Emily Oken

Obesity Prevention Program, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

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JoVE Journal Publications

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Breastfeeding, food choices, restrictive diets, and nutritional fads. Current opinion in pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 12011678	2002
Update on micronutrients: iron and zinc. Current opinion in pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 12011679	2002
Fetal origins of obesity. Obesity research\| PubMed ID: 12690076	2003
A nearly continuous measure of birth weight for gestational age using a United States national reference. BMC pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 12848901	2003
Decline in fish consumption among pregnant women after a national mercury advisory. Obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 12907111	2003
Low-normal gestational age as a predictor of asthma at 6 years of age. Pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 15342893	2004
Use of volunteer medical brigades to assess growth in Honduras. Journal of tropical pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 15357558	2004
Associations of seafood and elongated n-3 fatty acid intake with fetal growth and length of gestation: results from a US pregnancy cohort. American journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 15466500	2004
Preterm delivery in Boston before and after September 11th, 2001. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)\| PubMed ID: 15824547	2005
Maternal fish consumption, hair mercury, and infant cognition in a U.S. Cohort. Environmental health perspectives\| PubMed ID: 16203250	2005
Associations of maternal prenatal smoking with child adiposity and blood pressure. Obesity research\| PubMed ID: 16339135	2005
Changes in dietary intake from the first to the second trimester of pregnancy. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 16420339	2006
Associations of cord blood fatty acids with lymphocyte proliferation, IL-13, and IFN-gamma. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology\| PubMed ID: 16630954	2006
Association of birth weight with asthma-related outcomes at age 2 years. Pediatric pulmonology\| PubMed ID: 16703577	2006
Trends in overweight from 1980 through 2001 among preschool-aged children enrolled in a health maintenance organization. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 16899790	2006
Maternal corticotropin-releasing hormone levels during pregnancy and offspring adiposity. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 17030976	2006
Associations of physical activity and inactivity before and during pregnancy with glucose tolerance. Obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 17077243	2006
Television, walking, and diet: associations with postpartum weight retention. American journal of preventive medicine\| PubMed ID: 17383561	2007
Gestational weight gain and child adiposity at age 3 years. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 17403405	2007
Trends in childhood anemia in a Massachusetts Health Maintenance Organization, 1987-2001. MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine\| PubMed ID: 17406185	2006
Diet during pregnancy and risk of preeclampsia or gestational hypertension. Annals of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 17521921	2007
How should gestational weight gain be assessed? A comparison of existing methods and a novel method, area under the weight gain curve. International journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 17715174	2007
Association of fewer hours of sleep at 6 months postpartum with substantial weight retention at 1 year postpartum. American journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 17971337	2008
Diet during early pregnancy and development of gestational diabetes. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 18173784	2008
Association of first-trimester thyroid function test values with thyroperoxidase antibody status, smoking, and multivitamin use. Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists\| PubMed ID: 18238739	2008
Maternal iron intake and iron status during pregnancy and child blood pressure at age 3 years. International journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 18263646	2008
Fish consumption, methylmercury and child neurodevelopment. Current opinion in pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 18332715	2008
Maternal fish intake during pregnancy, blood mercury levels, and child cognition at age 3 years in a US cohort. American journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 18353804	2008
Association of postpartum depression with weight retention 1 year after childbirth. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 18369338	2008
Short sleep duration in infancy and risk of childhood overweight. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine\| PubMed ID: 18391138	2008
Developmental origins of childhood overweight: potential public health impact. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 18451768	2008
Higher adiposity in infancy associated with recurrent wheeze in a prospective cohort of children. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology\| PubMed ID: 18466784	2008
Infant growth and child cognition at 3 years of age. Pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 18762504	2008
Associations of maternal fish intake during pregnancy and breastfeeding duration with attainment of developmental milestones in early childhood: a study from the Danish National Birth Cohort... The American journal of clinical nutrition\| PubMed ID: 18779297	2008
Excess gestational weight gain amplifies risks among obese mothers. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)\| PubMed ID: 18813018	2009
Maternal gestational weight gain and offspring weight in adolescence. Obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 18978098	2008
Intrauterine exposure to gestational diabetes, child adiposity, and blood pressure. American journal of hypertension\| PubMed ID: 19023272	2009
Neonatal thyroxine, maternal thyroid function, and child cognition. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism\| PubMed ID: 19033373	2009
