• Early interruption of exclusive breastfeeding: results from the eight-country MAL-ED study 

      Patil, Crystal L.; Turab, Ali; Ambikapathi, Ramya; Nesamvuni, Cebisa; Chandyo, Ram K.; Bose, Anuradha; Islam, M. Munirul; Ahmed, A. M. Shamsir; Olortegui, Maribel Paredes; de Moraes, Milena Lima; Caulfield, Laura E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-01)
      We report the infant feeding experiences in the first month of life for 2,053 infants participating in “Malnutrition and Enteric Infections: Consequences for Child Health and Development” (MAL-ED). Eight sites (in Bangladesh, ...
    • Early life child micronutrient status, maternal reasoning, and a nurturing household environment have persistent influences on child cognitive development at age 5 years: Results from MAL-ED 

      McCormick, Benjamin J.J.; Richard, Stephanie A.; Caulfield, Laura E.; Pendergast, Laura L.; Seidman, Jessica C.; Koshy, Beena; Roshan, Reeba; Shrestha, Rita; Svensen, Erling; Blacy, Ladislaus; Rasmussen, Zeba; Maphula, Angelina; Scharf, Rebecca; Nahar, Baitun; Haque, Sayma; Rasheed, Muneera; Oria, Reinaldo; Rogawski, Elizabeth T.; Murray-Kolb, Laura E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Child cognitive development is influenced by early-life insults and protective factors. To what extent these factors have a long-term legacy on child development and hence fulfillment of cognitive potential is ...