Emily Oken
Biographic Data
| ID | 1736366 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Oken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Oken |
| SIGNATURE | OKEN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2513-3339 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Demographic and health characteristics associated with fish and n -3 fatty acid supplement intake during pregnancy: Results from pregnancy cohorts in the Echo programme
Objective: n -3 fatty acid consumption during pregnancy is recommended for optimal pregnancy outcomes and offspring health. We examined characteristics associated with self-reported fish or n -3 supplement intake. Design: Pooled pregnancy cohort studies. Setting: Cohorts participating in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) consortium with births from 1999 to 2020. Participants: A total of 10 800 pregnant women in twenty-t…
Association of maternal education, neighborhood deprivation, and racial segregation with gestational age at birth by maternal race/ethnicity and United States Census region in the Echo cohorts
Background In the United States, disparities in gestational age at birth by maternal race, ethnicity, and geography are theorized to be related, in part, to differences in individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES). Yet, few studies have examined their combined effects or whether associations vary by maternal race and ethnicity and United States Census region. Methods We assembled data from 34 cohorts in the Environmental influ…
Household income, fetal size and birth weight: An analysis of eight populations
BACKGROUND: The age at onset of the association between poverty and poor health is not understood. Our hypothesis was that individuals from highest household income (HI), compared to those with lowest HI, will have increased fetal size in the second and third trimester and birth. METHODS: Second and third trimester fetal ultrasound measurements and birth measurements were obtained from eight cohorts. Results were analysed in cross-sectional two-s…
Air Pollution, Neonatal Immune Responses, and Potential Joint Effects of Maternal Depression
Prenatal maternal exposure to air pollution may cause adverse health effects in offspring, potentially through altered immune responses. Maternal psychosocial distress can also alter immune function and may increase gestational vulnerability to air pollution exposure. We investigated whether prenatal exposure to air pollution is associated with altered immune responses in cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMCs) and potential modification by maternal…
Predictors of patterns of weight change 1 year after delivery in a cohort of Mexican women
Objective: To evaluate the associations of pregestational BMI, gestational weight gain (GWG) and breast-feeding at 1 month postpartum with four patterns of weight change during the first year after delivery: postpartum weight retention (PPWR), postpartum weight gain (PPWG), postpartum weight retention + gain (PPWR + WG) and return to pregestational weight. Design: In this secondary analysis of a prospective study, we categorised postpartum weight…
Neonatal Thyroxine, Maternal Thyroid Function, and Cognition in Mid-childhood in a US Cohort
Prenatal Maternal Depression and Neonatal Immune Responses
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine the association of lifetime maternal depression with regulation of immune responses in the infant, measured by cytokine levels and lymphocyte proliferation (LP) in cord blood mononuclear cells collected at delivery. METHODS: We studied women recruited in early pregnancy into the Project Viva longitudinal cohort who had cord blood assayed after delivery (N = 463). Women reported about depressive sympt…
Associations of Prenatal and Postnatal Maternal Depressive Symptoms with Offspring Cognition and Behavior in Mid-Childhood: A Prospective Cohort Study
Exposure to maternal depressive symptoms in the peri-pregnancy periods may be associated with poorer child development, but research is often limited to only maternal assessments of behavior and cognition. This study investigates the specific periods of prenatal and postnatal exposure to maternal depressive symptoms in association with child development using reports from teachers and mothers. This study is based on 1225 mother−child pairs from P…
Infant milk-feeding practices and diabetes outcomes in offspring: A systematic review
Infant milk-feeding practices and cardiovascular disease outcomes in offspring: A systematic review
Infant milk-feeding practices and childhood leukemia: A systematic review
Infant milk-feeding practices and diagnosed celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease in offspring: A systematic review
Infant milk-feeding practices and food allergies, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and asthma throughout the life span: A systematic review
Metabolic trajectories across early adolescence: Differences by sex, weight, pubertal status and race/ethnicity
Background: Biomarkers of cardiovascular and metabolic risk track from adolescence into adulthood, therefore characterising the direction and magnitude of these changes is an important first step to identifying health trajectories that presage future disease risk. Aim: To characterise changes in metabolic biomarkers across early adolescence in a multi-ethnic cohort. Subjects and methods: Among 891 participants in Project Viva we estimated changes…
Reply to MF Rolland-Cachera and KF Michaelsen
Peripartum Care for Mothers Diagnosed with Hepatitis B During Pregnancy: A Survey of Provider Practices
Assessment of dietary fish consumption in pregnancy: Comparing one-, four- and thirty-six-item questionnaires
Objective Fish consumption influences a number of health outcomes. Few studies have directly compared dietary assessment methods to determine the best approach to estimating intakes of fish and its component nutrients, including DHA, and toxicants, including methylmercury. Our objective was to compare three methods of assessing fish intake. Design We assessed 30 d fish intake using three approaches: (i) a single question on total fish consumption…
Inflammation and weight gain in reproductive-aged women
Higher mid-gestation CRP was related to modestly higher subsequent GWG rate. Future studies are warranted to confirm these findings
A Qualitative Study of Gestational Weight Gain Counseling and Tracking
Determinants of Excessive Gestational Weight Gain in Urban, Low-Income Women
The association of urbanicity with infant sleep duration
Age of Achievement of Gross Motor Milestones in Infancy and Adiposity at Age 3 Years
