A5030981021- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
- Renaissance Literature and Culture
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- High Altitude and Hypoxia
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Infant Health and Development
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Social Representations and Identity
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Community Health and Development
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Queen Mary University of London
2025
Washington University in St. Louis
2014-2023
Lynn University
2021-2022
Community Health Center
2021-2022
Drexel University
2021
University of San Carlos
2015
Northwestern University
2006-2009
Atrex Energy (United States)
1998
Center for Scientific Review
1994
Royal Sussex County Hospital
1988
Many biological systems have critical periods that overlap with the age of maternal provisioning via placenta or lactation. As such, they serve as conduits for phenotypic information transfer between generations and link experience offspring biology disease outcomes. This review critically evaluates proposals an adaptive function these responses in humans. Although most models assume adult metabolic to nutritional stress, specific traits more likely been tailored effects during fetal life...
The intensifying pace of research based on cross-cultural studies in the social sciences necessitates a discussion unique challenges multi-sited research. Given an increasing demand for scientists to expand their data collection beyond WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic) populations, there is urgent need transdisciplinary conversations logistical, scientific ethical considerations inherent this type scholarship. As group engaged psychology anthropology, we hope...
Abstract Objectives: There is increasing evidence that breastfeeding has long‐term effects on offspring biology and health, which heightened interest in understanding the extent of variation breast milk composition its underlying determinants. Here, we report macronutrient a well‐characterized cohort young Filipino mothers test maternal predictors this variation. Methods: Morning samples, anthropometrics, dietary recalls, other interview data were collected 102 (age range 24.6–25.4 years)...
Abstract This study compares trends in dietary composition two large cemetery populations from the site of Kulubnarti (AD 550–800) Sudanese Nubia. Bone collagen and bone apatite carbonate were analysed to characterise stable carbon, nitrogen oxygen isotopes. Previous research on these cemeteries has suggested marked differences nutritional status health between populations. Contrary expectations, there no significant relationships any isotopic indicators related sex or burial, suggesting...
Maternal reproductive investment includes both the energetic costs of gestation and lactation. For most humans, metabolic lactation will exceed those gestation. Mothers must balance in any single offspring against future potential. Among mammals broadly, mothers may differentially invest based on sex maternal condition provided such differences influence success. there has been considerable debate if are physiological by sex. Two recent studies have suggested that milk composition differs...
ABSTRACT Objective The physiological challenges of high altitude have led to population‐specific patterns adaptation. These include alterations child growth and reproduction, including lactation. However, while breastfeeding has been investigated, nothing is known about milk composition in adapted populations. Materials Methods Here, we investigate macronutrient composition, volume, energy a sample 82 Tibetans living at low rural villages (Nubri Valley, Nepal) Kathmandu, Nepal. Milk samples...
Background: Human milk contains many metabolic hormones that may influence infant growth. Milk leptin is positively associated with maternal adiposity and inversely Most research has been conducted in populations higher levels; it not well understood how vary lean or the associations reduced have size for age. It also largely unknown if between body composition persist past 1 year of Objectives: We investigated association content a sample Filipino women Methods: samples were collected at...
Abstract This paper examines differences in quantity–frequency (QF) measures of alcohol consumption from the 1988 US National Health Interview Survey. Three methods—global QF, beverage‐specific and QF with drink size (QFS)—were used to estimate average daily ethanol (ADC) current drinkers. These ADC estimates then were categorize drinkers into light, moderate or heavier drinking levels. Total prevalence not significantly different among men, but higher QFS measure women. All mean scores for...
Prior studies have reported a significant, inverse association between adiponectin in human milk and offspring growth velocity. Less is known about this populations characterised by loss of weight for age z-scores (WAZs) early life. We investigated the maternal body composition sample Filipino mothers. then tested an size their infants. A total 117 mothers nursing infants from 0 to 24 months were recruited Cebu, Philippines. Anthropometrics, interviews samples collected analysed using...
Abstract Milk is inhabited by a community of bacteria and one the first postnatal sources microbial exposure for mammalian young. Bacteria in breast milk may enhance immune development, improve intestinal health, stimulate gut‐brain axis infants. Variation microbiome structure (e.g., operational taxonomic unit [OTU] diversity, composition) lead to different infant developmental outcomes. depend on evolutionary processes acting at host species level ecological occurring over lactation time,...
The United States is one of the few countries, and only high-income country, that does not federally mandate protection postpartum employment through paid maternity family leave policies. At onset COVID-19 pandemic in U.S., stay-at-home orders were implemented nationally, creating a natural experiment which to document effects de facto on infant feeding practices first year. purpose this cross-sectional, mixed-methods study was describe young child intentions, practices, decision-making,...
By tracking a group of individuals through time, cohort studies provide fundamental insights into the developmental time course and causes health disease. Evolutionary life history theory seeks to explain patterns growth, development, reproduction senescence, inspires range hypotheses that are testable using longitudinal data from studies. Here we review two decades theory-motivated work conducted in collaboration with Cebu Longitudinal Health Nutrition Survey (CLHNS), birth study enrolled...
Very little is known about how milk hormones, shown to influence growth during infancy, may contribute patterns of altered in high altitude living infants.This study investigated the association between maternal BMI, metabolic hormones adiponectin and leptin human infant weight for age z-scores (WAZ) Tibetans.A sample 116 mothers infants (aged 0-36 months) were recruited from two locations: Nubri Valley, Nepal (rural; = 2400-3900 m) Kathmandu, (urban, 1400 m). Milk samples, anthropometrics,...
Transcutaneous cardiac pacing using the Pace‐Aid (CaTcliac Resuscitator Corporation) was assessed in 32 emergency patients presenting with profound bradycardia or asystole who had failed to recover advanced life support including use ofepinephrine. Pacing stimuli, pulse width 20 ms at 50, 100, 200 mA, were delivered through two 8 cm gel‐pad electrodes placed antero‐posteriorly on chest. By ECG criteria, definite electrical capture achieved a total of five and possible further 16. Of 21 11...
Abstract To clarify the role of leptin as a signal energy status in humans, this study investigated relationship to measures body composition, maturity, and lifestyle factors lean sample 293 male 303 female Filipino adolescents (age 14–16 years). Participants were selected from Cebu Longitudinal Health Nutrition Survey, representative birth cohort begun 1983. Using IOTF criteria, prevalence overweight (2.2%) obesity (0.3%) extremely low, levels among lowest reported any healthy population...
Lactational programming, through which milk-borne bioactives influence both neonatal and long-term biological development, is well established. However, almost no research has investigated how developmental stimuli during a mother's early life may her milk in adulthood. Here, we the association between maternal birth weight epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGF-R) later life. We predicted there would be decrease EGF EGF-R produced by mothers who were themselves born low weight.Study...
The intensifying pace of research based on cross-cultural studies in the social sciences necessitates a discussion unique challenges multi-sited research. Given an increasing demand for scientists to expand their data collection beyond WEIRD (western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) populations, there is urgent need transdisciplinary conversations logistical, scientific, ethical considerations inherent this type scholarship. As group engaged psychology anthropology, we hope...