Misperceived pre-pregnancy body weight status predicts excessive gestational weight gain: findings from a US cohort study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth\| PubMed ID: 19102729	2008
Maternal levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone during pregnancy in relation to adiponectin and leptin in early childhood. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism\| PubMed ID: 19190112	2009
Television viewing in infancy and child cognition at 3 years of age in a US cohort. Pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 19254972	2009
Weight status in the first 6 months of life and obesity at 3 years of age. Pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 19336378	2009
Weight gain in pregnancy and risk of maternal hyperglycemia. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 19371858	2009
Associations of gestational weight gain with short- and longer-term maternal and child health outcomes. American journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 19439579	2009
Dietary quality during pregnancy varies by maternal characteristics in Project Viva: a US cohort. Journal of the American Dietetic Association\| PubMed ID: 19465182	2009
Associations of diet and physical activity during pregnancy with risk for excessive gestational weight gain. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 19467640	2009
Maternal and child obesity: the causal link. Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America\| PubMed ID: 19501319	2009
Addressing obesity in pregnancy: what do obstetric providers recommend? Journal of women's health (2002)\| PubMed ID: 20088660	2010
Trends in birth weight and gestational length among singleton term births in the United States: 1990-2005. Obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 20093911	2010
Maternal diet and cord blood leptin and adiponectin concentrations at birth. Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)\| PubMed ID: 20363059	2010
Fish intake and mercury levels: only part of the picture. The Journal of pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 20400111	2010
Association of maternal prenatal depressive symptoms with child cognition at age 3 years. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 20415752	2010
Modifiable predictors associated with having a gestational weight gain goal. Maternal and child health journal\| PubMed ID: 20711804	2011
A qualitative study of fish consumption during pregnancy. The American journal of clinical nutrition\| PubMed ID: 20844071	2010
Gestational glucose tolerance and cord blood leptin levels predict slower weight gain in early infancy. The Journal of pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 20855080	2011
First steps for mommy and me: a pilot intervention to improve nutrition and physical activity behaviors of postpartum mothers and their infants. Maternal and child health journal\| PubMed ID: 20957514	2011
Fish, fish oil, and pregnancy. JAMA\| PubMed ID: 20959585	2010
Obesity and diabetes in mothers and their children: can we stop the intergenerational cycle? Current diabetes reports\| PubMed ID: 20963519	2011
Is the association of breastfeeding with child obesity explained by infant weight change? International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity\| PubMed ID: 20979572	2011
Content analysis of motivational counseling calls targeting obesity-related behaviors among postpartum women. Maternal and child health journal\| PubMed ID: 21258960	2012
Familial associations of adiposity: findings from a cross-sectional study of 12,181 parental-offspring trios from Belarus. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 21298034	2011
Timing of solid food introduction and risk of obesity in preschool-aged children. Pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 21300681	2011
Prenatal fatty acid status and child adiposity at age 3 y: results from a US pregnancy cohort. The American journal of clinical nutrition\| PubMed ID: 21310834	2011
Longitudinal association of maternal attempt to lose weight during the postpartum period and child obesity at age 3 years. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 21350436	2011
Associations of growth trajectories in infancy and early childhood with later childhood outcomes. The American journal of clinical nutrition\| PubMed ID: 21633072	2011
Age of achievement of gross motor milestones in infancy and adiposity at age 3 years. Maternal and child health journal\| PubMed ID: 21643834	2012
Exercise Training in Pregnancy for obese women (ETIP): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials\| PubMed ID: 21682869	2011
Balancing the benefits of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the risks of methylmercury exposure from fish consumption. Nutrition reviews\| PubMed ID: 21884130	2011
Maternal trans fatty acid intake and fetal growth. The American journal of clinical nutrition\| PubMed ID: 21918217	2011
Postpartum screening for diabetes among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus. Preventing chronic disease\| PubMed ID: 22005617	2011
Screening for obesity in reproductive-aged women. Preventing chronic disease\| PubMed ID: 22005618	2011
Crossing growth percentiles in infancy and risk of obesity in childhood. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine\| PubMed ID: 22065180	2011
Similarity of the CDC and WHO weight-for-length growth charts in predicting risk of obesity at age 5 years. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 22158005	2012
Evidence on the human health effects of low-level methylmercury exposure. Environmental health perspectives\| PubMed ID: 22275730	2012
Ongoing monitoring of data clustering in multicenter studies. BMC medical research methodology\| PubMed ID: 22413923	2012
Which fish should I eat? Perspectives influencing fish consumption choices. Environmental health perspectives\| PubMed ID: 22534056	2012
Delivery by caesarean section and risk of obesity in preschool age children: a prospective cohort study. Archives of disease in childhood\| PubMed ID: 22623615	2012
Second trimester estimated fetal weight and fetal weight gain predict childhood obesity. The Journal of pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 22682615	2012
