Maternal and Child Nutrition

Papers
(The median citation count of Maternal and Child Nutrition is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
First‐food systems transformations and the ultra‐processing of infant and young child diets: The determinants, dynamics and consequences of the global rise in commercial milk formula consumption87
Guilt, shame, and postpartum infant feeding outcomes: A systematic review59
The relationship between wasting and stunting in young children: A systematic review58
Future Smart Food: Harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for Zero Hunger40
Breastfeeding and the origins of health: Interdisciplinary perspectives and priorities40
Maintaining human milk bank services throughout the COVID‐19 pandemic: A global response38
Animal source foods, rich in essential amino acids, are important for linear growth and development of young children in low‐ and middle‐income countries37
The rates and factors of perceived insufficient milk supply: A systematic review37
Monitoring breastfeeding indicators in high‐income countries: Levels, trends and challenges35
What works to protect, promote and support breastfeeding on a large scale: A review of reviews34
Factors associated with adverse nutritional status of children in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys from 31 countries33
Risk factors for self‐reported insufficient milk during the first 6 months of life: A systematic review31
Dried small fish provide nutrient densities important for the first 1000 days30
Remote provision of breastfeeding support and education: Systematic review and meta‐analysis30
Prevalence and determinants of concurrent wasting and stunting and other indicators of malnutrition among children 6–59 months old in Kersa, Ethiopia28
Global evidence of persistent violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast‐milk Substitutes: A systematic scoping review27
Skin‐to‐skin contact to improve premature mothers' anxiety and stress state: A meta‐analysis25
Preventing and treating childhood overweight and obesity in children up to 5 years old: A systematic review by intervention setting23
Father involvement, maternal depression and child nutritional outcomes in Soweto, South Africa22
Acute changes to breast milk composition following consumption of high‐fat and high‐sugar meals22
Impacts of an egg intervention on nutrient adequacy among young Malawian children21
Home gardening improves dietary diversity, a cluster‐randomized controlled trial among Tanzanian women21
Women's fasting habits and dietary diversity during Ramadan in rural Bangladesh21
Diet during pregnancy: Influence of social characteristics and migration in the ELFE cohort21
Engaging family members in maternal, infant and young child nutrition activities in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic scoping review21
Accessing local support online: Mothers' experiences of local Breastfeeding Support Facebook groups20
Provision and utilisation of health and nutrition services during COVID‐19 pandemic in urban Bangladesh20
Risk of dietary and breastmilk exposure to mycotoxins among lactating women and infants 2–4 months in northern India20
The quality of maternal nutrition and infant feeding counselling during antenatal care in South Asia20
Addressing anaemia in pregnancy in rural plains Nepal: A qualitative, formative study19
Shared decision‐making for infant feeding and care during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic19
Parents’ experiences of complementary feeding among a United Kingdom culturally diverse and deprived community18
Impact of prelacteal feeds and neonatal introduction of breast milk substitutes on breastfeeding outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis18
The impact of Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation: An overview of systematic reviews18
Impact of baby behaviour on caregiver's infant feeding decisions during the first 6 months of life: A systematic review17
Introduction: A family systems approach to promote maternal, child and adolescent nutrition17
Infant feeding experiences and concerns among caregivers early in the COVID‐19 State of Emergency in Nova Scotia, Canada17
Factors influencing breastfeeding practices in China: A meta‐aggregation of qualitative studies17
Mother–infant interactions and infant intake during breastfeeding versus bottle‐feeding expressed breast milk16
The challenges of medically complex breastfed children and their families: A systematic review16
Eating habits and sleep patterns of adolescents with depression symptoms in Mumbai, India16
Perceived insufficient milk among primiparous, fully breastfeeding women: Is infant crying important?16
Fussy eating in toddlers: A content analysis of parents' online support seeking16
A systematic review of economic evaluations for donor human milk versus standard feeding in infants15
Breastfeeding practices in Mexico: Results from the National Demographic Dynamic Survey 2006–201815
