Daniel W Sellen
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3635296 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Daniel W Sellen |
| PRENOMES | Daniel W |
| SOBRENOME | Sellen |
| ASSINATURA | SELLEN D W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Department of Anthropology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 37 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 165 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1997 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Investigating infant feeding development in wild chimpanzees using stable isotopes of naturally shed hair
Measuring the relative contributions of milk and non‐milk foods in the diets of primate infants is difficult from observations. Stable carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N) isotopes in hair can be used to physiologically track infant feeding through development, but few wild studies have done so, likely due to the difficulty in collecting hair non‐invasively. We assessed infant feeding at different ages in wild chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) at …
Developmental and Sex‐Based Variation in Nest Building Among Wild Immature Chimpanzees
All great apes build nests. Nests in trees or on the ground provide apes with a safe and comfortable place to sleep and rest at night and during the day. Nest building is a necessary skill and form of tool use that individuals learn and practice early in life, but little is known about its development and about the factors affecting the expression of nest building in infancy. We studied the development of daytime nest building of 72 wild immature…
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the adaptability and resiliency of school food programs across Canada
Introduction: Following the sudden closure of schools due to the pandemic in 2020, many school food program (SFP) operators lost their operating venues and had to innovate to continue distributing meals to children. Our objective was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the delivery, adaptability, and resiliency of school food programs across Canada by conducting a systematic rapid review. Materials and methods: Systematic literature …
Human milk immune factors, maternal nutritional status, and infant sex
OBJECTIVES: Breastfeeding is an energetically costly and intense form of human parental investment, providing sole-source nutrition in early infancy and bioactive components, including immune factors. Given the energetic cost of lactation, milk factors may be subject to tradeoffs, and variation in concentrations have been explored utilizing the Trivers-Willard hypothesis. As human milk immune factors are critical to developing immune system and p…
Premasticated food transfer by wild chimpanzee mothers with their infants
Household composition and the infant fecal microbiome
OBJECTIVES: Establishment and development of the infant gastrointestinal microbiome (GIM) varies cross-culturally and is thought to be influenced by factors such as gestational age, birth mode, diet, and antibiotic exposure. However, there is little data as to how the composition of infants' households may play a role, particularly from a cross-cultural perspective. Here, we examined relationships between infant fecal microbiome (IFM) diversity/c…
Critical Reflections on Mental Well-being for Post-Secondary Students Participating in the Field of Global Health
Keeping secrets in the cloud
A novel fecal stable isotope approach to determine the timing of age‐related feeding transitions in wild infant chimpanzees
Our results resemble the stable isotope differences of human babies. This study contributes to a model of chimpanzee nutritional development required to understand early life history patterns in hominins
A qualitative study exploring perceived barriers to infant feeding and caregiving among adolescent girls and young women in rural Bangladesh
Provision during adolescence of appropriate education, services and financial aid to support best practices for infant feeding and childcare could significantly improve maternal self-efficacy, mental health, nutrition security and young childcare, nutrition and health in rural Bangladesh. Lessons learned can be applied in future programs aimed at supporting adolescent women along a continuum of care
Prevalence and Characteristics Associated with Breastfeeding Initiation Among Canadian Inuit from the 2007–2008 Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey
Home fortification with calcium reduces Hb response to iron among anaemic Bangladeshi infants consuming a new multi-micronutrient powder formulation
Objective To investigate whether the recommended dietary intake of Ca in anaemic infants compromises the expected Hb response, via home fortification with a new Ca- and Fe-containing SprinklesTM micronutrient powder (MNP). Design A double-blind, randomized controlled, 2-month trial was conducted in Bangladesh. Infants were randomized to one of two MNP intervention groups containing Fe and other micronutrients, with or without Ca. Hb, anthropometr…
Household Food Insecurity Shows Associations with Food Intake, Social Support Utilization and Dietary Change among Refugee Adult Caregivers Resettled in the United States
Forced migration puts families at risk of household food insecurity and economic hardship. We administered a questionnaire to examine household food insecurity in a sample of 49 recently legally resettled Sudanese refugees with at least one child under age 3 years. Of households polled, 37% had experienced household food insecurity and 12% reported child hunger within the previous month. Increasing severity of household food insecurity was associ…
Identifying Gaps in Health Research among Refugees Resettled in Canada
While the global number of resettled refugees rises annually, the summaries of research on refugee health needs in countries of asylum remain sparse. We conducted a systematic review of published research on refugee health in Canada in order to: (i) identify studies addressing health outcomes among refugees recently resettled in Canada; (ii) identify general trends in health research conducted in Canada among refugee populations; (iii) identify s…
Food Insecurity and Maternal-to-child Transmission of Hiv and Aids in Sub-saharan Africa
