Maternal and Child Nutrition

Papers
(The median citation count of Maternal and Child Nutrition is 3. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Experiences of breastfeeding during COVID‐19: Lessons for future practical and emotional support191
Breastfeeding and coronavirus disease‐2019: Ad interim indications of the Italian Society of Neonatology endorsed by the Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal Societies143
COVID‐19 and maternal and child food and nutrition insecurity: a complex syndemic115
SARS‐CoV‐2 and human milk: What is the evidence?95
When separation is not the answer: Breastfeeding mothers and infants affected by COVID‐1983
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 consumption70
Be Healthy in Pregnancy: Exploring factors that impact pregnant women's nutrition and exercise behaviours56
Breastfeeding and childhood obesity: A 12‐country study46
Guilt, shame, and postpartum infant feeding outcomes: A systematic review45
The relationship between wasting and stunting in young children: A systematic review42
Maternal folate, one‐carbon metabolism and pregnancy outcomes38
Breastfeeding and the origins of health: Interdisciplinary perspectives and priorities36
Future Smart Food: Harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for Zero Hunger33
Monitoring breastfeeding indicators in high‐income countries: Levels, trends and challenges31
Infant formula and toddler milk marketing and caregiver's provision to young children30
Maintaining human milk bank services throughout the COVID‐19 pandemic: A global response30
Causes of perception of insufficient milk supply in Western Australian mothers30
High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations29
The rates and factors of perceived insufficient milk supply: A systematic review28
Factors associated with adverse nutritional status of children in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys from 31 countries28
Risk factors for self‐reported insufficient milk during the first 6 months of life: A systematic review26
Animal source foods, rich in essential amino acids, are important for linear growth and development of young children in low‐ and middle‐income countries24
What works to protect, promote and support breastfeeding on a large scale: A review of reviews24
Remote provision of breastfeeding support and education: Systematic review and meta‐analysis24
Reframing the early childhood obesity prevention narrative through an equitable nurturing approach23
Dried small fish provide nutrient densities important for the first 1000 days23
Improved sanitation is associated with reduced child stunting amongst Indonesian children under 3 years of age22
Breastfeeding beliefs and experiences of African immigrant mothers in high‐income countries: A systematic review22
Meeting breastfeeding intentions differ by race/ethnicity, Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study‐222
Factors associated with concurrent wasting and stunting among children 6–59 months in Karamoja, Uganda21
Prevalence and determinants of concurrent wasting and stunting and other indicators of malnutrition among children 6–59 months old in Kersa, Ethiopia21
Maternal diets matter for children's dietary quality: Seasonal dietary diversity and animal‐source foods consumption in rural Timor‐Leste20
Association of vitamin D supplementation with respiratory tract infection in infants20
Global evidence of persistent violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast‐milk Substitutes: A systematic scoping review19
Home gardening improves dietary diversity, a cluster‐randomized controlled trial among Tanzanian women19
Impacts of an egg intervention on nutrient adequacy among young Malawian children18
Addressing anaemia in pregnancy in rural plains Nepal: A qualitative, formative study18
Acute changes to breast milk composition following consumption of high‐fat and high‐sugar meals18
Skin‐to‐skin contact to improve premature mothers' anxiety and stress state: A meta‐analysis17
Dietary diversity and food intake of urban preschool children in North‐Western Sri Lanka17
Women's fasting habits and dietary diversity during Ramadan in rural Bangladesh17
The significance of early breastfeeding experiences on breastfeeding self‐efficacy one week postpartum17
Breastfeeding practices and associated factors at the individual, family, health facility and environmental levels in China17
Validation of 24‐h dietary recall for estimating nutrient intakes and adequacy in adolescents in Burkina Faso17
Accessing local support online: Mothers' experiences of local Breastfeeding Support Facebook groups17
Impact of baby behaviour on caregiver's infant feeding decisions during the first 6 months of life: A systematic review17
Engaging family members in maternal, infant and young child nutrition activities in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic scoping review17
Triple trouble: Understanding the burden of child undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight in East Asia and the Pacific16
The quality of maternal nutrition and infant feeding counselling during antenatal care in South Asia16
Shared decision‐making for infant feeding and care during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic16
Iodine status during pregnancy and at 6 weeks, 6, 12 and 18 months post‐partum16