Dietary diversity and diet quality with gestational weight gain and adverse birth outcomes, results from a prospective pregnancy cohort study in urban Tanzania15
An integrative review on mothers' experiences of online breastfeeding peer support: Motivations, attributes and effects15
Nutrition‐sensitive agriculture programme impacts on time use and associations with nutrition outcomes15
Integrating nutrition into the education sector in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A framework for a win–win collaboration15
Relationships between paternal attitudes, paternal involvement, and infant‐feeding outcomes: Mixed‐methods findings from a global on‐line survey of English‐speaking fathers15
Predicting preschool children's emotional eating: The role of parents' emotional eating, feeding practices and child temperament14
Associations of breastfeeding or formula feeding with infant anthropometry and body composition at 6 months14
Maternal caregiving capabilities are associated with child linear growth in rural Zimbabwe14
Grandparent caregiving in Cambodian skip‐generation households: Roles and impact on child nutrition14
The roles of men and women in maternal and child nutrition in urban South Africa: A qualitative secondary analysis14
Fathers and grandmothers experiences participating in nutrition peer dialogue groups in Vihiga County, Kenya14
The benefits, challenges and impacts of accessing social media group support for breastfeeding: A systematic review14
Empowering women can improve child dietary diversity in Ethiopia14
Diet and food insecurity among mothers, infants, and young children in Peru before and during COVID‐19: A panel survey14
Engaging fathers to improve complementary feeding is acceptable and feasible in the Lake Zone, Tanzania14
Views and experience of breastfeeding in public: A qualitative systematic review14
Addressing obesity in the first 1000 days in high risk infants: Systematic review14
Prenatal dietary diversity may influence underweight in infants in a Ugandan birth‐cohort13
A review of the maternal iron and folic acid supplementation programme in Nepal: Achievements and challenges13
The financing need for expanding paid maternity leave to support breastfeeding in the informal sector in the Philippines13
Scaling up nutrition through multisectoral planning: An exploratory review of 26 national nutrition plans12
Predictors of complementary feeding practices among children aged 6–23 months in five countries in the Middle East and North Africa region12
Vitamin A supplementation and estimated number of averted child deaths in Ethiopia: 15 years in practice (2005–2019)12
Recovery of children following hospitalisation for complicated severe acute malnutrition12
Individual, household and national factors associated with iron, vitamin A and zinc deficiencies among children aged 6–59 months in Nepal12
The effectiveness of interventions on nutrition social behaviour change communication in improving child nutritional status within the first 1000 days: Evidence from a systematic review and meta‐analy12
The legislative framework of donor human milk and human milk banking in Europe12
Marketing of sugar‐sweetened children's drinks and parents' misperceptions about benefits for young children12
Home consumption of two fortified balanced energy protein supplements by pregnant women in Burkina Faso11
Gaps in the implementation and uptake of maternal nutrition interventions in antenatal care services in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and India11
Anaemia in Indians aged 10–19 years: Prevalence, burden and associated factors at national and regional levels11
Daily skin‐to‐skin contact in full‐term infants and breastfeeding: Secondary outcomes from a randomized controlled trial11
Dietary diversity and social determinants of nutrition among late adolescent girls in rural Pakistan11
What will it take to increase breastfeeding?11
Malnutrition matters: Association of stunting and underweight with early childhood development indicators in Nepal11
Leveraging water, sanitation and hygiene for nutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A conceptual framework11
Nutrition in Nepal: Three decades of commitment to children and women10
Breastfeeding and breastmilk substitute use and feeding motivations among mothers in Bandung City, Indonesia10
Sugar content and nutrient content claims of growing‐up milks in Indonesia10
An infant‐led approach to complementary feeding is positively associated with language development10
Self‐conscious emotions and breastfeeding support: A focused synthesis of UK qualitative research10
Growth patterns and their contributing factors among HIV‐exposed uninfected infants10
What are the determinants of low exclusive breastfeeding prevalence in China? A cross‐sectional study10
‘Is there any point in me doing this?’ Views and experiences of women in the Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing (DAME) trial10
