Maternal diet and nutritional status during pregnancy and lactation: a review of implications on milk composition and lactation outcomes

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Effect of protein intake on protein and nitrogen composition of breast milk

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Vitamin Concentrations in Human Milk Vary with Time within Feed, Circadian Rhythm, and Single-Dose Supplementation

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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

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Human Milk Exosomal MicroRNA: Associations with Maternal Overweight/Obesity and Infant Body Composition at 1 Month of Life

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Maternal diet and human milk composition: an updated systematic review

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Nutritional Status of Lactating Mothers and Their Breast Milk Concentration of Iron, Zinc and Copper in Rural Vietnam

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Longitudinal Analysis of Macronutrient Composition in Preterm and Term Human Milk: A Prospective Cohort Study

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Breast Milk Supply of MicroRNA Associated with Leptin and Adiponectin Is Affected by Maternal Overweight/Obesity and Influences Infancy BMI

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Maternal Prepregnant Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain Are Associated with Initiation and Duration of Breastfeeding among Norwegian Mothers

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The impact of maternal obesity and breast milk inflammation on developmental programming of infant growth

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Associations of Maternal Weight Status Before, During, and After Pregnancy with Inflammatory Markers in Breast Milk

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Maternal and Infant Factors Influencing Human Milk Oligosaccharide Composition: Beyond Maternal Genetics

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The Triad Mother-Breast Milk-Infant as Predictor of Future Health: A Narrative Review

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Short-Term Nutrition Education Reduces Low Birthweight and Improves Pregnancy Outcomes among Urban Poor Women in Bangladesh

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Maternal Diet Is Associated with Human Milk Oligosaccharide Profile

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Dietary patterns and their association with breast milk macronutrient composition among lactating women

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Dietary Patterns of Breastfeeding Mothers and Human Milk Composition: Data from the Italian MEDIDIET Study

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Nutritional Status of Breastfeeding Mothers and Impact of Diet and Dietary Supplementation: A Narrative Review

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Maternal body mass index, parity and smoking are associated with human milk macronutrient content after preterm delivery

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Impact of Maternal Nutrition and Perinatal Factors on Breast Milk Composition after Premature Delivery

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Markers of Oxidative Stress in Human Milk do not Differ by Maternal BMI But are Related to Infant Growth Trajectories

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Translating Healthy Living Messages to Postpartum Women and Their Partners After Gestational Diabetes (GDM): Body Habitus, A1C, Lifestyle Habits, and Program Engagement Results From the Families Defeating Diabetes (FDD) Randomized Trial

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Long chain fatty acids and related pro-inflammatory, specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators and their intermediates in preterm human milk during the first month of lactation

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Maternal Lifestyle Factors Affecting Breast Milk Composition and Infant Health: A Systematic Review

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High-Fructose Corn-Syrup-Sweetened Beverage Intake Increases 5-Hour Breast Milk Fructose Concentrations in Lactating Women

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Reducing Postpartum Weight Retention and Improving Breastfeeding Outcomes in Overweight Women: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

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Maternal diet during lactation and breast-feeding practices have synergistic association with child diet at 6 years

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Human Milk Oligosaccharide Profiles and Associations with Maternal Nutritional Factors: A Scoping Review

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Maternal nutritional determinants of colostrum fatty acids in the EDEN mother-child cohort

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Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria in Human Milk and Maternal Adiposity

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The Role of Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index in Breastfeeding Outcomes: A Systematic Review

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Maternal influences on the glucocorticoid concentrations of human milk: The STEPS study

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Human Milk Oligosaccharides Variation in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Mothers

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Maternal Diet Influences Human Milk Protein Concentration and Adipose Tissue Marker

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Influence of refrigeration or freezing on human milk macronutrients and energy content in early lactation: Results from a tertiary centre survey

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Preterm human milk: associations between perinatal factors and hormone concentrations throughout lactation

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Obesity-Induced Inflammation Is Associated with Alterations in Subcellular Zinc Pools and Premature Mammary Gland Involution in Lactating Mice

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Mediators of the association between maternal body mass index and breastfeeding duration in 3 international cohorts

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Impact of maternal nutritional supplementation in conjunction with a breastfeeding support program during the last trimester to 12 weeks postpartum on breastfeeding practices and child development at 30 months old

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Maternal dietary patterns are associated with human milk composition in Chinese lactating women

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Food Insecurity and Maternal Diet Influence Human Milk Composition between the Infant’s Birth and 6 Months after Birth in Central-Africa

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Prepregnancy Body Mass Index Is Associated with Time-Dependent Changes in Secretory Activation Measures During the First 7 Days Postpartum in Breast Pump-dependent Mothers of Premature Infants

Poeliniz, C. M., Hoban, R. A., Schoeny, M. E., Engstrom, J. L., Patel, A. L., & Meier, P. P. (2021) · Breastfeeding Medicine · doi:10.1089/bfm.2021.0167 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Associations between Maternal Nutrition and the Concentrations of Human Milk Oligosaccharides in a Cohort of Healthy Australian Lactating Women

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20: Maternal diet structures the breast milk microbiome in association with human milk oligosaccharides and gut-associated bacteria

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Maternal nutritional status and milk volume and composition in India: an observational study

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Effect of Different Dietary Patterns on Macronutrient Composition in Human Breast Milk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Human milk immune factors, maternal nutritional status, and infant sex: The INSPIRE study

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Maternal dietary patterns, breastfeeding duration, and their association with child cognitive function and head circumference growth: A prospective mother–child cohort study

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Maternal Diet Associated with Oligosaccharide Abundances in Human Milk from Latina Mothers

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ABM Clinical Protocol #29: Iron, Zinc, and Vitamin D Supplementation During Breastfeeding

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Association between Maternal Pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index and Breastfeeding Duration in Taiwan: A Population-Based Cohort Study

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Insulin Concentration in Human Milk in the First Ten Days Postpartum

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The perceptions and experiences of women with a body mass index ≥ 30 kg m 2 who breastfeed: A meta‐synthesis

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Odor-active volatile compounds in preterm breastmilk

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Breast milk apelin level increases with maternal obesity and high-fat feeding during lactation

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Early postnatal effects of maternal obesity on breast milk composition and breastfeeding outcomes

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Effects of Breastfeeding Promotion Intervention and Dietary Treatment in Postpartum Women with Overweight and Obesity: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial on Weight and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

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Glucocorticoids in preterm human milk

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Preterm Delivery in Obese Mothers Predicts Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Levels in Breast Milk

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