Risk of dietary and breastmilk exposure to mycotoxins among lactating women and infants 2–4 months in northern India16
Provision and utilisation of health and nutrition services during COVID‐19 pandemic in urban Bangladesh16
Incidence of severe acute malnutrition after treatment: A prospective matched cohort study in Sokoto, Nigeria15
Impact of prelacteal feeds and neonatal introduction of breast milk substitutes on breastfeeding outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis15
The impact of Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation: An overview of systematic reviews15
Father involvement, maternal depression and child nutritional outcomes in Soweto, South Africa15
Introduction: A family systems approach to promote maternal, child and adolescent nutrition15
Diet during pregnancy: Influence of social characteristics and migration in the ELFE cohort15
Integrating nutrition into the education sector in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A framework for a win–win collaboration15
Breastfeeding promotion on Twitter: A social network and content analysis approach15
Men's nutrition knowledge is important for women's and children's nutrition in Ethiopia15
Parents’ experiences of complementary feeding among a United Kingdom culturally diverse and deprived community14
Nutrition‐sensitive agriculture programme impacts on time use and associations with nutrition outcomes14
Perceived insufficient milk among primiparous, fully breastfeeding women: Is infant crying important?14
Dietary behaviours and weight management: A thematic analysis of pregnant women's perceptions14
Concurrently wasted and stunted children 6‐59 months in Karamoja, Uganda: prevalence and case detection14
Early breastfeeding practices contribute to exclusive breastfeeding in Bangladesh, Vietnam and Ethiopia13
High double burden of child stunting and maternal overweight in the Republic of the Marshall Islands13
Grandparent caregiving in Cambodian skip‐generation households: Roles and impact on child nutrition13
Mother–infant interactions and infant intake during breastfeeding versus bottle‐feeding expressed breast milk13
Associations of breastfeeding or formula feeding with infant anthropometry and body composition at 6 months13
Aflatoxin contamination of human breast milk and complementary foods in southern Ethiopia13
Dietary diversity and diet quality with gestational weight gain and adverse birth outcomes, results from a prospective pregnancy cohort study in urban Tanzania13
Maternal mental health modifies the association of food insecurity and early child development13
Breastfeeding practices in Mexico: Results from the National Demographic Dynamic Survey 2006–201813
Preventing and treating childhood overweight and obesity in children up to 5 years old: A systematic review by intervention setting12
Relationships between paternal attitudes, paternal involvement, and infant‐feeding outcomes: Mixed‐methods findings from a global on‐line survey of English‐speaking fathers12
Infant feeding experiences and concerns among caregivers early in the COVID‐19 State of Emergency in Nova Scotia, Canada12
The financing need for expanding paid maternity leave to support breastfeeding in the informal sector in the Philippines12
Empowering women can improve child dietary diversity in Ethiopia12
A systematic review of economic evaluations for donor human milk versus standard feeding in infants12
Eating habits and sleep patterns of adolescents with depression symptoms in Mumbai, India12
Impacts of an egg complementary feeding trial on energy intake and dietary diversity in Malawi11
Retinol and α‐tocopherol in pregnancy: Establishment of reference intervals and associations with CBC11
Factors influencing breastfeeding practices in China: A meta‐aggregation of qualitative studies11
Risk factors for child food contamination in low‐income neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique: An exploratory, cross‐sectional study11
Factors associated with anaemia among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia: Multilevel ordinal logistic regression analysis11
Using formative research to design context‐specific animal source food and multiple micronutrient powder interventions to improve the consumption of micronutrients by infants and young children in Tan11
Risk factors for anaemia among Ghanaian women and children vary by population group and climate zone11
Vitamin A supplementation and estimated number of averted child deaths in Ethiopia: 15 years in practice (2005–2019)11
Diet and food insecurity among mothers, infants, and young children in Peru before and during COVID‐19: A panel survey11
The challenges of medically complex breastfed children and their families: A systematic review11
Daily skin‐to‐skin contact in full‐term infants and breastfeeding: Secondary outcomes from a randomized controlled trial11
Cash and voucher assistance and children's nutrition status in Somalia11
Relationships between dietary diversity and early childhood developmental outcomes in rural China11
The roles of men and women in maternal and child nutrition in urban South Africa: A qualitative secondary analysis11
Home consumption of two fortified balanced energy protein supplements by pregnant women in Burkina Faso11
