Maternal and Child Nutrition

Papers
(The TQCC of Maternal and Child Nutrition is 6. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Predictors of prediabetes/diabetes and hypertension in Ethiopia: Reanalysis of the 2015 NCD STEPS survey using causal path diagrams78
Quality of low‐carbohydrate diets among Australian post‐partum women: Cross‐sectional analysis of a national population‐based cohort study56
Collateral benefits from a school‐readiness intervention on breastfeeding: A cross‐domain impact evaluation53
Scaling up breastfeeding in England through the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly initiative (BBF)44
Enteral micronutrient supplementation and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm or low birth weight infants: A systematic review and meta‐analysis43
Reliability of anthropometric measurements of a digi‐board in comparison to an analog height board in Namibian children under 5 years40
Nutrition and nurture in infancy and childhood: Bio‐Cultural perspectives A 3 day conference38
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Adaptation of the Remote Food Photography Method to Assess Infant Intake During Bottle‐Feeding of Ready‐to‐Feed Formula30
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Corrigendum to Accessing local support online: Mothers' experiences of local Breastfeeding Support Facebook groups28
Responsive feeding practices among Arabic and Mongolian speaking migrant mothers in Australia: A qualitative study26
Improving Adolescent Health and Nutrition in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Time to Act Is Now24
Co‐coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions shows wide inequalities and is associated with child nutritional outcomes in Ethiopia (2005–2019)24
Never‐breastfed children face a higher risk of suboptimal cognition at 2 years of corrected age: A multinational cohort of very preterm children24
Factors Associated With Prelacteal Feeding of Commercial Milk Formula: An Analysis of Cohort Data From the BADUTA Study in Indonesia24
Diet quality during pregnancy and its association with social factors: 3D Cohort Study (Design, Develop, Discover)23
Feeding Practices Used by Australian Parents of Young Children Living With Food Insecurity and Household Chaos23
Grandparent caregiving in Cambodian skip‐generation households: Roles and impact on child nutrition23
Predictive factors of exclusive breastfeeding attrition at Week 6 post‐partum among mothers of preterm infants based on the theory of planned behaviour22
Impact of a Homestead Food Production program on poultry rearing and egg consumption: A cluster‐randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh22
Anaemia in Indians aged 10–19 years: Prevalence, burden and associated factors at national and regional levels21
The impact of Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation: An overview of systematic reviews21
Micronutrient Powders Combined With Malaria Chemoprevention to Improve Anaemia and Cognitive Function in Early Childhood in Mali: A Cluster‐Randomised Trial21
What works to protect, promote and support breastfeeding on a large scale: A review of reviews20
The Association Between Exclusive Breastfeeding and Diarrhoea Morbidity in Infants Aged 0–6 Months: A Rapid Review and Meta‐Analysis19
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Burden and contributing factors to overweight and obesity in young adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia19
Diets, fruit and vegetables consumption, and nutritional status in Benin: A scoping review18
Overpromoted and underregulated: National binding legal measures related to commercially produced complementary foods in seven Southeast Asian countries are not fully aligned with available guidance18
Nutritional status of school‐age children (5–19 years) in South Asia: A scoping review18
Approach to Complementary Feeding and Infant Language Use: An Observational Study17
Influence of the Suchana intervention on exclusive breastfeeding and stunting among children aged under 6 months in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh17
Gestational weight trajectory and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A retrospective cohort study17
Availability of national policies, programmes, and survey‐based coverage data to track nutrition interventions in South Asia17
Nutrition in a lifecourse perspective: From molecular aspects to public health approaches17
A national survey of iodine nutrition in children aged 3–6 years in China and its relationship with children's physical growth16
Content analysis of breast milk substitutes marketing on Chinese e‐commerce platforms16
Diet, Fruit and Vegetable Intake, and Nutritional Status in Fiji: A Scoping Review16
Population‐based approaches for monitoring the nurturing care environment for early childhood development: A scoping review16
Burden and risk factors for relapse following successful treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in young children: Secondary analysis from a randomised trial in Niger16
Individual‐Level Drivers of Food Choices and Diet Quality Among Adolescents in Urban West Africa: Evidence From Accra, Ghana16
Child play and caregiver support to promote convalescence following severe acute malnutrition in Zimbabwe: The Tamba‐SAM pilot study16
