2024

Oaks BM, Gyimah EA, Kleban E, Ragsdale K, Iannotti LL. Mollusc and crustacean consumption in the first 1000 days: a scoping review. Nutrition Research Reviews. 2024 Mar:1-11. [Epub ahead of print].

Bentil HJ, Adu-Afarwuah S, Prado EL, Arnold CD, Hastings PD, Guyer AE, Mensah MO, Manu A, Tan X, Adjetey E, Amponsah B, Ocansey ME, Dewey KG, Oaks BM. Sustained effects of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements provided during the first 1000 days on child growth at 9-11 years in a randomized controlled trial in Ghana. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2024 Feb;119(2):425-432.

Owens BA, Sabik NJ, Tovar A, Ward-Ritacco CL, Melanson K, Guerrieo Z, Oaks BM. Higher morning cortisol is associated with lower intuitive eating in midlife women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2024 Jan 9 [Epub ahead of print].

2023

Parker HW, Oaks BM, Buchanan AL, Vadiveloo MK. Modified-weight Healthy Eating Index-2015 scores are more strongly associated with mortality risk than standard scores. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2023 Sep 28:S2212-2672(23)01572-1.

Owens BA, Sabik NJ, Tovar A, Ward-Ritacco CL, Oaks BM. Higher intuitive eating is associated with lower adiposity in midlife women. Eating Behaviors. 2023 Aug;50:101796.

Melo Herrera Y, Tovar A, Oaks BM, Quashie NT, Vadiveloo M. Associations between participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and maternal diet quality. Journal of Nutrition. 2023 Aug 19;S0022-3166(23)72549-2.

Prado EL, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold CD, Adjetey E, Amponsah B, Bentil H, Dewey KG, Guyer AE, Manu A, Mensah M, Oaks BM, Ocansey M, Tan X, Hastings PD. Pre- and postnatal small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements and children's social-emotional difficulties at age 9-11 years in Ghana: Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Aug;118(2):433-442.

Bentil HJ, Adu-Afarwuah S, Rossi JS, Tovar A, Oaks BM. Dietary magnesium intakes among women of reproductive age in Ghana-A comparison of two dietary analysis programs. PLoS One. 2023 May 2;18(5):e0284648.

Young MF, Oaks BM, Rogers HP, Tandon S, Martorell R, Dewey KG, Wendt AS. Maternal low and high hemoglobin concentrations and associations with adverse maternal and infant health outcomes: an updated global systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Apr 19;23(1):264.

2022

Roberts N, Mengge B, Oaks BM, Sari N, Irsan I, Humphries AT. Beyond harvest: exploring fish consumption pathways and food security in an Indonesian fishing community. Food Security. 2022 Nov 4.

Yuan H, Ocansey M, Adu-Afarwuah S, Sheridan M, Hamoudi A, Okronipa H, Kumordzie SM, Oaks BM, Prado EL. Evaluation of a tablet-based assessment tool for measuring cognition among children 4-6 years of age in Ghana. Brain and Behavior. 2022 Oct;12(10):e2749.

Oaks BM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ashorn P, Lartey A, Laugero KD, Okronipa H, Stewart CP, Dewey KG. Increased risk of preterm delivery with high cortisol during pregnancy is modified by fetal sex: a cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2022 Sep 23;22(1):727.

Davis JN, Williams A, Arnold CD, Rohner F, Wirth JP, Addo Y, Flores-Ayala RC, Oaks BM, Young MF, Suchdev PS, Engle-Stone R. The relationship between ferritin and BMI is mediated by inflammation among women in higher-income countries, but not in most lower-income countries nor among young children: a multi-country analysis. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2022 Sep 9;6(10):nzac139.

