Maternal stress and breastfeeding outcomes in the NICU couplet care experience: a prospective cohort study.

Objective: Couplet care is an innovative approach to provide postpartum care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with little known about its impact on infant feeding outcomes and maternal stress.

Study Design: We compared breastfeeding outcomes and maternal NICU-related stress among mother-infant dyads based on exposure to couplet care in a prospective cohort study.

Result: Among 19 couplet-care exposed (CCE) dyads and 19 traditional postpartum care dyads, CCE mothers had lower self-reported stress related to parent-infant relationship as compared to traditional care (P < 0.

Omega-3 index, cardiorespiratory fitness, and cognitive function in mid-age and older adults.

Higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in red blood cell membranes (omega-3 index or O3I) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) are each associated with reduced cognitive impairment, but little research has examined the relationship between O3I and cognitive function while accounting for CRF. We analyzed cross-sectional data from 5,464 healthy men and women aged 55-85 years who had preventive medical examinations between 2009 and 2023. Primary exposures included O3I (<4.

Imposter phenomenon and experiences of discrimination among students at a predominantly White institution.

To compare the experiences of Imposter Phenomenon and discrimination among non-Hispanic White (NHW) and racial and ethnic minority (REM) students at a predominantly White Institution (PWI). 125 undergraduate students (89.6% women, 68.

Self-Efficacy and Outcomes in Women with Diabetes: A Prospective Comparative Study.

Breastfeeding is especially beneficial to women with diabetes and their infants, yet diabetic mothers frequently experience less favorable breastfeeding outcomes. To identify facilitators and barriers to breastfeeding for women with diabetes by comparing cognitive and social factors, health and hospital-related factors, and breastfeeding outcomes between women with and without diabetes. Women with any type of diabetes ( = 28) and without diabetes ( = 29) were recruited during pregnancy.

Post-prandial effects of high-polyphenolic extra virgin olive oil on endothelial function in adults at risk for type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled crossover trial.

Background: Effects of olive oil on cardiovascular risk have been controversial. We compared the effects of high-polyphenolic extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and refined olive oil without polyphenols on endothelial function (EF) in adults at risk for Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: Randomized, controlled, double-blind, crossover trial of 20 adults (mean age 56.

Barriers and benefits to breastfeeding with gestational diabetes.

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a disease of glucose intolerance during pregnancy and is associated with infant macrosomia, infant hypoglycemia, and increased risk of type 2 diabetes development for both mother and infant. Although breastfeeding potentially mitigates metabolic sequelae for both mother and her offspring, women with GDM are more likely to introduce formula and, therefore, are less likely to exclusively breastfeed, and some studies show less initiation and shorter breastfeeding duration as well. Therefore, women with GDM and their infants warrant investigation of methods by which to increase breastfeeding exclusivity and duration.

Perspective: The Public Health Case for Modernizing the Definition of Protein Quality.

Prevailing definitions of protein quality are predicated on considerations of biochemistry and metabolism rather than the net effects on human health or the environment of specific food sources of protein. In the vernacular, higher "quality" equates to desirability. This implication is compounded by sequential, societal trends in which first dietary fat and then dietary carbohydrate were vilified during recent decades, leaving dietary protein under an implied halo.

Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the United States.

Objective: To identify differences in breastfeeding-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and experiences between women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and women without GDM.

Design: Cross-sectional and prospective cohort study.

Setting: Secondary analysis of data from the U.

Lifestyle Medicine and the Management of Cardiovascular Disease.

Purpose Of Review: Evidence has clearly demonstrated the importance of lifestyle factors (e.g., diet, physical activity, smoking) in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Advancing School and Community Engagement Now for Disease Prevention (ASCEND).

Purpose: To compare two intensity levels (standard vs. enhanced) of a nutrition and physical activity intervention vs. a control (usual programs) on nutrition knowledge, body mass index, fitness, academic performance, behavior, and medication use among elementary school students.

Snacking, Satiety, and Weight: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Purpose: To compare the effects of nut-based snack bars (NBSB) vs. prepackaged 200-kcal portions of typical conventional snack foods, when consumed over a 12-week period by a group of overweight adults.

Design: Randomized, single-blind parallel design with two treatment groups.

Effects of a cognitive-behavioral therapy-based immersion obesity treatment program for adolescents on weight, fitness, and cardiovascular risk factors: a pilot study.

Background: Comprehensive, residential treatment for severe obesity in adolescents may be an alternative to bariatric surgery and more efficacious than outpatient treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a long-term cognitive-behavioral therapy-based immersion obesity treatment program for adolescents.

Methods: Twelve obese adolescents with BMIs above the 95th percentile completed a 14- to 18-week multicomponent intervention.