewey
Program in International and Community Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 8669, USA
Matern Child Nutr 3:151-73. 2007..Important methodological limitations were apparent in most of the studies. Thus, further research with more comprehensive control of potentially confounding variables is needed... - Session 4: Mineral metabolism and body composition iron status of breast-fed infantsKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 8669, USA
Proc Nutr Soc 66:412-22. 2007..Fe supplementation can be beneficial for high-risk infants, but can have adverse effects on growth and morbidity of Fe-replete infants. After 6 months most breast-fed infants will require complementary foods that are rich in Fe... - Systematic review of the efficacy and effectiveness of complementary feeding interventions in developing countriesKathryn G Dewey
Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California 95616-8669, USA
Matern Child Nutr 4:24-85. 2008 - Increasing iron intake of children through complementary foodsKathryn G Dewey
Program in International and Community Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California 95616 8669, USA
Food Nutr Bull 28:S595-609. 2007..Further research is needed to verify the safety of iron-fortification strategies, particularly in malarial areas... - Long-term consequences of stunting in early lifeKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Matern Child Nutr 7:5-18. 2011.... - Early child growth: how do nutrition and infection interact?Kathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Matern Child Nutr 7:129-42. 2011..diarrhoea) on growth can be reduced or eliminated by improving nutrition. Interventions that combine improved nutrition with prevention and control of infections are likely to be most effective for enhancing child growth and development... - Risk factors for suboptimal infant breastfeeding behavior, delayed onset of lactation, and excess neonatal weight lossKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616 8669, USA
Pediatrics 112:607-19. 2003.... - Effects of age at introduction of complementary foods to breast-fed infants on duration of lactational amenorrhea in Honduran womenK G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616 8669, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 65:1403-9. 1997.... - Nutrition, growth, and complementary feeding of the breastfed infantK G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 48:87-104. 2001..Avoid giving too much juice. Be alert to any signs that the child's appetite, growth, or development is impaired. When in doubt, a balanced vitamin-mineral supplement is advisable. Make mealtimes enjoyable... - Lactogenesis and infant weight change in the first weeks of lifeKathryn G Dewey
University of California, Department of Nutrition, Davis 95616-8669, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 503:159-66. 2002 - Effects of exclusive breastfeeding for four versus six months on maternal nutritional status and infant motor development: results of two randomized trials in HondurasK G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California 95616 8669, USA
J Nutr 131:262-7. 2001..Taken together with our previous findings, these results indicate that the advantages of exclusive breastfeeding during this interval appear to outweigh any potential disadvantages in this setting... - Age of introduction of complementary foods and growth of term, low-birth-weight, breast-fed infants: a randomized intervention study in HondurasK G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and the Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616 8669, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 69:679-86. 1999..The optimal age at which to introduce complementary foods is a topic of considerable debate... - Growth characteristics of breast-fed compared to formula-fed infantsK G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616 8669, USA
Biol Neonate 74:94-105. 1998..The reasons for differences in growth patterns by feeding mode require further research... - Iron supplementation affects growth and morbidity of breast-fed infants: results of a randomized trial in Sweden and HondurasKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis, USA
J Nutr 132:3249-55. 2002..05). We conclude that routine iron supplementation of breast-fed infants may benefit those with low Hb but may present risks for those with normal Hb... - Maternal and fetal stress are associated with impaired lactogenesis in humansK G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 8669, USA
J Nutr 131:3012S-5S. 2001..The effects of chronic emotional stress on lactation are not known. Mothers who experience high levels of stress during and after childbirth should receive additional lactation guidance during the first week or two postpartum... - Effects of discontinuing coffee intake on iron status of iron-deficient Guatemalan toddlers: a randomized intervention studyK G Dewey
Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism, Guatemala
