Current Novel Research Efforts
- Potential benefits and harms of the school-based backpack program in response to child hunger.
- How low food security in the United States is predicted by complex patterns of health, economics and service participation.
- Househould food insecurity and lifetime racial discrimmination among African-American households in South Carolina.
- Improving the growth, development, feeding care, and survival of infants and young children.
- Understanding the processes underlying the increased long-term heart disease risk in women who have certain complications in pregnancy, such as preterm birth, high blood pressure in pregnancy, and preeclampsia.
- Perinatal epidemiology, obesity, and physical activity in morthers and children.
Associated Research Affiliates
- Blake, Christine, Ph.D., RD
- Fram, Maryah, Ph.D., MSW
- Frongillo, Edward, Ph.D.
- Larson, Leila, Ph.D.
- Liu, Jihong, Sc.D.
- Torres, Mariam Elsa, Ph.D.
- Wilcox, Sara, Ph.D.
- Basnet S, Frongillo EA, Nguyen PH, Moore S, Arabi M. Associations of maternal resources with care behaviors differ by type of resource and care behavior. Maternal & Child Nutrition e12977, doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12977, 2020.
- Basnet S, Frongillo EA, Nguyen PH, Moore S, Arabi M. Maternal resources for care are associated with child growth and early childhood development in Bangladesh and Vietnam. Child Care Health Dev. 2021;10.1111/cch.12911. doi:10.1111/cch.12911
- Boutte AK, Turner-McGrievy GM, Eberth JM, Wilcox S, Liu J, Kaczynski AT. (2021). Healthy Food Density is Not Associated With Diet Quality Among Pregnant Women With Overweight/Obesity in South Carolina. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 53(2), 120-129.
- Boutté AK, Turner-Mcgrievy GM, Wilcox S, Liu J, Eberth JM, Kaczynski AT. Associations of maternal stress and/or depressive symptoms with diet quality during pregnancy: a narrative review. Nutrition Reviews. November 2020.
- Boutté AK, Turner-McGrievy GM, Wilcox S, Liu J, Eberth JM, Kaczynski AT. Stress and Depressive Symptoms Are Not Associated with Overall Diet Quality, But Are Associated with Aspects of Diet Quality in Pregnant Women in South Carolina. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2021;S2212-2672(21)00147-7. doi:10.1016/j.jand.2021.02.025
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Bueno Ferreira L, Nunes dos Santos T, Cosenza G, Hebert JR, et al. The Association of the Inflammatory Index of the Maternal Diet with the Type of Delivery, Maternal Nutritional Status, and the Lipid Profile of Human Milk. Breastfeeding Medicine. 2023;18(4):291-299. doi:10.1089/bfm.2022.0182
- Chen L-W, Aubert A, Bernard JY, Cooper C, Duijts L, Geraghty AA, Harvey NC, Hebert JR, et al. Maternal dietary quality, inflammatory potential and offspring adiposity throughout childhood: a pooled analysis of 7 European cohorts (ALPHABET consortium). Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 2020;79(OCE2). doi:10.1017/s0029665120001032.
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Cohen CC, Perng W, Sauder KA, Hebert JR, et al. Maternal Diet Quality During Pregnancy and Offspring Hepatic Fat in Early Childhood: The Healthy Start Study. The Journal of Nutrition. Published online February 14, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.01.039
- Cook J, Caudell C, Cai B, Lane-Cordova AD, Lenard M, Beste M, Montaguefarwell E. Perception of body mass index and health issues related to overweight/obesity in an outpatient women’s clinic.Women & Health. Published online November 1, 2020:1-7. doi:10.1080/03630242.2020.1831684.
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Flax VL, Bose S, Escobar-DeMarco J, Frongillo EA. Changing maternal, infant and young child nutrition practices through social and behaviour change interventions implemented at scale: Lessons learned from Alive & Thrive. Matern Child Nutr. Published online September 21, 2023:e13559. doi:10.1111/mcn.13559
- Frongillo EA. Designing and implementing at-scale programs to improve complementary feeding. Nutrition Reviews 78(S2):62-70, 2020.