Akseer N, Keats EC, Thurairajah P, Cousens S, Bétran AP, Oaks BM, Osrin D, Piwoz E, Gomo E, Ahmed F, Friis H, Belizán J, Dewey KG, West K, Huybregts L, Zeng L, Dibley MJ, Zagre N, Christian P, Kolsteren PW, Kaestel P, Black RE, Arifeen SE, Ashorn U, Fawzi W, Bhutta ZA, The Global Young Women’s Investigators Group. Characteristics and birth outcomes of pregnant adolescents compared to older women: an analysis of individual level data from 140,000 mothers from 20 RCTs. eClinicalMedicine. 2022 Mar;45:101309.

Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold CD, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Fan YM, Matchado A, Kortekangas E, Oaks BM, Jackson KH, Dewey KG. Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements increase infants' plasma essential fatty acid levels in Ghana and Malawi: a secondary outcome analysis of the iLiNS-DYAD randomized trials. Journal of Nutrition. 2022 Jan 11;152(1):286-301.

Keats EC, Akseer N, Thurairajah P, Cousens S, Bhutta ZA, The Global Young Women’s Nutrition Investigators Group. Multiple micronutrient supplementation in pregnant adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Nutrition Reviews. 2022 Jan 10;80(2):141-156.

2021

Bentil HJ, Abreu AM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Rossi JS, Tovar A, Oaks BM. Association between Dietary Magnesium Intake and Glycemic Markers in Ghanaian Women of Reproductive Age: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 2021 Nov 19;13(11):4141.

Hong BV, Zhu C, Wong M, Sacchi R, Rhodes CH, Kang JW, Arnold CD, Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Oaks BM, Lebrilla CB, Dewey KG, Zivkovic AM. Maternal and infant supplementation with small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements increases child HDL cholesterol efflux capacity and is associated with changes in the HDL glycoproteome. ACS Omega. 2021 Nov 18;6(47):32022-32031.

Abreu AM, Young RR, Buchanan A, Lofgren IE, Okronipa H, Lartey A, Ashorn P, Adu-Afarwuah S, Dewey KG, Oaks BM. Maternal blood pressure in relation to prenatal lipid-based nutrient supplementation and adverse birth outcomes in a Ghanaian cohort: a randomized controlled trial and cohort analysis. Journal of Nutrition. 2021 Jun;151(6):1637-1645.

Keats EC, Akseer N, Thurairajah P, Cousens S, The Global Young Women’s Nutrition Investigators Group, Bhutta ZA. The effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation   on pregnant adolescents in low and middle-income countries using individual participant data. Nutrition Reviews. 2021 Apr;nuab004.

2020

Oaks BM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Kumordzie S, Laudenslager ML, Smith DL, Lin J, Young RR, Arnold CD, Bentil H, Okronipa H, Ocansey M, Dewey KG. Impact of a nutritional supplement during gestation and early childhood on child salivary cortisol, hair cortisol, and telomere length at 4-6 years of age: a follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Stress. 2020 Sep;23(5):597-606.

Davis JN, Oaks BM, Engle-Stone R. The double burden of malnutrition: a systematic review of operational definitions. Curr Dev Nutr. 2020 Sep;4(9):nzaa127.

Engle-Stone R, Guo J, Ismaily S, Addo Y, Ahmed T, Oaks B, Peerson J, Suchdev PS, Flores Ayala R, Williams A.  Intra-individual double burden of overweight and micronutrient deficiencies or anemia among preschool children in 24 population-based surveys. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 Aug 1;112(Supplement_1):478S-487S.

Williams A, Addo Y, Guo J, Ismaily S, Namaste S, Oaks BM, Rohner F, Suchdev PS, Young MF, Flores-Ayala R, Peerson J, Engle-Stone R. Intra-individual double burden of overweight or obesity and micronutrient deficiencies or anemia among women of reproductive age in 17 population-based surveys. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 Aug 1;112(Supplement_1):468S-477S.

Adams KP, Adu-Afarwuah S, Mridha MK, Oaks BM, Matias SL, Arnold CD, Kumordzie SM, Okronipa H, Ocansey ME, Dewey KG. The impact of maternal supplementation during pregnancy and the first 6 months postpartum on the growth status of the next child born after the intervention period: Follow-up results from Bangladesh and Ghana. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Apr;16(2):e12927.