Addressing obesity in the first 1000 days in high risk infants: Systematic review11
Childhood stunting and wasting in Myanmar: Key drivers and implications for policies and programmes11
Agroforestry diversity, indigenous food consumption and nutritional outcomes in Sauria Paharia tribal women of Jharkhand, India11
Scaling up nutrition through multisectoral planning: An exploratory review of 26 national nutrition plans11
Fussy eating in toddlers: A content analysis of parents' online support seeking11
Correlation between maternal and neonatal blood Vitamin D level: Study from Pakistan10
An integrative review on mothers' experiences of online breastfeeding peer support: Motivations, attributes and effects10
Fathers and grandmothers experiences participating in nutrition peer dialogue groups in Vihiga County, Kenya10
Risk factors modifying the double burden of malnutrition of young children in Thailand10
Maternal nutritional status mediates the association between maternal age and birth outcomes10
Breastfeeding and breastmilk substitute use and feeding motivations among mothers in Bandung City, Indonesia10
Individual, household and national factors associated with iron, vitamin A and zinc deficiencies among children aged 6–59 months in Nepal10
Improving children's nutritional status in Cambodia: Multidimensional poverty and early integrated interventions10
Gaps in the implementation and uptake of maternal nutrition interventions in antenatal care services in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and India10
Predictors of complementary feeding practices among children aged 6–23 months in five countries in the Middle East and North Africa region10
Factors associated with anaemia among adolescent boys and girls 10–19 years old in Nepal10
The nine stages of skin‐to‐skin: practical guidelines and insights from four countries10
Barriers and facilitators to growth monitoring and promotion in Nepal: Household, health worker and female community health volunteer perceptions10
Complementary feeding practices and associated factors among Mongolian children 6–23 months of age10
What are the determinants of low exclusive breastfeeding prevalence in China? A cross‐sectional study9
Acceptability of 12 fortified balanced energy protein supplements ‐ Insights from Burkina Faso9
‘Is there any point in me doing this?’ Views and experiences of women in the Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing (DAME) trial9
Dietary adequacy and nutritional status of Meitei community of Manipur, Northeast India9
Engaging fathers to improve complementary feeding is acceptable and feasible in the Lake Zone, Tanzania9
Maternal caregiving capabilities are associated with child linear growth in rural Zimbabwe9
The effect of milk type and fortification on the growth of low‐birthweight infants: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta‐analyses9
Maternal mid‐upper arm circumference during pregnancy and linear growth among Cambodian infants during the first months of life9
Parity, lactation, and long‐term weight change in Mexican women9
Interventions supporting medical practitioners in the provision of lactation care: A systematic review and narrative analysis9
Prenatal dietary diversity may influence underweight in infants in a Ugandan birth‐cohort9
Leveraging water, sanitation and hygiene for nutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A conceptual framework9
Grandmothers: Central scaffolding sources impacting maternal and infant feeding practices in Colombia9
Growth patterns and their contributing factors among HIV‐exposed uninfected infants9
Unintended consequences of programmatic changes to infant and young child feeding practices in Bangladesh9
A review of the maternal iron and folic acid supplementation programme in Nepal: Achievements and challenges9
Levels and determinants of malnutrition among India's urban poor women: An analysis of Demographic Health Surveys 2006 and 20169
Toddler obesity prevention: A two‐generation randomized attention‐controlled trial9
Routine vitamin A supplementation and other high impact interventions in Sierra Leone9
Views and experience of breastfeeding in public: A qualitative systematic review9
Multisectoral nutrition planning in Nepal: Evidence from an organizational network analysis9
Sugar content and nutrient content claims of growing‐up milks in Indonesia8
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
Can a pragmatic responsive feeding scale be developed and applied globally?8
Mothers' experiences of exclusive breastfeeding in a postdischarge home setting8
Traditional prenatal and postpartum food restrictions among women in northern Lao PDR8
Trends and determinants of anaemia in women of Nepal: a multilevel analysis8
Zinc and iron adequacy and relative importance of zinc/iron storage and intakes among breastfed infants8
Violations of International Code of Breast‐milk Substitutes (BMS) in commercial settings and media in Bangladesh8
An infant‐led approach to complementary feeding is positively associated with language development8
Pregnancy and weight monitoring: A feasibility study of weight charts and midwife support8
National nutrition strategies that focus on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in Southeast Asia do not consistently align with regional and international recommendations8