Magnitude, trends and drivers of the coexistence of maternal overweight/obesity and childhood undernutrition in Ethiopia: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys (2005–2016)16
Association between low maternal serum aflatoxin B1 exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Mombasa, Kenya, 2017–2019: A nested matched case–control study15
Impact of Suaahara, an at‐scale multisectoral nutrition programme, on health workers' maternal and child health, and nutrition knowledge and skills in Nepal15
War exposure and changes in eating behaviours in Ukrainian school‐aged children: A cross‐sectional online survey15
Food pattern modeling to inform global guidance on complementary feeding of infants15
Assessing the impact of a statewide effort to improve breastfeeding rates: A RE‐AIM evaluation of CHAMPS in Mississippi14
A conceptual framework of urban food security and nutrition in low‐ and middle‐income country settings applied to the Asia‐Pacific region14
Supporting women with learning disabilities in infant feeding decisions: UK health care professionals' experiences13
Trends of Large for Gestational Age and Macrosomia and Their Mediating Effect on the Association Between Diabetes Mellitus and Obstetric Hemorrhage13
Trends and disparities in breastfeeding initiation in France between 2010 and 2016: Results from the French National Perinatal Surveys13
Association of Mediterranean diet adherence during pregnancy with maternal and neonatal lipid, glycemic and inflammatory markers: The GESTAFIT project13
Infant Feeding Practices in Ethiopia: Birth Cohort Study in Five Regions12
Impact of Suaahara, an integrated nutrition programme, on maternal and child nutrition at scale in Nepal12
Associations between breastfeeding duration and adherence to complementary feeding recommendations in Scotland12
Institutional Capacity and Practices for Maternal Anemia in China12
Assessment of Women's Discretionary Salt Intake and Household Salt Utilization in Preparation for a Salt Fortification Trial in Oromia Region, Ethiopia12
Adolescent pregnancy is associated with child undernutrition: Systematic review and meta‐analysis12
The advancement of Ethiopia's salt iodization programme—The success story of the central iodized facilities12
Changing maternal, infant and young child nutrition practices through social and behaviour change interventions implemented at scale: Lessons learned from Alive & Thrive12
Mothers' perceptions of self‐efficacy and satisfaction with parenting are related to their use of controlling and positive food parenting practices12
Complementary feeding and food‐group level inequality among Ethiopian children 6–23 months of age (2011–2019)11
Social and economic factors influencing intrahousehold food allocation and egg consumption of children in Kaduna State, Nigeria11
Multiple modifiable maternal, household and health service factors are associated with maternal nutrition and early breastfeeding practices in Burkina Faso11
Considerations for assessment of measurement quality of mid‐upper arm circumference data in anthropometric surveys and mass nutritional screenings conducted in humanitarian and refugee settings11
Household food and water insecurity and its association with diarrhoea, respiratory illness, and stunting in Ecuadorian children under 5 years11
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 Bangla11
Maternal mental health is associated with children's frequency of family meals at 12 and 24 months of age11
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Empowering Global Health Systems to Protect, Promote and Support Optimal Breastfeeding10
Skin‐to‐skin contact to improve premature mothers' anxiety and stress state: A meta‐analysis10
Perinatal support for breastfeeding using mHealth: A mixed methods feasibility study of the My Baby Now app10
Effects of exposure to multiple metallic elements in the first trimester of pregnancy on the risk of preterm birth10
Malnutrition matters: Association of stunting and underweight with early childhood development indicators in Nepal10
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Strengthening nutrition policy and service delivery: Lessons learned from a six‐country assessment of Alive and Thrive's technical assistance10
Text messages to improve young child diets: Results from a cluster‐randomized controlled trial in Kanchanpur, Nepal10
Characteristics of infant formula consumed in the first months of life and allergy in the EDEN mother–child cohort10
High consumption of unhealthy commercial foods and beverages tracks across the complementary feeding period in rural/peri‐urban Cambodia10
Diet Quality Among Older Adolescent Boys and Girls in the Southeast Asia Region10
Utilization patterns, outcomes and costs of a simplified acute malnutrition treatment programme in Burkina Faso10
Prevalence of severe and moderate anthropometric failure among children in India, 1993–202110
Urban nutrition situation in the slums of three cities in Asia during the COVID‐19 pandemic10
Maternal serum unmetabolized folic acid concentration following multivitamin and mineral supplementation with or without folic acid after 12 weeks gestation: A randomized controlled trial10