Content Analysis of Motivational Counseling Calls Targeting Obesity-Related Behaviors Among Postpartum Women
First Steps for Mommy and Me: A Pilot Intervention to Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviors of Postpartum Mothers and Their Infants
Modifiable Predictors Associated with Having a Gestational Weight Gain Goal
Minority women and sexual choice in the age of Aids
Fetal Origins of Obesity
The worldwide epidemic of obesity continues unabated. Obesity is notoriously difficult to treat, and, thus, prevention is critical. A new paradigm for prevention, which evolved from the notion that environmental factors in utero may influence lifelong health, has emerged in recent years. A large number of epidemiological studies have demonstrated a direct relationship between birth weight and BMI attained in later life. Although the data are limi…
A nearly continuous measure of birth weight for gestational age using a United States national reference
BACKGROUND: Fully understanding the determinants and sequelae of fetal growth requires a continuous measure of birth weight adjusted for gestational age. Published United States reference data, however, provide estimates only of the median and lowest and highest 5th and 10th percentiles for birth weight at each gestational age. The purpose of our analysis was to create more continuous reference measures of birth weight for gestational age for use…
First Steps for Mommy and Me: A Pilot Intervention to Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviors of Postpartum Mothers and Their Infants
Modifiable Predictors Associated with Having a Gestational Weight Gain Goal
Age of Achievement of Gross Motor Milestones in Infancy and Adiposity at Age 3 Years
Content Analysis of Motivational Counseling Calls Targeting Obesity-Related Behaviors Among Postpartum Women
A Qualitative Study of Gestational Weight Gain Counseling and Tracking
Determinants of Excessive Gestational Weight Gain in Urban, Low-Income Women
The association of urbanicity with infant sleep duration
Assessment of dietary fish consumption in pregnancy: Comparing one-, four- and thirty-six-item questionnaires
Objective Fish consumption influences a number of health outcomes. Few studies have directly compared dietary assessment methods to determine the best approach to estimating intakes of fish and its component nutrients, including DHA, and toxicants, including methylmercury. Our objective was to compare three methods of assessing fish intake. Design We assessed 30 d fish intake using three approaches: (i) a single question on total fish consumption…
Inflammation and weight gain in reproductive-aged women
Higher mid-gestation CRP was related to modestly higher subsequent GWG rate. Future studies are warranted to confirm these findings
Peripartum Care for Mothers Diagnosed with Hepatitis B During Pregnancy: A Survey of Provider Practices
Prenatal Maternal Depression and Neonatal Immune Responses
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine the association of lifetime maternal depression with regulation of immune responses in the infant, measured by cytokine levels and lymphocyte proliferation (LP) in cord blood mononuclear cells collected at delivery. METHODS: We studied women recruited in early pregnancy into the Project Viva longitudinal cohort who had cord blood assayed after delivery (N = 463). Women reported about depressive sympt…
Associations of Prenatal and Postnatal Maternal Depressive Symptoms with Offspring Cognition and Behavior in Mid-Childhood: A Prospective Cohort Study
Exposure to maternal depressive symptoms in the peri-pregnancy periods may be associated with poorer child development, but research is often limited to only maternal assessments of behavior and cognition. This study investigates the specific periods of prenatal and postnatal exposure to maternal depressive symptoms in association with child development using reports from teachers and mothers. This study is based on 1225 mother−child pairs from P…
Infant milk-feeding practices and diabetes outcomes in offspring: A systematic review
Infant milk-feeding practices and cardiovascular disease outcomes in offspring: A systematic review
Infant milk-feeding practices and childhood leukemia: A systematic review
Infant milk-feeding practices and diagnosed celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease in offspring: A systematic review
Infant milk-feeding practices and food allergies, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and asthma throughout the life span: A systematic review
Metabolic trajectories across early adolescence: Differences by sex, weight, pubertal status and race/ethnicity
Background: Biomarkers of cardiovascular and metabolic risk track from adolescence into adulthood, therefore characterising the direction and magnitude of these changes is an important first step to identifying health trajectories that presage future disease risk. Aim: To characterise changes in metabolic biomarkers across early adolescence in a multi-ethnic cohort. Subjects and methods: Among 891 participants in Project Viva we estimated changes…
Reply to MF Rolland-Cachera and KF Michaelsen
Neonatal Thyroxine, Maternal Thyroid Function, and Cognition in Mid-childhood in a US Cohort
Air Pollution, Neonatal Immune Responses, and Potential Joint Effects of Maternal Depression
Prenatal maternal exposure to air pollution may cause adverse health effects in offspring, potentially through altered immune responses. Maternal psychosocial distress can also alter immune function and may increase gestational vulnerability to air pollution exposure. We investigated whether prenatal exposure to air pollution is associated with altered immune responses in cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMCs) and potential modification by maternal…
Predictors of patterns of weight change 1 year after delivery in a cohort of Mexican women
Objective: To evaluate the associations of pregestational BMI, gestational weight gain (GWG) and breast-feeding at 1 month postpartum with four patterns of weight change during the first year after delivery: postpartum weight retention (PPWR), postpartum weight gain (PPWG), postpartum weight retention + gain (PPWR + WG) and return to pregestational weight. Design: In this secondary analysis of a prospective study, we categorised postpartum weight…
Medicine (22 works) · Pregnancy (14 works) · Internal Medicine (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (8 works) · Birth, Development, and Health (7 works) · Demography (7 works) · Obesity (7 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 works)