Maternal anxiety and diet quality among mothers and toddlers from low‐income households8
The Un Oeuf study: Design, methods and baseline data from a cluster randomised controlled trial to increase child egg consumption in Burkina Faso8
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‐analy8
Factors associated with anaemia in a nationally representative sample of nonpregnant women of reproductive age in Nepal8
Dietary diversity and social determinants of nutrition among late adolescent girls in rural Pakistan8
Assessing statistical similarity in dietary intakes of women of reproductive age in Bangladesh8
Determinants of maternal low mid‐upper arm circumference and its association with child nutritional status among poor and very poor households in rural Bangladesh7
High consumption of unhealthy commercial foods and beverages tracks across the complementary feeding period in rural/peri‐urban Cambodia7
Associations between parents' exposure to a multisectoral programme and infant and young child feeding practices in Nepal7
Nutrition in Nepal: Three decades of commitment to children and women7
Use of donor human milk in nonhospitalized infants: An infant growth study7
What will it take to increase breastfeeding?7
Nutrition education in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia: A cluster randomized controlled study7
Predicting preschool children's emotional eating: The role of parents' emotional eating, feeding practices and child temperament7
Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial7
Countries' experiences scaling up national breastfeeding, protection, promotion and support programmes: Comparative case studies analysis7
Childhood adherence to a potentially healthy and sustainable Nordic diet and later overweight: The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)7
Anaemia in Indians aged 10–19 years: Prevalence, burden and associated factors at national and regional levels7
Maternal overnutrition impairs offspring's insulin sensitivity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis7
Attitudes and experiences of employed women when combining exclusive breastfeeding and work: A qualitative study among office workers in Northern Ethiopia7
Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design7
Body size preferences and food choice among mothers and children in Malawi7
The benefits, challenges and impacts of accessing social media group support for breastfeeding: A systematic review7
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 Faso7
Exclusive breastfeeding among working mothers in Kenya: Perspectives from women, families and employers7
Differential effects of a school‐based obesity prevention program: A cluster randomized trial7
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
Multilevel analysis of geographic variation among correlates of child undernutrition in India6
Recovery of children following hospitalisation for complicated severe acute malnutrition6
Short‐term effects of fresh mother's own milk in very preterm infants6
Association between the maternal protein nutrition status during pregnancy and the risk of preterm birth6
Risk of malaria in young children after periconceptional iron supplementation6
Long‐term effects of a healthy eating blog in mothers and children6
Dietary patterns of Chinese puerperal women and their association with postpartum weight retention: Results from the mother–infant cohort study6
Never‐breastfed children face a higher risk of suboptimal cognition at 2 years of corrected age: A multinational cohort of very preterm children6
Understanding feeding practices of Latinx mothers of infants and toddlers at risk for childhood obesity: A qualitative study6
Overweight and obesity among urban women with iron deficiency anaemia in Bangladesh6
Nutritional and weight status of Indian mother‐child dyads experienced by a natural disaster6
Infant feeding practices and sleep at 1 year of age in the nationwide ELFE cohort6
Malnutrition matters: Association of stunting and underweight with early childhood development indicators in Nepal6
Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID‐19 on dietary quality? Cluster‐randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's Central Dry Zone6
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
Relapse and regression to severe wasting in children under 5 years: A theoretical framework6
Associations of maternal resources with care behaviours differ by resource and behaviour6
Effect of a baby‐friendly workplace support intervention on exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya6
Factors that influence women's engagement with breastfeeding support: A qualitative evidence synthesis6
Influence of exclusive breastfeeding on hippocampal structure, satiety responsiveness, and weight status6
Making the health system work for the delivery of nutrition interventions6
‘I'm having jelly because you've been bad!’: A grounded theory study of mealtimes with siblings in Australian families6
Development and description of New Nordic Diet scores across infancy and childhood in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)6
The legislative framework of donor human milk and human milk banking in Europe6
The large‐scale community‐based programme ‘Suchana’ improved maternal healthcare practices in north‐eastern Bangladesh: Findings from a cluster randomized pre‐post study6