Probiotics for preventing and treating infant regurgitation: A systematic review and meta‐analysis10
Human milk‐sharing practices and infant‐feeding behaviours: A comparison of donors and recipients10
Assessing Readiness for Change: A Baseline Situational Analysis of Breastfeeding Support Within Acute and Community Healthcare Settings in the Republic of Ireland9
Non‐profit breastfeeding organisations' peer support provision in areas of socio‐economic deprivation in the UK: A meta‐ethnography9
Concurrent wasting and stunting among under‐five children in the context of Ethiopia: A generalised mixed‐effects modelling9
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Acceptability of 11 fortified balanced energy‐protein supplements for pregnant women in Nepal9
Food environment around schools and adolescent consumption of unhealthy foods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia9
The economic costs of a multisectoral nutrition programme implemented through a credit platform in Bangladesh9
Effect of integrated nutrition‐sensitive and nutrition‐specific intervention package on maternal malnutrition among pregnant women in Rwanda9
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Women's views and experiences of breastfeeding during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A systematic review of qualitative evidence9
Availability of donor milk improves enteral feeding but has limited effect on body growth of infants with very‐low birthweight: Data from a historic cohort study9
Predicting preschool children's emotional eating: The role of parents' emotional eating, feeding practices and child temperament9
Household food security and dietary diversity in south‐eastern Nigeria9
Animal source foods, rich in essential amino acids, are important for linear growth and development of young children in low‐ and middle‐income countries9
The usefulness of nutrition and health videos displayed on mobile phones in rural Uganda: Experiences of community health workers and mothers9
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Increased food crop diversification and gathering of wild plants associated with women's dietary diversity in Chad9
Supplementary feeding and infection control in pregnant adolescents—A secondary analysis of a randomized trial among malnourished women in Sierra Leone9
Formative Research for the Development and Implementation of a Smartphone Application to Report Breaches to the International Code of Marketing of Breast‐Milk Substitutes in Mexico8
Association between asymptomatic infections and linear growth in 18–24‐month‐old Malawian children8
Deteriorating complementary feeding practices and dietary quality in Jordan: Trends and challenges8
Critical assessment of the current indicator for antenatal iron‐containing supplementation coverage: Insights from a mixed‐methods study8
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Dietary diversity and nutrient adequacy among women in Bosomtwe District, Ghana8
Exploring the impact of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), early adequate feeding and access to health care on urban–rural disparities of child malnutrition in China8
Bringing Child Health Closer to Families: Lessons From a Family MUAC Intervention in Urban and Rural South Africa8
Diets, Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Nutritional Status Among Children, Adolescents and Adults in the Philippines: A Scoping Review8
Infant growth by INTERGROWTH‐21st and Fenton Growth Charts: Predicting 1‐year anthropometry in South African preterm infants8
Observations of feeding practices of US parents of young children with Down syndrome8
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Strategies elementary school children use to influence mothers' food purchasing decisions8
Mothers' and fathers' experiences of breastfeeding and returning to paid work after birth: A mixed‐method study8
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Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children7
Childhood stunting and micronutrient status unaffected by RCT of micronutrient fortified drink7
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The seasonal relationships between household dietary diversity and child growth in a rural Timor‐Leste community7
Predicting the Consumption of Iron‐Rich Foods During Pregnancy in Senegal: A Path Analysis7
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Time to Recovery From Severe Acute Malnutrition to Normal Nutritional Status and Its Predictors Among Children Aged 6–59 Months in North‐East Ethiopia7
Household food insecurity and symptoms of anxiety and depression during pregnancy: Systematic review and meta‐analysis7
Restricting diet for perceived health benefit: A mixed‐methods exploration of peripartum food taboos in rural Cambodia7
Adolescent health and well‐being in sub‐Saharan Africa: Strengthening knowledge base and research capacity through a collaborative multi‐country school‐based study7
Interventions to support the re‐establishment of breastfeeding and their application in humanitarian settings: A systematic review7
The role of breastfeeding promotion in German hospitals for exclusive breastfeeding duration7
Understanding factors associated with rural‐urban disparities of stunting among under‐five children in Rwanda: A decomposition analysis approach7