Countries' experiences scaling up national breastfeeding, protection, promotion and support programmes: Comparative case studies analysis10
Economic evaluation of a reduced dosage of ready‐to‐use therapeutic foods to treat uncomplicated severe acute malnourished children aged 6–59 months in Burkina Faso10
Factors that influence women's engagement with breastfeeding support: A qualitative evidence synthesis10
Interventions supporting medical practitioners in the provision of lactation care: A systematic review and narrative analysis9
Perinatal support for breastfeeding using mHealth: A mixed methods feasibility study of the My Baby Now app9
A nation‐wide study on the common reasons for infant formula supplementation among healthy, term, breastfed infants in US hospitals9
The effect of milk type and fortification on the growth of low‐birthweight infants: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta‐analyses9
Use of donor human milk in nonhospitalized infants: An infant growth study9
Violations of International Code of Breast‐milk Substitutes (BMS) in commercial settings and media in Bangladesh9
Dietary adequacy and nutritional status of Meitei community of Manipur, Northeast India9
Exclusive breastfeeding among working mothers in Kenya: Perspectives from women, families and employers9
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on infant feeding practices in the United States: Food insecurity, supply shortages and deleterious formula‐feeding practices9
‘I'm having jelly because you've been bad!’: A grounded theory study of mealtimes with siblings in Australian families9
Zinc and iron adequacy and relative importance of zinc/iron storage and intakes among breastfed infants9
Multilevel analysis of geographic variation among correlates of child undernutrition in India9
Traditional prenatal and postpartum food restrictions among women in northern Lao PDR9
Grandmothers: Central scaffolding sources impacting maternal and infant feeding practices in Colombia9
High consumption of unhealthy commercial foods and beverages tracks across the complementary feeding period in rural/peri‐urban Cambodia8
Associations between parents' exposure to a multisectoral programme and infant and young child feeding practices in Nepal8
Short‐term effects of fresh mother's own milk in very preterm infants8
Multisectoral nutrition planning in Nepal: Evidence from an organizational network analysis8
Progress in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) coverage and potential contribution to the decline in diarrhea and stunting in Ethiopia8
Social and behaviour change communication to improve child feeding practices in Ethiopia8
Effect of integrated nutrition‐sensitive and nutrition‐specific intervention package on maternal malnutrition among pregnant women in Rwanda8
Health first, convenience second: Caregiver perspectives of commercially produced complementary foods in five Southeast Asian capital cities8
The large‐scale community‐based programme ‘Suchana’ improved maternal healthcare practices in north‐eastern Bangladesh: Findings from a cluster randomized pre‐post study8
Exposure to multiple mycotoxins, environmental enteric dysfunction and child growth: Results from the AflaCohort Study in Banke, Nepal8
Never‐breastfed children face a higher risk of suboptimal cognition at 2 years of corrected age: A multinational cohort of very preterm children8
Barriers and facilitators to exclusive breastfeeding among Black mothers: A qualitative study utilizing a modified Barrier Analysis approach8
Children born during the hunger season are at a higher risk of severe acute malnutrition: Findings from a Guinea Sahelian ecological zone in Northern Ghana8
Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status8
Functions of social networks in maternal food choice for children in Mexico8
Mothers' perceptions of self‐efficacy and satisfaction with parenting are related to their use of controlling and positive food parenting practices8
Is serum zinc status related to gestational diabetes mellitus? A meta‐analysis8
Infant feeding, growth monitoring and the double burden of malnutrition among children aged 6 months and their mothers in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa8
Attitudes and experiences of employed women when combining exclusive breastfeeding and work: A qualitative study among office workers in Northern Ethiopia8
Influence of exclusive breastfeeding on hippocampal structure, satiety responsiveness, and weight status8
Using cognitive interviewing to bridge the intent‐interpretation gap for nutrition coverage survey questions in India7
Determinants of maternal low mid‐upper arm circumference and its association with child nutritional status among poor and very poor households in rural Bangladesh7
How COVID‐19 affected food systems, health service delivery and maternal and infant nutrition practices: Implications for moving forward in Kenya7