Seasonal variation in maternal dietary diversity is reduced by small‐scale irrigation practices: A longitudinal study6
Self‐conscious emotions and breastfeeding support: A focused synthesis of UK qualitative research6
Iodine status of breastfed infants and their mothers' breast milk iodine concentration6
Effectiveness of the baby‐friendly community initiative on exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya6
‘The second mother’: How the baby food industry captures science, health professions and civil society in France6
Marketing of sugar‐sweetened children's drinks and parents' misperceptions about benefits for young children6
Child stunting starts in utero: Growth trajectories and determinants in Ugandan infants6
Distance, diffusion and the role of social media in a time of COVID contagion6
A complementary feeding and play intervention improves the home environment and mental development among toddlers in rural India6
Demographic, socioeconomic, and sociocultural factors associated with any breastfeeding in homeless mothers5
Exclusive breastfeeding: Measurement to match the global recommendation5
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: 5
Agricultural and empowerment pathways from land ownership to women's nutrition in India5
Mothers' experiences of breastfeeding a child with tongue‐tie5
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on infant feeding practices in the United States: Food insecurity, supply shortages and deleterious formula‐feeding practices5
Using cognitive interviewing to bridge the intent‐interpretation gap for nutrition coverage survey questions in India5
Benchmarking the nutrient composition and labelling practices of finger foods and snacks for older infants and young children across seven Southeast Asian countries5
Is the legal framework by itself enough for successful WHO code implementation? A case study from Ethiopia5
The safety of at home powdered infant formula preparation: A community science project5
Effect of integrated nutrition‐sensitive and nutrition‐specific intervention package on maternal malnutrition among pregnant women in Rwanda5
Human milk‐sharing practices and infant‐feeding behaviours: A comparison of donors and recipients5
Determinants of adherence to micronutrient powder use among young children in Ethiopia5
Acceptability and feasibility of insect consumption among pregnant women in Liberia5
Review of policies, data, and interventions to improve maternal nutrition in Afghanistan5
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 Bangladesh5
Anaemia among under‐five children: Is maternal marriage at 18th birthday and above protective? Evidence from 15 countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa5
Vitamin C levels in a Central‐African mother–infant cohort: Does hypovitaminosis C increase the risk of enteric infections?5
Validation of maternal report of nutrition‐related interventions and counselling during antenatal care in southern Nepal5
Seasonal trends and maternal characteristics as predictors of maternal undernutrition and low birthweight in Eastern Maharashtra, India5
Progress in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) coverage and potential contribution to the decline in diarrhea and stunting in Ethiopia5
Nutritional evaluation and growth of infants in a Rwandan neonatal follow‐up clinic5
Elucidating the sustained decline in under‐three child linear growth faltering in Nepal, 1996–20165
Becoming breastfeeding friendly in Wales: Recommendations for scaling up breastfeeding support5
Intra‐household double burden of overweight/obesity and anaemia: Evidence from 49 low‐and middle‐income countries5
Health first, convenience second: Caregiver perspectives of commercially produced complementary foods in five Southeast Asian capital cities5
Perinatal support for breastfeeding using mHealth: A mixed methods feasibility study of the My Baby Now app5
Functions of social networks in maternal food choice for children in Mexico5
Improved first trimester maternal iodine status with preconception supplementation: The Women First Trial5
Is serum zinc status related to gestational diabetes mellitus? A meta‐analysis5
Universal Salt Iodisation: Lessons learned from Cambodia for ensuring programme sustainability5
Maternal knowledge in complementary feeding following Baby Friendly Community Initiative in Koibatek, Kenya5
Infant feeding, growth monitoring and the double burden of malnutrition among children aged 6 months and their mothers in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa5
Reducing malnutrition in Cambodia. A modeling exercise to prioritize multisectoral interventions5
Association between asymptomatic infections and linear growth in 18–24‐month‐old Malawian children5
Snack food consumption among Bangladeshi children, supplementary data from a large RCT5
Family influences on health and nutrition practices of pregnant adolescents in Bangladesh5
Thinness and fecundability: Time to pregnancy after adolescent marriage in rural Bangladesh5
Probiotics for preventing and treating infant regurgitation: A systematic review and meta‐analysis5
Child feeding practices and concerns: Thematic content analysis of Thai virtual communities5
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