Am J Clin Nutr 66:168-76. 1997..05). This implies that coffee interferes with the utilization of supplemental iron. It is likely that the amount and strength of coffee consumed by Guatemalan toddlers are too low to significantly affect the other indexes of iron status... - Effects of age of introduction of complementary foods on iron status of breast-fed infants in HondurasK G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616 8669, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 67:878-84. 1998.... - Energy and protein requirements during lactationK G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616 8669, USA
Annu Rev Nutr 17:19-36. 1997..The latter value is consistent with data from nitrogen balance studies in lactating women. Low protein intakes are unlikely to affect milk volume but may alter certain fractions of milk nitrogen... - Cross-cultural patterns of growth and nutritional status of breast-fed infantsK G Dewey
Department of Nutrition and Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616 8669, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 67:10-7. 1998..Population differences in iron status reflected variation in birth weight and in the use of iron-rich foods. Therefore, efforts to prevent child stunting and malnutrition must pay attention to prenatal as well as postnatal factors... - Home fortification of complementary foods with micronutrient supplements is well accepted and has positive effects on infant iron status in GhanaSeth Adu-Afarwuah
Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 8669, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 87:929-38. 2008..Micronutrient deficiencies are common during infancy, and optimal approaches for their prevention need to be identified... - Effects of varied energy density of complementary foods on breast-milk intakes and total energy consumption by healthy, breastfed Bangladeshi childrenM Munirul Islam
Program in International Nutrition, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 83:851-8. 2006..Total daily EIs were greater with the HD diet despite its negative effects on breast-milk intakes... - Randomized comparison of 3 types of micronutrient supplements for home fortification of complementary foods in Ghana: effects on growth and motor developmentSeth Adu Afarwuah
Program in International Nutrition and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 8669, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:412-20. 2007..A potential low-cost solution is the home fortification of complementary foods with Sprinkles (SP) powder, crushable Nutritabs (NT) tablets, or energy-dense (108 kcal/d), fat-based Nutributter (NB)... - What is the optimal age for introduction of complementary foods?Kathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program 58:161-70; discussion 170-5. 2006..On the whole, the evidence to date supports the WHO recommendation to introduce complementary foods at 6 months, but further research in industrialized countries would be useful... - Behavior-change trials to assess the feasibility of improving complementary feeding practices and micronutrient intake of infants in rural BangladeshJoel E Kimmons
International Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California, USA
Food Nutr Bull 25:228-38. 2004..Moreover, the effect of increased feeding of complementary foods on intakes of breastmilk and total daily consumption of energy and nutrients requires further study... - Risk factors for early lactation problems among Peruvian primiparous mothersSusana L Matias
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Matern Child Nutr 6:120-33. 2010..Early lactation problems may be influenced by modifiable factors such as delivery mode and breastfeeding frequency. Infant status at birth and maternal characteristics could indicate when breastfeeding dyads need extra support... - Development and validation of the infant feeding intentions scaleLaurie A Nommsen-Rivers
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, USA
Matern Child Health J 13:334-42. 2009..There is a need in breastfeeding behavior studies for a quantitative measure of maternal breastfeeding intentions. The Infant Feeding Intentions (IFI) scale was developed to fill this need... - Zinc supplementation does not affect growth, morbidity, or motor development of US term breastfed infants at 4-10 mo of ageM Jane Heinig
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 8669, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:594-601. 2006..It has been documented that growth patterns differ between breastfed and formula-fed infants. Some investigators have suggested that these differences may be related to differences in zinc nutriture... - Prevalence and predictors of iron deficiency in fully breastfed infants at 6 mo of age: comparison of data from 6 studiesZhenyu Yang
Program in International and Community Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:1433-40. 2009..Iron deficiency (ID) can occur among exclusively breastfed infants before 6 mo of age... - Newborn wet and soiled diaper counts and timing of onset of lactation as indicators of breastfeeding inadequacyLaurie A Nommsen-Rivers
Department of Nutrition, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