It is not known to what extent food insecurity may underlie the continued high rates of maternal to child transmission of HIV and AIDS (MTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa, where most cases of pediatric HIV and AIDS are reported to occur. However, a number of plausible conceptual models and a growing evidence base drawn from both qualitative and empirical studies suggest that food insecurity contributes significantly to the epidemic of pediatric HIV infe…
Food insecurity is associated with attitudes towards exclusive breastfeeding among women in urban Kenya
This study aimed to document whether food insecurity was associated with beliefs and attitudes towards exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) among urban Kenyan women. We conducted structured interviews with 75 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-affected and 75 HIV-status unknown, low-income women who were either pregnant or with a child ≤24 months and residing in Nakuru, Kenya to generate categorical and open-ended responses on knowledge, attitudes and b…
Greater Years of Maternal Schooling and Higher Scores on Academic Achievement Tests are Independently Associated with Improved Management of Child Diarrhea by Rural Guatemalan Mothers
Evolution of Infant and Young Child Feeding
Evolutionary anthropological and ethnographic studies are used to develop a general conceptual framework for understanding prehistoric, historic, and contemporary variation in human lactation and complementary feeding patterns. Comparison of similarities and differences in human and nonhuman primate lactation biology suggests humans have evolved an unusually flexible strategy for feeding young. Several lines of indirect evidence are consistent wi…
Acculturation, economics and food insecurity among refugees resettled in the USA
Objectives To assess the occurrence and severity of food insecurity, and examine associations between food insecurity and measures of socio-economic status and indicators of acculturation. Design Structured interviews among a non-probability sample of West African refugees at baseline and 6 months' follow-up. Setting Mid-sized city in north-eastern USA. Subjects One hundred and one caregivers with children under the age of 5 years and who have be…
Hunter-Gatherer Childhoods
Extracted‐Food Resource‐Defense Polygyny in Native Western North American Societies at Contact
Human growth and development
Nutritional Consequences of Wealth Differentials in East African Pastoralists
Anthropological Approaches to Understanding the Causes of Variation in Breastfeeding and Promotion of “Baby Friendly” Communities
Food insecurity among refugee families in East London
Objective: To identify child hunger and examine its association with family factors, receipt of benefits, housing conditions and social support among recently arrived refugee families with young children. Design: Structured and semi-structured questionnaire administered to a service-based, purposive sample of caregivers. Setting: East London, United Kingdom. Subjects: Thirty households with children Results: All households sampled were food-insec…
Relationship between subsistence and age at weaning in "preindustrial" societies
Fertility and Mode of Subsistence
Nutritional Consequences of Wealth Differentials in East African Pastoralists
A novel fecal stable isotope approach to determine the timing of age‐related feeding transitions in wild infant chimpanzees
Our results resemble the stable isotope differences of human babies. This study contributes to a model of chimpanzee nutritional development required to understand early life history patterns in hominins
Childhood and the evolution of the human life course
Household composition and the infant fecal microbiome
OBJECTIVES: Establishment and development of the infant gastrointestinal microbiome (GIM) varies cross-culturally and is thought to be influenced by factors such as gestational age, birth mode, diet, and antibiotic exposure. However, there is little data as to how the composition of infants' households may play a role, particularly from a cross-cultural perspective. Here, we examined relationships between infant fecal microbiome (IFM) diversity/c…
Premasticated food transfer by wild chimpanzee mothers with their infants
Identifying Gaps in Health Research among Refugees Resettled in Canada
While the global number of resettled refugees rises annually, the summaries of research on refugee health needs in countries of asylum remain sparse. We conducted a systematic review of published research on refugee health in Canada in order to: (i) identify studies addressing health outcomes among refugees recently resettled in Canada; (ii) identify general trends in health research conducted in Canada among refugee populations; (iii) identify s…
Keeping secrets in the cloud
Food Insecurity and Maternal-to-child Transmission of Hiv and Aids in Sub-saharan Africa
It is not known to what extent food insecurity may underlie the continued high rates of maternal to child transmission of HIV and AIDS (MTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa, where most cases of pediatric HIV and AIDS are reported to occur. However, a number of plausible conceptual models and a growing evidence base drawn from both qualitative and empirical studies suggest that food insecurity contributes significantly to the epidemic of pediatric HIV infe…
Of what use is an evolutionary anthropology of weaning
Fertility and Mode of Subsistence
Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices Among African Pastoralists
Breast-feeding and weaning practices were observed for a cohort of 81 children under 3 years of age in the context of a longitudinal study of social, ecological and nutritional factors affecting growth in a semi-nomadic population of pastoralists in northern Tanzania (WaDatoga of Mbulu District). The adequacy of indigenous infant and young child feeding practices was assessed in relation to current international recommendations. Objectives were t…
A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Relationship Between Sub-Adult Mortality and Mode of Subsistence
The hypothesis that measures of sub-adult mortality rates in natural fertility populations are associated with subsistence practices in a selected cross-cultural sample ( n = 39 ) was tested. After controlling for both distance from the equator and the general likelihood of cultural similarities between genetically closely related cultures using phylogenetic comparative methods, it was found that dependence on extractive modes of subsistence (hun…
Polygyny and child growth in a traditional pastoral society
Growth patterns among seminomadic pastoralists (Datoga) of Tanzania
