2024
Response to: World Health Organization (WHO) guideline on the complementary feeding of infants and young children aged 6−23 months 2023: A multisociety response
Grummer‐Strawn L, Lutter C, Siegfried N, Rogers L, Alsumaie M, Aryeetey R, Baye K, Bhandari N, Dewey K, Gupta A, Iannotti L, Pérez‐Escamilla R, de Castro I, Wieringa F, Yang Z. Response to: World Health Organization (WHO) guideline on the complementary feeding of infants and young children aged 6−23 months 2023: A multisociety response. Journal Of Pediatric Gastroenterology And Nutrition 2024, 79: 1084-1086. PMID: 39263990, DOI: 10.1002/jpn3.12363.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of breastfeeding and later overweight or obesity expands on previous study for World Health Organization
Horta BL, Rollins N, Dias MS, Garcez V, Pérez‐Escamilla R. Systematic review and meta‐analysis of breastfeeding and later overweight or obesity expands on previous study for World Health Organization. Acta Paediatrica 2022, 112: 34-41. PMID: 35727183, DOI: 10.1111/apa.16460.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual confoundingWorld Health OrganizationSystematic reviewPublication biasHealth OrganizationSocioeconomic statusOdds of overweightBenefits of breastfeedingRandom-effects modelWeb of ScienceIndependent reviewersPositive confoundingOverweightObesityBreastfeedingConfoundingAssociationReviewStatusPrevious studiesMEDLINEInfantsStudyLILACS
2020
Reframing the early childhood obesity prevention narrative through an equitable nurturing approach
Skouteris H, Bergmeier HJ, Berns SD, Betancourt J, Boynton‐Jarrett R, Davis MB, Gibbons K, Pérez‐Escamilla R, Story M. Reframing the early childhood obesity prevention narrative through an equitable nurturing approach. Maternal And Child Nutrition 2020, 17: e13094. PMID: 33067918, PMCID: PMC7729646, DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood obesity preventionWorld Health OrganizationChildhood obesityObesity preventionCare approachAge 5 yearsRace/ethnicityAdverse child experiencesObesity developmentHigher-quality mother–child (but not father–child) interactionsChild development outcomesDrivers of undernutritionMother-child dyadsObesityHolistic life course approachSocial determinantsCare frameworkHealth OrganizationLife course approachAge 5Mother-child interactionUndernutritionRecognition of racismPreventionPrevention narratives
1995
Exclusive breast-feeding duration is associated with attitudinal, socioeconomic and biocultural determinants in three Latin American countries.
Pérez-Escamilla R, Lutter C, Segall A, Rivera A, Treviño-Siller S, Sanghvi T. Exclusive breast-feeding duration is associated with attitudinal, socioeconomic and biocultural determinants in three Latin American countries. Journal Of Nutrition 1995, 125: 2972-84. PMID: 7500175, DOI: 10.1093/jn/125.12.2972.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternity wardBreast-feeding promotion programsExclusive breast-feeding durationDuration of EBFBreast-feeding durationInfant feeding methodMultivariate survival analysisHigh birth weightLow-income urban womenMo of lifeLow socioeconomic statusBiocultural determinantsBirth weightFemale infantInternational health organizationsPromotion programsSurvival analysisMaternal educationUrban womenHealth OrganizationSocioeconomic statusPromotion effortsWardsWomenFeeding method