Publications

Balancing the benefits of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the risks of methylmercury exposure from fish consumption.

Nutr. Rev.
Mahaffey KR, Sunderland EM, Chan HM, Choi AL, Grandjean P, Mariën K, Oken E, Sakamoto M, Schoeny R, Weihe P, Yan CH, Yasutake A

Use of volunteer medical brigades to assess growth in Honduras.

J. Trop. Pediatr.
Oken E, Martinez Stoffel E, Stern LJ

First steps for mommy and me: a pilot intervention to improve nutrition and physical activity behaviors of postpartum mothers and their infants.

Matern Child Health J
Taveras EM, Blackburn K, Gillman MW, Haines J, McDonald J, Price S, Oken E

Increase in thyrotoxicosis associated with iodine supplements in Zimbabwe.

Lancet
Todd CH, Allain T, Gomo ZA, Hasler JA, Ndiweni M, Oken E

Infant Breastfeeding Duration and Mid-Childhood Executive Function, Behavior, and Social-Emotional Development.

J Dev Behav Pediatr
Belfort MB, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman KP, Bellinger DC, Harris MH, Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Oken E

Insurance and quality of care for children with acute asthma.

Ambul Pediatr
Ferris TG, Crain EF, Oken E, Wang L, Clark S, Camargo CA,

Postpartum Laboratory Follow-up in Women With Hepatitis B in Massachusetts From 2007 to 2012.

J. Clin. Gastroenterol.
Chang MS, Barton K, Crockett M, Tuomala RE, Rutherford AE, Mutinga ML, Andersson KL, Brown RS, Oken E, Ukomadu C

Trends in birth weight and gestational length among singleton term births in the United States: 1990-2005.

Obstet Gynecol
Donahue SM, Kleinman KP, Gillman MW, Oken E

Gestational weight gain and child adiposity at age 3 years.

Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.
Oken E, Taveras EM, Kleinman KP, Rich-Edwards JW, Gillman MW

Routine weighing of women during pregnancy is of limited value and should be abandoned: AGAINST: Routine weighing in pregnancy is the first step to preventing adverse birth outcomes.

BJOG
Oken E

Low-normal gestational age as a predictor of asthma at 6 years of age.

Pediatrics
Raby BA, Celedón JC, Litonjua AA, Phipatanakul W, Sredl D, Oken E, Ryan L, Weiss ST, Gold DR

Greater early and mid-pregnancy gestational weight gains are associated with excess adiposity in mid-childhood.

Obesity (Silver Spring)
Hivert MF, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gillman MW, Oken E

Prenatal exposure to traffic pollution: associations with reduced fetal growth and rapid infant weight gain.

Epidemiology
Fleisch AF, Rifas-Shiman SL, Koutrakis P, Schwartz JD, Kloog I, Melly S, Coull BA, Zanobetti A, Gillman MW, Gold DR, Oken E

Association of first-trimester thyroid function test values with thyroperoxidase antibody status, smoking, and multivitamin use.

Endocr Pract
Pearce EN, Oken E, Gillman MW, Lee SL, Magnani B, Platek D, Braverman LE

Along for the ride: the prevalence of motor vehicle passengers riding with drivers who have been drinking in an American Indian population.

Am J Prev Med
Oken E, Lightdale JR, Welty TK

Changes in dietary intake from the first to the second trimester of pregnancy.

Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
Rifas-Shiman SL, Rich-Edwards JW, Willett WC, Kleinman KP, Oken E, Gillman MW

Short sleep duration in infancy and risk of childhood overweight.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
Taveras EM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E, Gunderson EP, Gillman MW

Updates in pediatric nutrition.

Curr. Opin. Pediatr.
Oken E, Lightdale JR

Addressing obesity in pregnancy: what do obstetric providers recommend?

J Womens Health (Larchmt)
Herring SJ, Platek DN, Elliott P, Riley LE, Stuebe AM, Oken E

Television, walking, and diet: associations with postpartum weight retention.

Am J Prev Med
Oken E, Taveras EM, Popoola FA, Rich-Edwards JW, Gillman MW