Adu-Afarwuah S, Young RR, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Oaks BM, Dewey KG. Supplementation with Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Does Not Increase Child Morbidity in a Semiurban Setting in Ghana: A Secondary Outcome Noninferiority Analysis of the International Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (iLiNS)-DYAD Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr. 2020 Feb 1;150(2):382-393.

Kumordzie SM, Okronipa H, Arimond M, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ocansey ME, Young RR, Bentil HJ, Tamakloe SM, Oaks BM, Dewey KG. Maternal and child factors associated with child body fatness in a Ghanaian cohort. Public Health Nutr. Public Health Nutr. 2020 Feb;23(2):309-318. 

2019

Ocansey ME, Pulakka A, Adu-Afarwuah S, Young RR, Kumordzie SM, Okronipa H, Oaks BM, Dewey KG, Prado EL. The effects of supplementing maternal and infant diets with lipid-based nutrient supplements on physical activity and sedentary behaviour at preschool age in Ghana. Br J Nutr. 2019 Oct 28;122(8):884-894.

Ocansey ME, Adu-Afarwuah S, Kumordzie SM, Okronipa H, Young RR, Tamakloe SM, Oaks BM, Arimond M, Dewey KG, Prado EL. The association of early linear growth and haemoglobin concentration with later cognitive, motor, and social-emotional development at preschool age in Ghana. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 Oct;15(4):e12834.

Young MF, Oaks BM, Tandon S, Martorell R, Dewey KG, Wendt AS. Maternal hemoglobin concentrations across pregnancy and maternal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 Aug;1450(1):47-68. Review.

Kumordzie SM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arimond M, Young RR, Adom T, Boatin R, Ocansey ME, Okronipa H, Prado EL, Oaks BM, Dewey KG. Maternal and infant lipid-based nutritional supplementation increases height of Ghanaian children at 4-6 years only if the mother was not overweight before conception. J Nutr. 2019 May 1;149(5):847-855.

Adams KP, Adu-Afarwuah S, Bentil H, Oaks BM, Young RR, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. The effects of a nutrient supplementation intervention in Ghana on parents' investments in their children. PLOS One. 2019 Mar 13;14(3):e0212178. 

Oaks BM, Jorgensen JM, Baldiviez LM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Maleta K, Okronipa H, Sadalaki J, Lartey A, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Vosti S, Allen LH, Dewey KG. Prenatal iron deficiency and replete iron status are associated with adverse birth outcomes, but associations differ in Ghana and Malawi. J Nutr. 2019 Mar 1;149(3):513-521.

Okronipa H, Arimond M, Young RR, Arnold CD, Adu-Afarwuah S, Tamakloe SM, Bentil HJ, Ocansey ME, Kumordzie SM, Oaks BM, Dewey KG. Exposure to a slightly sweet lipid-based nutrient supplement during early life does not increase the preference for or consumption of sweet foods and beverages by 4-6-y-Old Ghanaian preschool children: follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. J Nutr. 2019 Mar 1;149(3):532-541. 

Ocansey ME, Adu-Afarwuah S, Kumordzie SM, Okronipa H, Young RR, Tamakloe SM, Oaks BM, Dewey KG, Prado EL. Prenatal and postnatal lipid-based nutrient supplementation and cognitive, social-emotional, and motor function in preschool-aged children in Ghana: a follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Feb 1;109(2):322-334.

Prado EL, Yakes Jimenez E, Vosti S, Stewart R, Stewart CP, Somé J, Pulakka A, Ouédraogo JB, Okronipa H, Ocansey E, Oaks B, Maleta K, Lartey A, Kortekangas E, Hess SY, Brown K, Bendabenda J, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Arimond M, Adu-Afarwuah S, Abbeddou S, Dewey K. Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso. BMJ Glob Health. 2019 Jan 13;4(1):e001155.