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Hung P, Granger M, Boghossian N, Liu J, et al. Dual Barriers: Examining Digital Access and Travel Burdens to Hospital Maternity Care Access in the United States, 2020. The Milbank Quarterly. n/a(n/a). doi:10.1111/1468-0009.12668
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Julceus EF, Olatosi B, Hung P, Zhang J, Li X, Liu J. Racial disparities in adequacy of prenatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Carolina, 2018–2021. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023;23(1):686. doi:10.1186/s12884-023-05983-x
- Kachwaha S, Nguyen PH, Tran LM, Avula R, Young MF, Ghosh S, Forissier T, Escobar-Alegria J, Sharma PK, Frongillo EA, Menon P. Specificity Matters: Unpacking Impact Pathways of Individual Interventions within Bundled Packages Helps Interpret the Limited Impacts of a Maternal Nutrition Intervention in India. J Nutr. 2021;nxab390. doi:10.1093/jn/nxab390
- Kase BE, Frongillo EA, Isanovic S, Gonzalez W, Wodajo HY, Djimeu EW. Determinants of egg consumption by infants and young children in Ethiopia. Public Health Nutrition. 2022:1-24. doi:10.1017/S1368980022001112
- Kulkarni S, Frongillo EA, Cunningham K, Moore S, Blake CE. Gendered Intrahousehold Bargaining Power is Associated with Child Nutritional Status in Nepal. J Nutr. 2021;nxaa399. doi:10.1093/jn/nxaa399
- Lane AD, Lewis, CE, Gunderson EP. Adverse pregnancy outcomes – the missing link in discovering the role of lactation in CVD prevention. Journal of the American Heart Assoc. 2022 Oct 17:e027707. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.027707.
- Lane AD, Catov J, Jones MA., Barone Gibbs B. Patterns in Prenatal Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: Associations With Blood Pressure and Placental Features in the MoMHealth Cohort. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2022 Sep 1;19(10):658-665. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2021-0585.
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Lane A, Wilcox S, Wingard E, McLean MK, Liu J. Association of a Lifestyle Intervention with Blood Pressure Trajectories During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Women with Pre-pregnancy Overweight and Obesity. Matern Child Health J. 2023;27(8):1407-1415. doi:10.1007/s10995-023-03709-1
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Lecorguillé M, Schipper M, O’Donnell A, Hebert JR, et al. Parental lifestyle patterns around pregnancy and risk of childhood obesity in four European birth cohort studies. The Lancet Global Health. 2023;11:S5. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00090-6
- Leroy JL, Frongillo EA, Borghi E. Using height-adjusted stunting prevalence will fail disadvantaged children worldwide. Lancet Global Health 10:e620, 2022.
- Liu J, Wilcox S, Wingard E, Burgis J, Schneider L, Dahl A. Strategies and Challenges in Recruiting Pregnant Women with Elevated Body Mass Index for a Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention. Women’s Health Reports. 2020. doi: 10.1089/whr.2020.0089.
- Liu J, Wilcox S, Wingard E, Turner‐McGrievy G, Hutto B, Burgis J. (2021). A Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention to Limit Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Women with Overweight and Obesity. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23119.
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Liu J, Zhao L, Zhao X, Merchant AT, Wilcox S, et al. Impact of a Large Healthy Start Program on Perinatal Outcomes, South Carolina, 2009–2019. Am J Public Health. Published online March 9, 2023:e1-e5. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2023.307232
- McDonald SM, Yeo S, Liu J, Wilcox S, Sui X, Pate RR. Association between change in maternal physical activity during pregnancy and infant size, in a sample overweight or obese women.Women Health. 2020;1-10. doi:10.1080/03630242.2020.1779904.
- Merchant AT, Liu J, Reynolds MA, Beck JD, Zhang J. Quantile regression to estimate the survivor average causal effect (SACE) of periodontal treatment effects on birthweight and gestational age. Journal of Periodontology. Published online November 5, 2020. doi:10.1002/jper.20-0376
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Momodu OA, Horner RD, Liu J, Crouch E, Chen B. Participation In CenteringPregnancy Program And Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Published online April 25, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2023.04.010
- Nguyen TT, Darnell A, Weissman A, Cashin J, Withers M, Mathisen R, Lapping K, Mastro T, Frongillo EA. National nutrition strategies that focus on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in Southeast Asia do not consistently align with regional and international recommendations. Maternal & Child Nutrition e12937, doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12937, 2020.