Improved first trimester maternal iodine status with preconception supplementation: The Women First Trial7
Mothers' experiences of breastfeeding a child with tongue‐tie7
Exclusive breastfeeding: Measurement to match the global recommendation7
‘The second mother’: How the baby food industry captures science, health professions and civil society in France7
The association between parents' stress and parental feeding practices and feeding styles: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies7
Child stunting starts in utero: Growth trajectories and determinants in Ugandan infants7
Prevalence and temporal trends in prepregnancy nutritional status and gestational weight gain of adult women followed in the Brazilian Food and Nutrition Surveillance System from 2008 to 20187
Development and description of New Nordic Diet scores across infancy and childhood in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)7
Comparison between the for‐profit human milk industry and nonprofit human milk banking: Time for regulation?7
Relapse and regression to severe wasting in children under 5 years: A theoretical framework7
Adolescent health and well‐being in sub‐Saharan Africa: Strengthening knowledge base and research capacity through a collaborative multi‐country school‐based study7
Effect of a baby‐friendly workplace support intervention on exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya7
Measurement of benefits in economic evaluations of nutrition interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review7
Intra‐household double burden of overweight/obesity and anaemia: Evidence from 49 low‐and middle‐income countries7
High levels of breastmilk feeding despite a low rate of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months in a cohort of vulnerable women in Toronto, Canada7
Child feeding practices and concerns: Thematic content analysis of Thai virtual communities7
Theory‐based nutrition education intervention through male involvement improves the dietary diversity practice and nutritional status of pregnant women in rural Illu Aba Bor Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: 7
Effect of nutrition counselling with a digital job aid on child dietary diversity: Analysis of secondary outcomes from a cluster randomised controlled trial in rural Bangladesh7
Diet quality during pregnancy and its association with social factors: 3D Cohort Study (Design, Develop, Discover)7
Complementary feeding in Kongwa, Tanzania: Findings to inform a mycotoxin mitigation trial6
Interventions to support the re‐establishment of breastfeeding and their application in humanitarian settings: A systematic review6
Vitamin C levels in a Central‐African mother–infant cohort: Does hypovitaminosis C increase the risk of enteric infections?6
‘We make a mistake with shoes [that's no problem] but… not with baby milk’: Facilitators of good and poor practice in distribution of infant formula in the 2014–2016 refugee crisis in Europe6
Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions and the prevention and treatment of childhood acute malnutrition: A systematic review6
Effect of complementary feeding behaviour change communication delivered through community‐level actors on infant growth and morbidity in rural communities of West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A c6
Dietary intake and quality for young adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa: Status and influencing factors6
Perceptions and beliefs about anaemia: A qualitative study in three agroecological regions of Ghana6
Associations between livestock ownership and lower odds of anaemia among children 6–59 months old are not mediated by animal‐source food consumption in Ghana6
Maternal and child nutrition must be at the heart of the climate change agendas6
Evaluation of an mHealth tool to improve nutritional assessment among infants under 6 months in paediatric development clinics in rural Rwanda: Quasi‐experimental study6
Validation of maternal report of nutrition‐related interventions and counselling during antenatal care in southern Nepal6
Benchmarking the nutrient composition and labelling practices of finger foods and snacks for older infants and young children across seven Southeast Asian countries6
Association between asymptomatic infections and linear growth in 18–24‐month‐old Malawian children6
The safety of at home powdered infant formula preparation: A community science project6
Family influences on health and nutrition practices of pregnant adolescents in Bangladesh6
Advancing nutrition measurement: Developing quantitative measures of nutrition service quality for pregnant women and children in low‐ and middle‐income country health systems6
Human milk‐sharing practices and infant‐feeding behaviours: A comparison of donors and recipients6
Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID‐19 on dietary quality? Cluster‐randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's Central Dry Zone6