Maternal intake of methyl-donor nutrients and child cognition at 3 years of age. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 22686384	2012
The association of urbanicity with infant sleep duration. Health & place\| PubMed ID: 22795497	2012
Determinants of excessive gestational weight gain in urban, low-income women. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health\| PubMed ID: 22818249	2012
Filter paper blood spot enzyme linked immunoassay for insulin and application in the evaluation of determinants of child insulin resistance. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 23056434	2012
A qualitative study of gestational weight gain counseling and tracking. Maternal and child health journal\| PubMed ID: 23065312	2013
Declines in birth weight and fetal growth independent of gestational length. Obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 23262927	2013
Associations of postnatal growth with asthma and atopy: the PROBIT Study. Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology\| PubMed ID: 23374010	2013
Choline intake during pregnancy and child cognition at age 7 years. American journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 23425631	2013
Cohort profile: The promotion of breastfeeding intervention trial (PROBIT). International journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 23471837	2014
Fish intake during pregnancy and the risk of child asthma and allergic rhinitis - longitudinal evidence from the Danish National Birth Cohort. The British journal of nutrition\| PubMed ID: 23473120	2013
Effects of promoting longer-term and exclusive breastfeeding on adiposity and insulin-like growth factor-I at age 11.5 years: a randomized trial. JAMA\| PubMed ID: 23483175	2013
A pilot randomized controlled trial to promote healthful fish consumption during pregnancy: the Food for Thought Study. Nutrition journal\| PubMed ID: 23496848	2013
Secular trends in birthweight. Nestle Nutrition Institute workshop series\| PubMed ID: 23502144	2013
Correlations among adiposity measures in school-aged children. BMC pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 23799991	2013
Sex-specific associations of gestational glucose tolerance with childhood body composition. Diabetes care\| PubMed ID: 23877978	2013
Assessment of dietary fish consumption in pregnancy: comparing one-, four- and thirty-six-item questionnaires. Public health nutrition\| PubMed ID: 23883550	2014
Infant feeding and childhood cognition at ages 3 and 7 years: Effects of breastfeeding duration and exclusivity. JAMA pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 23896931	2013
Filter paper blood spot enzyme linked immunoassay for adiponectin and application in the evaluation of determinants of child insulin sensitivity. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 23936498	2013
Effects of an intervention to promote breastfeeding on maternal adiposity and blood pressure at 11.5 y postpartum: results from the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial, a cluster-r... The American journal of clinical nutrition\| PubMed ID: 23945719	2013
Effects of promoting longer-term and exclusive breastfeeding on cardiometabolic risk factors at age 11.5 years: a cluster-randomized, controlled trial. Circulation\| PubMed ID: 24300437	2014
Air pollution exposure and abnormal glucose tolerance during pregnancy: the project Viva cohort. Environmental health perspectives\| PubMed ID: 24508979	2014
Vitamin D status and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. Annals of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 24631523	2014
Cohort profile: project viva. International journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 24639442	2015
Exposure to traffic and early life respiratory infection: A cohort study. Pediatric pulmonology\| PubMed ID: 24678045	2014
Effects of promoting longer-term and exclusive breastfeeding on childhood eating attitudes: a cluster-randomized trial. International journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 24706729	2014
Development of a Mapped Diabetes Community Program Guide for a Safety Net Population. The Diabetes educator\| PubMed ID: 24752180	2014
Is restricted fetal growth associated with later adiposity? Observational analysis of a randomized trial. The American journal of clinical nutrition\| PubMed ID: 24787489	2014
Infant feeding and adiposity: scientific challenges in life-course epidemiology. The American journal of clinical nutrition\| PubMed ID: 24808493	2014
Associations of prenatal maternal blood mercury concentrations with early and mid-childhood blood pressure: a prospective study. Environmental research\| PubMed ID: 25019468	2014
The association of early childhood cognitive development and behavioural difficulties with pre-adolescent problematic eating attitudes. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 25102171	2014
Metabolomic profiles and childhood obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 25251340	2014
A prospective study of maternal prenatal weight and offspring cardiometabolic health in midchildhood. Annals of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 25263237	2014
Postpartum care for mothers diagnosed with hepatitis B during pregnancy. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 25281364	2015
Associations of tobacco control policies with birth outcomes. JAMA pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 25365250	2014
Prenatal exposure to traffic pollution: associations with reduced fetal growth and rapid infant weight gain. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)\| PubMed ID: 25437317	2015
Very low maternal lead level in pregnancy and birth outcomes in an eastern Massachusetts population. Annals of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 25444892	2014
Associations of trimester-specific gestational weight gain with maternal adiposity and systolic blood pressure at 3 and 7 years postpartum. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 25446696	2015
Preterm birth and long-term maternal cardiovascular health. Annals of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 25459086	2015
Inflammation and weight gain in reproductive-aged women. Annals of human biology\| PubMed ID: 25510294	2016
