Kathleen M. Rasmussen
Cornell University
217 Papers
1.1K Citations
Kathleen M. Rasmussen is an academic researcher from Cornell University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Breastfeeding. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 208 publications. Previous affiliations of Kathleen M. Rasmussen include University of California, Berkeley & State University of New York System.
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Papers
Pregnancy Increases BMI in Adolescents of a Population-Based Birth Cohort
TL;DR: Given the growing epidemic of obesity in low- and middle-income countries, particularly among women, efforts to reduce teenage pregnancy may also contribute to preventing overweight.
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Breastfeeding and later maternal risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease - The role of overall and abdominal obesity
Helene Kirkegaard,Mette Bliddal,Henrik Støvring,Kathleen M. Rasmussen,Erica P. Gunderson,Lars Køber,Thorkild I. A. Sørensen,Ellen A. Nohr +7 more
TL;DR: Longer duration of breastfeeding was associated with lower maternal risk of hypertension and CVD irrespective of prepregnancy BMI and abdominal adiposity 7 years after delivery, and both full and partial breastfeeding contributed to an improved cardiovascular health in mothers.
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Constructing maternal knowledge frameworks. How mothers conceptualize complementary feeding.
TL;DR: It is argued that elucidating maternal knowledge frameworks is crucial for explaining maternal behavior, and that these frameworks are the foundation for developing behavior-change interventions.
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Setting research priorities to reduce global mortality from preterm birth and low birth weight by 2015
Rajiv Bahl,Jose Martines,Nita Bhandari,Zrinka Biloglav,Karen Edmond,Sharad D Iyengar,Michael S. Kramer,Joy E Lawn,Dharma S Manandhar,Rintaro Mori,Kathleen M. Rasmussen,Harshpal Singh Sachdev,Nalini Singhal,Mark Tomlinson,Cesar G. Victora,Anthony F. Williams,Kit Yee Chan,Igor Rudan +17 more
TL;DR: The context for this exercise was requiring an urgent and rapid progress in mortality reduction from low birth weight, rather than identifying long-term strategic solutions of the greatest potential, and the health policy and systems research to improve access and coverage by the existing interventions were highlighted.
"Breastfeeding" without baby: A longitudinal, qualitative investigation of how mothers perceive, feel about, and practice human milk expression.
Julia P. Felice,Sheela R. Geraghty,Caroline W. Quaglieri,Rei Yamada,Adriana J. Wong,Kathleen M. Rasmussen +5 more
TL;DR: Investigation of mothers' perceptions of, attitudes toward, and practices for pumping indicated that, although pumping fills important and welcome roles for many mothers, the reality of its practice may make it an unacceptable or infeasible substitute for some.
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