Dietary patterns and child, parental, and societal factors associated with being overweight and obesity in Vietnamese children living in Ho Chi Minh city6
Anaemia among under‐five children: Is maternal marriage at 18th birthday and above protective? Evidence from 15 countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa6
Seasonal variation in maternal dietary diversity is reduced by small‐scale irrigation practices: A longitudinal study6
Anthropometric deficits and the associated risk of death by age and sex in children aged 6–59 months: A meta‐analysis6
Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children6
Effectiveness of the baby‐friendly community initiative on exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya6
A subnational affordability assessment of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya6
Breastfeeding sick children in hospital: Exploring the experiences of mothers in UK paediatric wards6
Nutritional and weight status of Indian mother‐child dyads experienced by a natural disaster6
A complementary feeding and play intervention improves the home environment and mental development among toddlers in rural India6
Women's empowerment, children's nutritional status, and the mediating role of household headship structure: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa6
Demographic, socioeconomic, and sociocultural factors associated with any breastfeeding in homeless mothers6
Bereaved mothers' experience of expressing and donating breast milk: An interpretative phenomenological study6
Risk of malaria in young children after periconceptional iron supplementation6
Follow‐up and growing‐up formula promotion among Mexican pregnant women and mothers of children under 18 months old6
Newborn weight change and predictors of underweight in the neonatal period in Guinea‐Bissau, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda6
The role of breastfeeding promotion in German hospitals for exclusive breastfeeding duration5
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of nutrition interventions at primary health care units of Ethiopia: A consolidated framework for implementation research5
Acceptability of 11 fortified balanced energy‐protein supplements for pregnant women in Nepal5
Concurrent wasting and stunting among under‐five children in the context of Ethiopia: A generalised mixed‐effects modelling5
The usefulness of nutrition and health videos displayed on mobile phones in rural Uganda: Experiences of community health workers and mothers5
Understanding the current and future usage of donor human milk in hospitals: An online survey of UK neonatal units5
Determinants of adherence to micronutrient powder use among young children in Ethiopia5
Magnitude, trends and drivers of the coexistence of maternal overweight/obesity and childhood undernutrition in Ethiopia: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys (2005–2016)5
Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–20165
Do changes in women's household status in Nepal improve access to food and nutrition?5
Scaling up breastfeeding in England through the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly initiative (BBF)5
The lived experience of parenting a child with sensory sensitivity and picky eating5
Programmatic adaptations to acute malnutrition screening and treatment during the COVID‐19 pandemic5
Understanding delays in the introduction of complementary foods in rural Ethiopia5
Supporting women with learning disabilities in infant feeding decisions: A scoping review5
Spatial farming systems diversity and micronutrient intakes of rural children in Ethiopia5
Associations between breastfeeding intention, breastfeeding practices and post‐natal depression during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A multi‐country cross‐sectional study5
Compliance with and acceptability of two fortified balanced energy protein supplements among pregnant women in rural Nepal5
Feeding practices of children within institution‐based care: A retrospective analysis of surveillance data5
Effect of community‐initiated kangaroo mother care on breastfeeding performance in low birthweight infants: A randomized clinical trial5
Household factors and gestational age predict diet quality of pregnant women5
UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative: Providing, receiving and leading infant feeding care in a hospital maternity setting—A critical ethnography5
Gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes: Findings from North Indian pregnancy cohort5
Evaluation of mobile phone‐based Positive Deviance/Hearth child undernutrition program in Cambodia5
School‐based health and nutrition interventions addressing double burden of malnutrition and educational outcomes of adolescents in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review5
Estimating the cost and cost‐effectiveness of adding zinc to, and improving the performance of, Burkina Faso's mandatory wheat flour fortification programme5
