2024
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
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
2022
Maternal weight status and the composition of the human milk microbiome: A scoping review
Daiy K, Harries V, Nyhan K, Marcinkowska U. Maternal weight status and the composition of the human milk microbiome: A scoping review. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0274950. PMID: 36191014, PMCID: PMC9529148, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274950.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal weight statusGestational weight gainHuman milk microbiomeWeight statusMilk microbiomeExcessive gestational weight gainGut microbiomeCross-sectional studyInfant gut microbiomeWeb of ScienceBifidobacterium abundancePostpartum BMIInfant healthHuman milkWeight gainLower alpha diversityAdult gut microbiomeBMIMilk microbiotaCurrent literatureMicrobiomeStatusMicrobial compositionAssociationReview