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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children76
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Associations between food insecurity and child and parental physical, nutritional, psychosocial and economic well‐being globally during the first 1000 days: A scoping review36
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Nutrition and nurture in infancy and childhood: Bio‐Cultural perspectives A 3 day conference32
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The challenges of medically complex breastfed children and their families: A systematic review27
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A qualitative study of Suaahara II influence on nutrition governance in Nepal24
Gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes: Findings from North Indian pregnancy cohort23
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Gestational weight gain velocity during each trimester is critical for both maternal health and birth outcomes in China22
Time to Recovery From Severe Acute Malnutrition to Normal Nutritional Status and Its Predictors Among Children Aged 6–59 Months in North‐East Ethiopia22
Breastfeeding and breastmilk substitute use and feeding motivations among mothers in Bandung City, Indonesia22
Factors influencing breastfeeding practices in China: A meta‐aggregation of qualitative studies21
Childhood stunting and micronutrient status unaffected by RCT of micronutrient fortified drink20
A Descriptive Investigation of Infant Feeding Bottles Marketed in the UK Designed to Replicate Breastfeeding and the Evidence That Underpins Them19
Tailoring Trials of Improved Practices (TIPs) to Improve Child Feeding and Use of Indigenous Preserved Foods in Drought‐Affected Kenya: Considerations for Climate Shocks19
‘The second mother’: How the baby food industry captures science, health professions and civil society in France18
Adaptation of the Remote Food Photography Method to Assess Infant Intake During Bottle‐Feeding of Ready‐to‐Feed Formula18
Grandmothers: Central scaffolding sources impacting maternal and infant feeding practices in Colombia18
An Infant Diet Score Based on Health Records Is Associated With BMI: A Nationwide Mother–Child Cohort Study in Iceland (ICE‐MCH)18
Assessing public financing for nutrition in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka17
Does a child's mid‐upper arm circumference‐for‐age z‐score represent another nutritional indicator of childhood malnutrition status?17
Becoming breastfeeding friendly in Great Britain—Does implementation science work?17
Anaemia in Indians aged 10–19 years: Prevalence, burden and associated factors at national and regional levels17
Anthropometric deficits and the associated risk of death by age and sex in children aged 6–59 months: A meta‐analysis16
Association between prenatal provision of lipid‐based nutrient supplements and caesarean delivery: Findings from a randomised controlled trial in Malawi16
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 Surveys16
Collateral benefits from a school‐readiness intervention on breastfeeding: A cross‐domain impact evaluation16
Behavioural drivers of suboptimal maternal and child feeding practices in Rwanda: An anthropological study16
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 Africa16
A repeated cross‐sectional analysis of the Icelandic baby food market surveyed in 2016, 2019 and 202115
Predictive factors of exclusive breastfeeding attrition at Week 6 post‐partum among mothers of preterm infants based on the theory of planned behaviour15
Interventions to support the re‐establishment of breastfeeding and their application in humanitarian settings: A systematic review15
Effect of enhanced nutrition services with community‐based nutrition services on the diet quality of young children in Ethiopia15
Co‐coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions shows wide inequalities and is associated with child nutritional outcomes in Ethiopia (2005–2019)15
Restricting diet for perceived health benefit: A mixed‐methods exploration of peripartum food taboos in rural Cambodia15
Quality of low‐carbohydrate diets among Australian post‐partum women: Cross‐sectional analysis of a national population‐based cohort study14
Predictors of prediabetes/diabetes and hypertension in Ethiopia: Reanalysis of the 2015 NCD STEPS survey using causal path diagrams14
Impact of a Homestead Food Production program on poultry rearing and egg consumption: A cluster‐randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh14
What makes a city ‘breastfeeding‐friendly’? A scoping review of indicators of a breastfeeding‐friendly city14
Adolescent health and well‐being in sub‐Saharan Africa: Strengthening knowledge base and research capacity through a collaborative multi‐country school‐based study14
Scaling up breastfeeding in England through the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly initiative (BBF)14
Burden and contributing factors to overweight and obesity in young adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia13
Climate shocks and nutrition: The role of food security policies and programs in enhancing maternal and neonatal survival in Niger13
Efficacy of ready‐to‐use food supplement for treatment of moderate acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months13
Perinatal care and breastfeeding education during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Perspectives from Kenyan mothers and healthcare workers13
Perinatal intervention strategies providing food with micronutrients to pregnant and breastfeeding women in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A scoping review13
Association between early initiation of breastfeeding and reduced risk of respiratory infection: Implications for nonseparation of infant and mother in the COVID‐19 context12
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet during pregnancy and behavioural problems at 4 years of age12
Enteral micronutrient supplementation and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm or low birth weight infants: A systematic review and meta‐analysis12
Using concept mapping to co‐create implementation strategies to address maternal–child food insecurity during the first 1000 days of life11
The influence of dietary diversity on anthropometric status among young children ages 12 and 24 months in Wuhan, China11
