2025
Associations between maternal and infant body composition, feeding practices, and perceived infant eating behaviour in Samoan mother–infant dyads aged 1–4 months
Bertacchi V, Daiy K, Vesi L, Faaselele-Savusa K, Duckham R, Naseri T, Soti-Ulberg C, Abraham J, Bribiescas R, Hawley N. Associations between maternal and infant body composition, feeding practices, and perceived infant eating behaviour in Samoan mother–infant dyads aged 1–4 months. Annals Of Human Biology 2025, 52: 2534349. PMID: 40762381, DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2025.2534349.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAppetiteBody CompositionBreast FeedingFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansInfantMaleMothersSamoaYoung AdultConceptsBaby Eating Behaviour QuestionnaireInfant body compositionFood responsivenessSatiety responsivenessInfant appetiteBody compositionMaternal perceptionProportion of infantsBMI-for-ageAged 1General appetiteInfants aged 1Initiation of breastfeedingBody composition measurementsDevelopment of obesityInfant eating behaviorsMaternal educational statusMaternal BMIBreastfed infantsInfant characteristicsInfant sexBreastfeeding patternsBreastfeeding practicesMaternal confidenceInfants
2024
A group prenatal care intervention reduces gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes in American Samoan women
Hawley N, Faasalele‐Savusa K, Faiai M, Suiaunoa‐Scanlan L, Loia M, Ickovics J, Kocher E, Piel C, Mahoney M, Suss R, Trocha M, Rosen R, Muasau‐Howard B. A group prenatal care intervention reduces gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes in American Samoan women. Obesity 2024, 32: 1833-1843. PMID: 39256170, PMCID: PMC11755376, DOI: 10.1002/oby.24102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational weight gainPostpartum weight changeGestational diabetes screeningClinically important between-group differenceDiabetes screeningGestational diabetesUsual care participantsPrenatal care interventionsMode of birthLow-risk pregnant womenPre-pregnancy obesityAmerican Samoan womenIncidence of gestational diabetesProportion of womenGestational diabetes incidenceInfant birth weightWeight gainBetween-group differencesCare interventionsCare participantsPreliminary effectivenessWeight changeRandom group assignmentDiabetes incidenceHigh-risk settingsThe milk study protocol: A longitudinal, prospective cohort study of the relationship between human milk metabolic hormone concentration, maternal body composition, and early growth and satiety development in Samoan infants aged 1–4 months
Harries V, Abraham J, Vesi L, Reupena A, Faaselele-Savusa K, Duckham R, Bribiescas R, Hawley N. The milk study protocol: A longitudinal, prospective cohort study of the relationship between human milk metabolic hormone concentration, maternal body composition, and early growth and satiety development in Samoan infants aged 1–4 months. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0292997. PMID: 38728264, PMCID: PMC11086876, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal body compositionEarly infant growthBody compositionInfant growthProspective longitudinal cohortMother-infant dyadsBreastfeeding mother-infant dyadsHuman milkFingerpick blood sampleInfants aged 1Longitudinal cohortBody composition measurementsProspective cohort studyInfant feeding patternsSatiety developmentUndernourished womenSatiety responsivenessInfant satietyInfant hungerHormone leptinCohort studyHigh-income settingsMultivariate analysisEating patternsHormone transfer
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