Becoming breastfeeding friendly in Wales: Recommendations for scaling up breastfeeding support5
A qualitative study of public health nurses' perspectives and experiences on nutritional guidance for parents of infants and toddlers5
Influences of psychosocial factors and home food availability on healthy meal preparation5
Probiotics for preventing and treating infant regurgitation: A systematic review and meta‐analysis5
Relationships between land tenure insecurity, agrobiodiversity, and dietary diversity of women of reproductive age: Evidence from Acholi and Teso subregions of Uganda5
Dietary supplements, guideline alignment and biochemical nutrient status in pregnancy: Findings from the Queensland Family Cohort pilot study5
A thematic cluster analysis of parents' online discussions about fussy eating5
The associations between women's empowerment measures, child growth and dietary diversity: Findings from an analysis of demographic and health surveys of seven countries in Eastern Africa5
Dietary pattern and telomere length in preschool children in a middle‐income country4
Associations between prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain and weight catch‐up in small‐for‐gestational‐age children4
Healthier diet associated with reduced risk of excessive gestational weight gain: A Chinese prospective cohort study4
Trends and disparities in breastfeeding initiation in France between 2010 and 2016: Results from the French National Perinatal Surveys4
Association of Mediterranean diet adherence during pregnancy with maternal and neonatal lipid, glycemic and inflammatory markers: The GESTAFIT project4
Content analysis of breast milk substitutes marketing on Chinese e‐commerce platforms4
High adherence and its influencing factors on multiple micronutrient powders (MNPs)4
Human immunodeficiency virus‐positive women's perspectives on breastfeeding with antiretrovirals: A qualitative evidence synthesis4
The mPINC survey: Impacting US maternity care practices4
Multiple micronutrient supplementation cost–benefit tool for informing maternal nutrition policy and investment decisions4
Patterns of gestational weight gain among women with obesity and its correlation with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Chinese women4
Iodine status of pregnant women living in urban Johannesburg, South Africa4
Development of national dietary and lifestyle guidelines for pregnant women in Lebanon4
Storytelling for persuasion: Insights from community health workers on how they engage family members to improve adoption of recommended maternal nutrition and breastfeeding behaviours in rural Bangla4
Complementary feeding practices and associated factors of dietary diversity among uncomplicated severe acute malnourished children aged 6–23 months in Burkina Faso4
Comprehensiveness of infant formula and bottle feeding resources: A review of information from Australian healthcare organisations4
High dietary micronutrient inadequacy in peri‐urban school children from a district in South India: Potential for staple food fortification and nutrient supplementation4
Understanding the effects of nutrition‐sensitive agriculture interventions with participatory videos and women's group meetings on maternal and child nutrition in rural Odisha, India: A mixed‐methods 4
Protein intakes of pregnant women and children in India—protein quality implications4
Does a child's mid‐upper arm circumference‐for‐age z‐score represent another nutritional indicator of childhood malnutrition status?4
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Social and economic factors influencing intrahousehold food allocation and egg consumption of children in Kaduna State, Nigeria4
Nurturing care indicators for the Brazilian Early Childhood Friendly Municipal Index (IMAPI)4
Child feeding indexes measuring adherence to New Zealand nutrition guidelines: Development and assessment4
The influence of adolescents' nutrition knowledge and school food environment on adolescents' dietary behaviors in urban Ethiopia: A qualitative study4
Stress, social support, and racial differences: Dominant drivers of exclusive breastfeeding4
The global status of human milk banking4
Individual‐level drivers of dietary behaviour in adolescents and women through the reproductive life course in urban Ghana: A Photovoice study4
A tool to assess underlying factors to water provision among Guinean children4
Behavioural drivers of suboptimal maternal and child feeding practices in Rwanda: An anthropological study4
Body composition and determinant factors among mother–child pairs (6–8 months) in rural areas of Senegal4
Characteristics associated with the transition to partial breastfeeding prior to 6 months of age: Data from seven sites in a birth cohort study4
A self‐applied valid scale for rapid tracking of household food insecurity among pregnant women in Sri Lanka4
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