Quantification of persistent organic pollutants in breastmilk and estimated infant intake, Norway11
Responsive feeding practices among Arabic and Mongolian speaking migrant mothers in Australia: A qualitative study11
Correlates of internalizing and externalizing problems among school‐going young adolescents in Sub‐Saharan Africa11
What is the influence of maternal weight gain in different gestational clinical conditions on the prole weight in pre‐school age?11
Using formative research to enhance our understanding of implementation contexts: Preparing for a trial of maternal nutrition interventions11
Mothers' sociodemographic factors and use of health professionals for child feeding advice11
Benchmarking the nutrient composition and labelling practices of finger foods and snacks for older infants and young children across seven Southeast Asian countries10
Breastfeeding after return to work: An Australian national workplace survey10
Dietary diversity and associated factors among households and children in internally displaced person camps in Southern Somalia: A cross‐sectional study10
Text messages to improve child diets: Formative research findings and protocol of a randomised controlled trial in Nepal10
National survey of infant feeding bottles in Germany: Their characteristics and marketing claims10
The impact of Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation: An overview of systematic reviews10
Empowering women can improve child dietary diversity in Ethiopia10
Corrigendum to Accessing local support online: Mothers' experiences of local Breastfeeding Support Facebook groups10
Reliability of anthropometric measurements of a digi‐board in comparison to an analog height board in Namibian children under 5 years10
Disruptions and adaptations of an urban nutrition intervention delivering essential services for women and children during a major health system crisis in Dhaka, Bangladesh10
Grandparent caregiving in Cambodian skip‐generation households: Roles and impact on child nutrition10
Multiple micronutrient supplementation cost–benefit tool for informing maternal nutrition policy and investment decisions10
Assessment of Four Essential Features of the Alive & Thrive Initiative to Improve Maternal, Infant, Young Child, and Adolescent Nutrition9
Factors Associated With Prelacteal Feeding of Commercial Milk Formula: An Analysis of Cohort Data From the BADUTA Study in Indonesia9
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Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on infant feeding practices in the United States: Food insecurity, supply shortages and deleterious formula‐feeding practices9
Never‐breastfed children face a higher risk of suboptimal cognition at 2 years of corrected age: A multinational cohort of very preterm children9
Review of current best practices for human milk banking9
The Costs of a Multisectoral Nutrition Program Implemented Through a Poultry Value Chain Platform in Burkina Faso9
A New Era for Maternal and Child Nutrition Implementation Science Research and Program Evaluation9
Effect of Male Partner‐Targeted Breastfeeding Education and Support Interventions on Optimal Breastfeeding Practices in Central Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial9
Global evidence of persistent violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast‐milk Substitutes: A systematic scoping review9
Household food insecurity and symptoms of anxiety and depression during pregnancy: Systematic review and meta‐analysis9
Do changes in women's household status in Nepal improve access to food and nutrition?9
Newborn weight change and predictors of underweight in the neonatal period in Guinea‐Bissau, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda9
Identifying Parental Feeding Patterns in a Spanish Sample of Toddlers Using a Latent Class Analysis9
Parent‐Reported Feeding Practices Associated With Children's Observed Willingness‐to‐Try‐New‐Foods in Childcare9
Feeding Practices Used by Australian Parents of Young Children Living With Food Insecurity and Household Chaos9
What works to protect, promote and support breastfeeding on a large scale: A review of reviews9
Effect of a baby‐friendly workplace support intervention on exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya9
Diet quality during pregnancy and its association with social factors: 3D Cohort Study (Design, Develop, Discover)9
Nutrition in Nepal: Three decades of commitment to children and women8
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Predictors of complementary feeding practices among children aged 6–23 months in five countries in the Middle East and North Africa region8
Establishment of cross‐cradle hold technique combined with intensive breastfeeding counselling positively impacts the weight gain rate in early infancy8
Exploring attributions of causality for child undernutrition: Qualitative analysis in Lusaka, Zambia8
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Caregiver Feeding Practices in Guinea: Implications for Infant Dietary Diversity8
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Adolescent pregnancy, maternal and child anaemia: Empirical analysis from India, Bangladesh, and Nigeria8
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Anaemia among under‐five children: Is maternal marriage at 18th birthday and above protective? Evidence from 15 countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa8
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Iodine and thyroid status during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth: A population‐based nested case–control study8
Estimating the number of deaths averted from 2008 to 2020 within the Ethiopian CMAM programme8
A tool to assess underlying factors to water provision among Guinean children8
Small area variations in low birth weight and small size of births in India8
A good egg: An evaluation of a social and behavior change communication campaign to increase egg consumption among children in Rwanda8
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High adherence and its influencing factors on multiple micronutrient powders (MNPs)8
Reducing the risks of nuclear war—the role of health professionals8
Micronutrient intake of children in Ghana and Benin: Estimated contribution of diet and nutrition programs8
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Maternal and child nutrition must be at the heart of the climate change agendas7