Association of trimester-specific gestational weight gain with fetal growth, offspring obesity, and cardiometabolic traits in early childhood. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 25557209	2015
Prenatal air pollution exposure and newborn blood pressure. Environmental health perspectives\| PubMed ID: 25625652	2015
Prenatal and Childhood Traffic-Related Pollution Exposure and Childhood Cognition in the Project Viva Cohort (Massachusetts, USA). Environmental health perspectives\| PubMed ID: 25839914	2015
Associations of maternal material hardships during childhood and adulthood with prepregnancy weight, gestational weight gain, and postpartum weight retention. Journal of women's health (2002)\| PubMed ID: 25902486	2015
Association of Prenatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants with Obesity and Cardiometabolic Traits in Early Childhood: The Rhea Mother-Child Cohort (Crete, Greece). Environmental health perspectives\| PubMed ID: 25910281	2015
Pregnancy Hyperglycaemia and Risk of Prenatal and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 26058318	2015
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 : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology\| PubMed ID: 26105637	2015
Consumption of Fish and Long-Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids During Pregnancy: has the Tide Turned? Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 26264568	2015
Sociodemographic and Perinatal Predictors of Early Pregnancy Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Concentrations. Environmental science & technology\| PubMed ID: 26333069	2015
Altered miRNA expression in the cervix during pregnancy associated with lead and mercury exposure. Epigenomics\| PubMed ID: 26418635	2015
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) recommendations on adolescent, preconception, and maternal nutrition: "Think Nutrition First". International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics\| PubMed ID: 26433230	2015
Lifetime Exposure to Ambient Pollution and Lung Function in Children. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine\| PubMed ID: 26575800	2016
Early Weight Gain, Linear Growth, and Mid-Childhood Blood Pressure: A Prospective Study in Project Viva. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979)\| PubMed ID: 26644238	2016
Infant Breastfeeding Duration and Mid-Childhood Executive Function, Behavior, and Social-Emotional Development. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP\| PubMed ID: 26651091	2016
Fish Intake in Pregnancy and Child Growth: A Pooled Analysis of 15 European and US Birth Cohorts. JAMA pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 26882542	2016
Air pollution exposure and gestational diabetes mellitus among pregnant women in Massachusetts: a cohort study. Environmental health : a global access science source\| PubMed ID: 26911579	2016
Dietary Inflammatory Potential during Pregnancy Is Associated with Lower Fetal Growth and Breastfeeding Failure: Results from Project Viva. The Journal of nutrition\| PubMed ID: 26936137	2016
Birth Size, Early Life Weight Gain, and Midchildhood Cardiometabolic Health. The Journal of pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 26995700	2016
Postpartum Laboratory Follow-up in Women With Hepatitis B in Massachusetts From 2007 to 2012. Journal of clinical gastroenterology\| PubMed ID: 27092430	2016
Maternal inflammation during pregnancy and childhood adiposity. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 27094573	2016
Parental Characteristics can Explain Why Japanese Women Give Birth to the Smallest Infants in the United States. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 27240939	2016
Sex-specific risk factors for childhood wheeze and longitudinal phenotypes of wheeze. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology\| PubMed ID: 27246527	2016
Variation in Postpartum Glycemic Screening in Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Obstetrics and gynecology\| PubMed ID: 27275787	2016
Methodological challenges in studying the causal determinants of child growth. International journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 27297676	2016
Greater early and mid-pregnancy gestational weight gains are associated with excess adiposity in mid-childhood. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 27345963	2016
Prenatal and childhood traffic-related air pollution exposure and childhood executive function and behavior. Neurotoxicology and teratology\| PubMed ID: 27350569	2016
Prenatal Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Adiposity in Early and Mid-Childhood. Environmental health perspectives\| PubMed ID: 27352404	2016
Maternal prenatal fish consumption and cognition in mid childhood: Mercury, fatty acids, and selenium. Neurotoxicology and teratology\| PubMed ID: 27381635	2016
Sex-Specific Associations of Maternal Gestational Glycemia with Hormones in Umbilical Cord Blood at Delivery. American journal of perinatology\| PubMed ID: 27490771	2016
Maternal protein intake during pregnancy and linear growth in the offspring. The American journal of clinical nutrition\| PubMed ID: 27581477	2016
Early Life Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Childhood Metabolic Function. Environmental health perspectives\| PubMed ID: 27586368	2016
Growth in Total Height and Its Components and Cardiometabolic Health in Childhood. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 27658308	2016
A qualitative study of gestational weight gain goal setting. BMC pregnancy and childbirth\| PubMed ID: 27765028	2016
The association of lead exposure during pregnancy and childhood anthropometry in the Mexican PROGRESS cohort. Environmental research\| PubMed ID: 27810680	2017
Birth weight-for-gestational age is associated with DNA methylation at birth and in childhood. Clinical epigenetics\| PubMed ID: 27891191	2016
Prospective associations between problematic eating attitudes in midchildhood and the future onset of adolescent obesity and high blood pressure. The American journal of clinical nutrition\| PubMed ID: 27974308	2016
Validation of a Dish-Based Semiquantitative Food Questionnaire in Rural Bangladesh. Nutrients\| PubMed ID: 28075369	2017