Anthropometric measurements made on 470 individual children (age 0-18 years) from a seminomadic population of Datoga pastoralists living in northern Tanzania were used to describe patterns of child growth. Comparisons with reference growth curves derived from American samples suggest that pastoral Datoga children grow poorly in this region. Body compositional changes with age differed markedly from the reference population. There were negligible …
Seasonal ecology and nutritional status of women and children in a Tanzanian pastoral community
Anthropometric dimensions for 180 women and 347 individual children (0-18 years) from a seminomadic population of Datoga pastoralists living in the Eyasi and Yaeda basins of northern Tanzania are used to assess the nutritional status of the population and the magnitude and prevalence of changes between late wet season and late dry season sampling periods (1989-1991). Results reveal high prevalence of undernutrition among both women and children. …
Food, Health and Identity
Caplan, P, ed. Food, Health and Identity London: Routledge, 1997
Age, sex and anthropometric status of children in an African pastoral community
The study objective was to explore sex differences in anthropometric status of children from a semi-nomadic population of Datoga pastoralists living in northern Tanzania and test the hypothesis that any differences would be related to age- and gender-specific work activities. Anthropometric measurements made on 438 individual children (0-18 years) were used to assess the association of various anthropometric measures of achieved growth status wit…
Comparison of Infant Feeding Patterns Reported for Nonindustrial Populations with Current Recommendations
Relationship between subsistence and age at weaning in "preindustrial" societies
Of what use is an evolutionary anthropology of weaning
Anthropological Approaches to Understanding the Causes of Variation in Breastfeeding and Promotion of “Baby Friendly” Communities
Food insecurity among refugee families in East London
Objective: To identify child hunger and examine its association with family factors, receipt of benefits, housing conditions and social support among recently arrived refugee families with young children. Design: Structured and semi-structured questionnaire administered to a service-based, purposive sample of caregivers. Setting: East London, United Kingdom. Subjects: Thirty households with children Results: All households sampled were food-insec…
Childhood and the evolution of the human life course
Human growth and development
Nutritional Consequences of Wealth Differentials in East African Pastoralists
Extracted‐Food Resource‐Defense Polygyny in Native Western North American Societies at Contact
Evolution of Infant and Young Child Feeding
Evolutionary anthropological and ethnographic studies are used to develop a general conceptual framework for understanding prehistoric, historic, and contemporary variation in human lactation and complementary feeding patterns. Comparison of similarities and differences in human and nonhuman primate lactation biology suggests humans have evolved an unusually flexible strategy for feeding young. Several lines of indirect evidence are consistent wi…
Acculturation, economics and food insecurity among refugees resettled in the USA
Objectives To assess the occurrence and severity of food insecurity, and examine associations between food insecurity and measures of socio-economic status and indicators of acculturation. Design Structured interviews among a non-probability sample of West African refugees at baseline and 6 months' follow-up. Setting Mid-sized city in north-eastern USA. Subjects One hundred and one caregivers with children under the age of 5 years and who have be…
Hunter-Gatherer Childhoods
Greater Years of Maternal Schooling and Higher Scores on Academic Achievement Tests are Independently Associated with Improved Management of Child Diarrhea by Rural Guatemalan Mothers
Food insecurity is associated with attitudes towards exclusive breastfeeding among women in urban Kenya
This study aimed to document whether food insecurity was associated with beliefs and attitudes towards exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) among urban Kenyan women. We conducted structured interviews with 75 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-affected and 75 HIV-status unknown, low-income women who were either pregnant or with a child ≤24 months and residing in Nakuru, Kenya to generate categorical and open-ended responses on knowledge, attitudes and b…
Food Insecurity and Maternal-to-child Transmission of Hiv and Aids in Sub-saharan Africa
It is not known to what extent food insecurity may underlie the continued high rates of maternal to child transmission of HIV and AIDS (MTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa, where most cases of pediatric HIV and AIDS are reported to occur. However, a number of plausible conceptual models and a growing evidence base drawn from both qualitative and empirical studies suggest that food insecurity contributes significantly to the epidemic of pediatric HIV infe…
Identifying Gaps in Health Research among Refugees Resettled in Canada
While the global number of resettled refugees rises annually, the summaries of research on refugee health needs in countries of asylum remain sparse. We conducted a systematic review of published research on refugee health in Canada in order to: (i) identify studies addressing health outcomes among refugees recently resettled in Canada; (ii) identify general trends in health research conducted in Canada among refugee populations; (iii) identify s…
Home fortification with calcium reduces Hb response to iron among anaemic Bangladeshi infants consuming a new multi-micronutrient powder formulation
Objective To investigate whether the recommended dietary intake of Ca in anaemic infants compromises the expected Hb response, via home fortification with a new Ca- and Fe-containing SprinklesTM micronutrient powder (MNP). Design A double-blind, randomized controlled, 2-month trial was conducted in Bangladesh. Infants were randomized to one of two MNP intervention groups containing Fe and other micronutrients, with or without Ca. Hb, anthropometr…
Medicine (24 obras) · Demography (16 obras) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (14 obras) · Geography (14 obras) · Biology (13 obras) · Environmental health (13 obras) · Sociology (13 obras) · Population (10 obras) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (8 obras) · Pediatrics (8 obras)