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Anaemia among school‐going adolescents in Burkina Faso: Prevalence and associated factors7
Implementing a Care Pathway for small and nutritionally at‐risk infants under six months of age: A multi‐country stakeholder consultation7
Exclusive breastfeeding among working mothers in Kenya: Perspectives from women, families and employers7
Is serum zinc status related to gestational diabetes mellitus? A meta‐analysis7
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Human immunodeficiency virus‐positive women's perspectives on breastfeeding with antiretrovirals: A qualitative evidence synthesis7
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Research on commercial milk formulas for young children: A scoping review7
Examining the complex dynamics influencing acute malnutrition in Turkana and Samburu counties: Study protocol7
Validation of maternal report of nutrition‐related interventions and counselling during antenatal care in southern Nepal7
Evaluation of an mHealth tool to improve nutritional assessment among infants under 6 months in paediatric development clinics in rural Rwanda: Quasi‐experimental study7
Relationships between paternal attitudes, paternal involvement, and infant‐feeding outcomes: Mixed‐methods findings from a global on‐line survey of English‐speaking fathers7
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Supporting Breastmilk Feeding for Infants in Foster Care: A Scoping Review7
Exploring the relationship between child temperament, maternal psychiatric symptoms, family environment and infant feeding7
Diets, fruit and vegetables consumption, and nutritional status in Benin: A scoping review7
Self‐conscious emotions and breastfeeding support: A focused synthesis of UK qualitative research7
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
Access to digital media and devices among adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa: A multicountry, school‐based survey6
Child play and caregiver support to promote convalescence following severe acute malnutrition in Zimbabwe: The Tamba‐SAM pilot study6
A national survey of iodine nutrition in children aged 3–6 years in China and its relationship with children's physical growth6
Dietary supplements, guideline alignment and biochemical nutrient status in pregnancy: Findings from the Queensland Family Cohort pilot study6
Prevalence of morbidity symptoms among pregnant and postpartum women receiving different nutrient supplements in Ghana and Malawi: A secondary outcome analysis of two randomised controlled trials6
Prenatal iron supplementation adjusted to maternal iron stores reduces behavioural problems in 4‐year‐old children6
Potential effectiveness of integrating human milk banking and lactation support on neonatal outcomes at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Kenya6
Acceptability of a balanced energy protein (BEP) supplement for pregnant women in Bangladesh6
The relationships between optimal infant feeding practices and child development and attained height at age 2 years and 6–7 years6
Overpromoted and underregulated: National binding legal measures related to commercially produced complementary foods in seven Southeast Asian countries are not fully aligned with available guidance6
A cluster randomized controlled trial of a community‐based initiative to reduce stunting in rural Indonesia6
A repeated cross‐sectional analysis of breastfeeding initiation rates in Ireland for two decades and 10 recommended priorities for improvement6
Prevalence and determinants of stunting and anaemia in children aged 6–23 months: A multilevel analysis from rural Ethiopia6
Approach to Complementary Feeding and Infant Language Use: An Observational Study6
Comprehensiveness of infant formula and bottle feeding resources: A review of information from Australian healthcare organisations6
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
A systematic review of contaminants in donor human milk6
Evidence‐based complementary feeding recipe book for Kenyan caregivers: A novel approach6
Nutrition in a lifecourse perspective: From molecular aspects to public health approaches6
The relationship between energy provided and growth during severe wasting treatment6
Parental engagement with complementary feeding information in the United Kingdom: A qualitative evidence synthesis6
Household‐level water, sanitation and hygiene factors and interventions and the prevention of relapse after severe acute malnutrition recovery: A systematic review6
The association between plasma choline, growth and neurodevelopment among Malawian children aged 6–15 months enroled in an egg intervention trial6
Effects of an integrated poultry value chain, nutrition, gender and WASH intervention (SELEVER) on hygiene and child morbidity and anthropometry in Burkina Faso: A secondary outcome analysis of a clus6
Why have a bottle when you can have draught? Exploring bottle refusal by breastfed babies6
Low awareness and affordability are major drivers of low consumption of animal‐source foods among children in Northern Ethiopia: A mixed‐methods study6
Engaging men in maternal, infant and young child nutrition in rural Tanzania: Outcomes from a cluster randomized control trial and qualitative study6
Micronutrient supplementation practices in relation to the World Health Organisation 2013 guidelines on management of severe acute malnutrition6
Development and validation of a short dietary questionnaire for assessing obesity‐related dietary behaviours in young children6
Gestational weight trajectory and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A retrospective cohort study6
Qualitative evaluation of a package of implementation strategies codesigned to support the introduction of multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) for pregnant women in Bamako, Mali6
Understanding modifiable caregiver factors contributing to child development among young children in rural Malawi6
Risk factors for food contamination among children discharged from community management of acute malnutrition programmes in South Sudan: A cross‐sectional study and hazard analysis critical control po6
Influence of the Suchana intervention on exclusive breastfeeding and stunting among children aged under 6 months in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh6
Burden and determinants of anaemia among in‐school young adolescents in Ethiopia, Sudan and Tanzania6
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