J Hum Lact 24:27-33. 2008..73-.99) and Sp = .59 (.55-.63). Fewer than 4 soiled diapers on day 4 when used in conjunction with delayed onset of lactation may be indicative of breastfeeding inadequacy, but low specificity will result in many false positives... - Effects of energy density and feeding frequency of complementary foods on total daily energy intakes and consumption of breast milk by healthy breastfed Bangladeshi childrenM Munirul Islam
Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:84-94. 2008..Information is needed on the minimum energy density and feeding frequency of complementary foods that can provide adequate energy intakes (EIs) for healthy breastfed children... - Anemia, iron deficiency, and iron deficiency anemia in 12-36-mo-old children from low-income familiesJulie M Schneider
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:1269-75. 2005..2% and 40.0%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Anemia and ID were prevalent in this WIC sample, but IDA was uncommon. Low hemoglobin is a poor predictor of ID... - Excess weight loss in first-born breastfed newborns relates to maternal intrapartum fluid balanceCaroline J Chantry
University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, 2516 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Pediatrics 127:e171-9. 2011..The objectives were to describe weight loss in a multiethnic population of first-born, predominantly breastfed, term infants and to identify potentially modifiable risk factors for excess weight loss (EWL)... - Feasibility of using flash-heated breastmilk as an infant feeding option for HIV-exposed, uninfected infants after 6 months of age in urban TanzaniaCaroline J Chantry
Department of Pediatrics, University California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 60:43-50. 2012..Our primary objective was to determine, among HIV-infected mothers, the feasibility and protocol adherence of FH expressed breastmilk after 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding... - Viral, nutritional, and bacterial safety of flash-heated and pretoria-pasteurized breast milk to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in resource-poor countries: a pilot studyKiersten Israel-Ballard
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 40:175-81. 2005..This study compared the impact of flash-heating (FH) and Pretoria pasteurization (PP) on HIV, nutrients, and antimicrobial properties in human milk... - Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping on iron status in Mexican infants: a randomised controlled trialCamila M Chaparro
Department of Nutrition, Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8669, USA
Lancet 367:1997-2004. 2006..INTERPRETATION: Delay in cord clamping of 2 minutes could help prevent iron deficiency from developing before 6 months of age, when iron-fortified complementary foods could be introduced... - Low nutrient intakes among infants in rural Bangladesh are attributable to low intake and micronutrient density of complementary foodsJoel E Kimmons
Program in International Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
J Nutr 135:444-51. 2005.... - Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in the United StatesKathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California, USA
Food Nutr Bull 25:S84-9. 2004..The cross-sectional sample was recruited between January and July 2001. Major challenges during implementation were maintaining daily communication with hospital personnel and scheduling home visits... - Diagnostic value of signs and symptoms of mammary candidosis among lactating womenJimi Francis-Morrill
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616-8669, USA
J Hum Lact 20:288-95; quiz 296-9. 2004..Positive predictive value for Candida colonization was highest when there were 3 or more signs or symptoms simultaneously or when flaky or shiny skin of the nipple/areola was reported together or in combination with breast pain... - Guidelines for collection of human milk samples for monitoring and research of environmental chemicalsCheryl A Lovelady
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 27410, USA
J Toxicol Environ Health A 65:1881-91. 2002..General principles regarding how and when to collect milk samples are provided. For any previously unstudied environmental chemical in milk, all sources of variance must be assessed before a meaningful sampling protocol can be devised... - Is breastfeeding protective against child obesity?Kathryn G Dewey
Department of Nutrition, at the University of California at Davis, USA
J Hum Lact 19:9-18. 2003..Nonetheless, it may be of public health significance considering the current epidemic of child overweight... - Early umbilical cord clamping contributes to elevated blood lead levels among infants with higher lead exposureCamila M Chaparro
Department of Nutrition, Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California 95616 8669, USA
J Pediatr 151:506-12. 2007..To investigate whether infant iron status, modified by umbilical cord clamping time and infant feeding mode, affected infant blood lead concentration at 6 months of age... - Detecting Candida albicans in human milkJimi Francis Morrill