Effect of Early‐Life Lipid‐Based Nutrient Supplement and Home Environment on Autonomic Nervous System Regulation at 9–11 Years: A Follow‐Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial7
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Perinatal intervention strategies providing food with micronutrients to pregnant and breastfeeding women in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A scoping review7
Association between prenatal provision of lipid‐based nutrient supplements and caesarean delivery: Findings from a randomised controlled trial in Malawi7
Anthropometric deficits and the associated risk of death by age and sex in children aged 6–59 months: A meta‐analysis7
Correlates of internalizing and externalizing problems among school‐going young adolescents in Sub‐Saharan Africa7
Exploring factors affecting adherence to multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in Cambodia: A qualitative analysis7
Receiving screened donor human milk as part of a community‐based lactation support programme reduces parental symptoms of anxiety and depression7
Head Circumference Versus Length and Weight Deficits up to 2 Years of Age in Bangladesh7
Determinants of Infant Growth in a Birth Cohort in the Nepal Plains7
Becoming breastfeeding friendly in Great Britain—Does implementation science work?7
Identifying Parental Feeding Patterns in a Spanish Sample of Toddlers Using a Latent Class Analysis7
Establishment of cross‐cradle hold technique combined with intensive breastfeeding counselling positively impacts the weight gain rate in early infancy6
Strengthening implementation of integrated care for small and nutritionally at‐risk infants under six months and their mothers: Pre‐trial feasibility study6
Engaging men in maternal, infant and young child nutrition in rural Tanzania: Outcomes from a cluster randomized control trial and qualitative study6
Benchmarking the nutrient composition and labelling practices of commercially produced ready‐to‐eat purées and meals for older infants and young children across seven Southeast Asian countries6
Adolescent pregnancy, maternal and child anaemia: Empirical analysis from India, Bangladesh, and Nigeria6
The influence of household structure and composition on the introduction of solid, semisolid and soft foods among children aged 6–8 months: An analysis based on Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys6
Empowering women can improve child dietary diversity in Ethiopia6
Why have a bottle when you can have draught? Exploring bottle refusal by breastfed babies6
Individual‐level drivers of dietary behaviour in adolescents and women through the reproductive life course in urban Ghana: A Photovoice study6
Maternal and child nutrition must be at the heart of the climate change agendas6
Supporting Breastmilk Feeding for Infants in Foster Care: A Scoping Review6
Food purchase diversity is associated with market food diversity and diets of children and their mothers but not fathers in rural Tanzania: Results from the EFFECTS baseline survey6
The prevalence of anemia during pregnancy and its correlates vary by trimester and hemoglobin assessment method in Eastern Maharashtra, India6
Formulation and acceptability of local nutrient‐dense foods for young children: A formative study for the Child Health, Agriculture and Integrated Nutrition (CHAIN) Trial in rural Zimbabwe6
Validation of maternal report of nutrition‐related interventions and counselling during antenatal care in southern Nepal6
Gearing to success with national breastfeeding programmes: The Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) initiative experience6
Parental engagement with complementary feeding information in the United Kingdom: A qualitative evidence synthesis6
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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet during pregnancy and behavioural problems at 4 years of age6
Small area variations in low birth weight and small size of births in India6
Infant feeding policies and monitoring systems: A qualitative study of European Countries6
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Barriers and facilitators to healthy eating during post‐partum among non‐Hispanic Black mothers6
Feasibility of delivering vitamin A supplementation (VAS) and deworming through routine community health services in Siaya County, Kenya: A cross‐sectional study6
The relationships between optimal infant feeding practices and child development and attained height at age 2 years and 6–7 years6
Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban–rural settings in Vietnam6
A multi‐sectoral community development intervention has a positive impact on diet quality and growth in school‐age children in rural Nepal6
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‘The second mother’: How the baby food industry captures science, health professions and civil society in France6
Parent‐Reported Feeding Practices Associated With Children's Observed Willingness‐to‐Try‐New‐Foods in Childcare6
Anaemia among under‐five children: Is maternal marriage at 18th birthday and above protective? Evidence from 15 countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa6
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