Adu-Afarwuah S, Young RT, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Oaks BM, Arimond M, Dewey KG. Maternal and infant supplementation with small-auantity lipid-based nutrient supplements increases infants' iron status at 18 months of age in a semiurban setting in Ghana: a secondary outcome analysis of the iLiNS-DYAD randomized controlled trial. J Nutr. 2019 Jan 1;149(1):149-158. 

2018

Adams KP, Okronipa H, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arimond M, Kumordzie S, Oaks BM, Ocansey ME, Young RR, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. Ghanaian parents’ perceptions of pre and postnatal nutrient supplements and their effects. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Oct;14(4):e12608.

Ashorn P, Hallamaa L, Allen LH, Ashorn U, Chandrasiri U, Deitchler M, Doyle R, Harjunmaa U, Jorgensen JM, Kamiza S, Klein N, Maleta K, Nkhoma M, Oaks BM, Poelman B, Rogerson SJ, Stewart CP, Zeilani M, Dewey KG. Co-causation of reduced newborn size by maternal undernutrition, infections, and inflammation. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Jul;14(3):e12585.

Prado EL, Phuka J, Ocansey E, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Adu-Afarwuah S, Oaks BM, Lartey A, Dewey KG. A method to develop vocabulary checklists in new languages and their validity to assess early language development. J Health Popul Nutr. 2018 May 11;37(1):13.

Prado EL, Ashorn U, Phuka J, Maleta K, Sadalaki J, Oaks BM, Haskell M, Allen LH, Vosti SA, Ashorn P, Dewey KG. Associations of maternal nutrition during pregnancy and post-partum with maternal cognition and caregiving. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Apr;14(2):e12546.

2017

Dewey KG, Oaks BM. U-shaped curve for risk associated with maternal hemoglobin, iron status, or iron supplementation. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Dec;106(Suppl 6):1694S-1702S. Review.

Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arimond M, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Bendabenda J, Brown KH, Hess SY, Kortekangas E, Lartey A, Maleta K, Oaks BM, Ocansey E, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pulakka A, Somé JW, Stewart CP, Stewart RC, Vosti SA, Yakes Jimenez E, Dewey KG. Predictors and pathways of language and motor development in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi, and Burkina Faso. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2017 Nov;58(11):1264-1275. 

Oaks BM, Stewart CP, Laugero KD, Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Vosti SA, Ashorn P, Dewey KG. Maternal plasma cholesterol and duration of pregnancy: A prospective cohort study in Ghana. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Oct;13(4). 

Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Ashorn P, Zeilani M, Baldiviez LM, Oaks BM, Vosti S, Dewey KG. Impact of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement on hemoglobin, iron status and biomarkers of inflammation in pregnant Ghanaian women. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Apr;13(2).

Oaks BM, Young RR, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ashorn U, Jackson KH, Lartey A, Maleta K, Okronipa H, Sadalaki J, Baldiviez LM, Shahab-Ferdows S, Ashorn P, Dewey KG. Effects of a lipid-based nutrient supplement during pregnancy and lactation on maternal plasma fatty acid status and lipid profile: Results of two randomized controlled trials. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2017 Feb;117:28-35.

2016

Oaks BM, Laugero KD, Stewart CP, Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Ashorn P, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. Late-pregnancy salivary cortisol concentrations of Ghanaian women participating in a randomized controlled trial of prenatal lipid-based nutrient supplements. J Nutr. 2016 Feb;146(2):343-52.

2015

Stewart CP, Oaks BM, Laugero KD, Ashorn U, Harjunmaa U, Kumwenda C, Chaima D, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Dewey KG. Maternal cortisol and stress are associated with birth outcomes, but are not affected by lipid-based nutrient supplements during pregnancy: an analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial in rural Malawi. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 Dec 22;15:346. 

2010

Oaks BM, Dodd KW, Meinhold CL, Jiao L, Church TR, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ. Folate intake, post-folic acid grain fortification, and pancreatic cancer risk in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Feb;91(2):449-55.