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616-8669, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:475-8. 2003..0 mg of lactoferrin/ml and markedly reduced the likelihood of false-negative culture results. This method may provide the necessary objective support needed for diagnosis of mammary candidosis... - Comparison of plasma ferritin concentration with the ratio of plasma transferrin receptor to ferritin in estimating body iron stores: results of 4 intervention trialsZhenyu Yang
Program in International and Community Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 87:1892-8. 2008..Efforts to develop global programs for the control of iron deficiency require simple, low-cost, and accurate indicators of iron status... - The diagnostic criteria for iron deficiency in infants should be reevaluatedMagnus Domellöf
Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Umea University, Sweden
J Nutr 132:3680-6. 2002..Hb, MCV and ZPP at 6 mo as well as growth variables predicted the Hb response at 6-9 mo, but ferritin and TfR at 6 mo did not. We conclude that there is need for a reevaluation of the definitions of ID and IDA in infants... - Risk factors for mammary candidosis among lactating womenJimi Francis Morrill
Department of Biochemistry, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 34:37-45. 2005..To document the occurrence of Candida colonization and mammary candidosis among lactating women, risk factors for Candida colonization, and the relationship between Candida colonization and breastfeeding at 9 weeks postpartum... - Iron supplements reduce erythrocyte copper-zinc superoxide dismutase activity in term, breastfed infantsMagnus Domellöf
Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 94:1578-82. 2005..To investigate whether iron supplements compromise copper status in infants... - Sex differences in iron status during infancyMagnus Domellöf
Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Pediatrics 110:545-52. 2002..It is commonly assumed that there is no difference in iron status between male and female infants, despite a lack of studies addressing this question... - Factors influencing concentrations of iron, zinc, and copper in human milkMagnus Domellöf
Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Umea University, Sweden
Adv Exp Med Biol 554:355-8. 2004 - Iron, zinc, and copper concentrations in breast milk are independent of maternal mineral statusMagnus Domellöf
Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Am J Clin Nutr 79:111-5. 2004..Little is known about the regulation of iron, zinc, and copper in breast milk and the transport of these minerals across the mammary gland epithelium... - Proposed nutrient composition for fortified complementary foodsChessa K Lutter
Nutrition Unit, Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC 20037, USA
J Nutr 133:3011S-20S. 2003..To prevent micronutrient losses, it is recommended that the FPCF be precooked. The knowledge base to develop an FPCF is quite limited, and much additional research is needed before an optimal formulation can be recommended... - The use of multiple logistic regression to identify risk factors associated with anemia and iron deficiency in a convenience sample of 12-36-mo-old children from low-income familiesJulie M Schneider
Nutrition and Food Sciences Department, California State University, Chico, CA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 87:614-20. 2008..Determination of risk factors associated with ID is needed to allow children with identifiable risk factors to receive appropriate education, testing, and follow-up... - Educational intervention to modify bottle-feeding behaviors among formula-feeding mothers in the WIC program: impact on infant formula intake and weight gainKatherine F Kavanagh
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996 1920, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 40:244-50. 2008..This study evaluated whether encouraging formula-feeding caregivers to be sensitive to infant satiety cues would alter feeding practices and reduce infant formula intake and weight gain... - Effects of mode of oral iron administration on serum ferritin and haemoglobin in infantsMagnus Domellöf
Department of Clinical Sciences, Paediatrics, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 97:1055-60. 2008..To investigate effects of iron-fortified foods (FFs) and medicinal iron drops (MD) on iron status in infants... - Conclusions, research needs, and recommendations of the expert panel: technical workshop on human milk surveillance and research for environmental chemicals in the United StatesCheston M Berlin
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA
J Toxicol Environ Health A 65:1929-35. 2002 - Validation of a new pediatric air-displacement plethysmograph for assessing body composition in infantsGuansheng Ma
National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing
Am J Clin Nutr 79:653-60. 2004..CONCLUSION: ADP is a reliable and accurate instrument for determining %BF in infants, and it has the potential for use in both research and clinical settings... - Heat treating breast milk as an infant feeding optionKiersten A Israel-Ballard
J Hum Lact 22:267-8; author reply 268. 2006
Research Grants
- WHO MULTICENTER GROWTH REFERENCE STUDY: U.S. SITEKathryn Dewey; Fiscal Year: 2002..The data will be pooled by WHO to create a new growth reference, applicable to all infants and children internationally. ..