- Nguyen T, Hajeebhoy N, Li J, Do CT, Mathisen R, Frongillo EA. Community support model on breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in remote areas in Vietnam: implementation, cost, and effectiveness.International Journal for Equity in Health 20:121, 2021. doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01451-0
- Nguyen PH, Kachwaha S, Pant A, Tran LM, Avula R, Young MF, Ghosh S, Sharma PK, Escobar-Alegria J, Forissier T, Patil S, Frongillo EA, Menon P. Strengthening nutrition interventions in antenatal care services affects dietary intake, micronutrient intake, gestational weight gain, and breastfeeding in Uttar Pradesh, India: Results of a cluster-randomized program evaluation. Journal of Nutrition, 2021.
- Nguyen PH, Kim SS, Tran LM, Menon P, Frongillo EA. Early breastfeeding practices contribute to increased exclusive breastfeeding in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Ethiopia. Maternal & Child Nutrition. doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13012, 2020.
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Nguyen PH, Sununtnasuk C, Christopher A, Frongillo EA, et al. Strengthening Nutrition Interventions during Antenatal Care Improved Maternal Dietary Diversity and Child Feeding Practices in Urban Bangladesh: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Evaluation Study. The Journal of Nutrition. Published online June 23, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.06.023
- Reyes LI, Frongillo EA, Moore S, Blake CE, Gonzalez W, Bonvecchio A. Functions of social networks in maternal food choice for children in Mexico. Maternal & Child Nutrition. e13263, 2021. doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13263
- Saraswati CM, Borghi E, da Silva Breda JJR, Flores-Urrutia MC, Williams J, Hayashi C, Frongillo EA, Mclain AC. Estimating Childhood Stunting and Overweight Trends in the European Region from Sparse Longitudinal Data. J Nutr. 2022;nxac072. doi:10.1093/jn/nxac072
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Saros L, Lind A, Setänen S, Hebert JR, et al. Maternal obesity, gestational diabetes mellitus, and diet in association with neurodevelopment of 2-year-old children. Pediatr Res. Published online January 3, 2023:1-10. doi:10.1038/s41390-022-02455-4
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Teo SM, Murrin CM, Mehegan J, Hébert JR, et al. Associations between the maternal healthy lifestyle score and its individual components during early pregnancy with placental outcomes. Placenta. 2023;139:75-84. doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2023.06.001
- Wende ME, Liu J, Mclain AC, Wilcox S. Gestational weight gain disparities in South Carolina: Temporal trends, 2004‐2015. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2020. doi:10.1111/ppe.12706
- Whitaker KM, Baruth M, Schlaff RA, Connolly CP, Liu J, Wilcox S. Association of provider advice and gestational weight gain in twin pregnancies: a cross-sectional electronic survey. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2020;20(1). doi:10.1186/s12884-020-03107-3
- Whitaker KM, Becker C, Healy H, Wilcox S, Liu J. Womens Report of Health Care Provider Advice and Gestational Weight Gain: A Systematic Review. Journal of Women's Health. 2020. doi:10.1089/jwh.2019.8223.
- Wilcox S, Dahl AA, Boutté AK, Liu J, Day K, Turner-McGrievy G, Wingard E. Process evaluation methods and results from the Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum (HIPP) randomized controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 22, 794 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05107-x
- Wilcox S, Liu J, Turner-McGrievy GM, Boutte AK, Wingard E. Effects of a behavioral intervention on physical activity, diet, and health-related quality of life in pregnant women with elevated weight: results of the HIPP randomized controlled trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 19, 145 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-022-01387-w
- Young MF, Mehta RV, Gosdin L, Kekre P, Verma P, Larson LM, Girard AW, et. al. Home Fortification of Complementary Foods Reduces Anemia and Diarrhea among Children Aged 6–18 Months in Bihar, India: A Large-Scale Effectiveness Trial. The Journal of Nutrition, 2021, nxab065, https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab065.