List of works - Barbara Abrams

73: Prepregnancy obesity and the risk of cause-specific stillbirth

A weight-gain-for-gestational-age z score chart for the assessment of maternal weight gain in pregnancy

scientific article published on 6 March 2013

Association Between Preterm Delivery and Pre-pregnancy Body Mass (BMI), Exercise and Sleep During Pregnancy Among Working Women in Southern California ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Association of maternal gestational weight gain with short- and long-term maternal and child health outcomes

scientific article published on 4 February 2010

Biases in studying gestational weight gain and infant mortality in US birth certificates

scientific article published on May 2012

Breastfeeding and the risk of childhood leukemia: a meta-analysis

scientific article

Comparison of bias analysis strategies applied to a large data set

scientific article

Comparison of gestational weight gain z-scores and traditional weight gain measures in relation to perinatal outcomes

scientific article

Does behavioral intervention in pregnancy reduce postpartum weight retention? Twelve-month outcomes of the Fit for Delivery randomized trial

scientific article

Does lack of multinutrient supplementation during early pregnancy increase vulnerability to alcohol-related preterm or small-for-gestational-age births?

scientific article

Education and obesity at age 40 among American adults ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Educational Attainment and Gestational Weight Gain among U.S. Mothers

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Effect of Flash-Heat Treatment on Antimicrobial Activity of Breastmilk ⬇️

scientific article published on November 23, 2010

Effect of flash-heat treatment on immunoglobulins in breast milk

scientific article published on July 2009

Effects of maternal lifestyle intervention during pregnancy on untreated partner weight: Results from fit for delivery study

scientific article published on 6 December 2015

Ethnic-cultural background, maternal body size and pregnancy outcomes in a diverse Swiss cohort.

scientific article published in January 2007

Excessive Gestational Weight Gain and Subsequent Maternal Obesity at Age 40: A Hypothetical Intervention

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Flash-heat inactivation of HIV-1 in human milk: a potential method to reduce postnatal transmission in developing countries

scientific article

Gestational weight gain and later maternal health: are they related?

scientific article published on 4 May 2011

Gestational weight gain standards based on women enrolled in the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project: a prospective longitudinal cohort study

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

How do pregnancy-related weight changes and breastfeeding relate to maternal weight and BMI-adjusted waist circumference 7 y after delivery? Results from a path analysis

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Living in Violent Neighbourhoods is Associated with Gestational Weight Gain Outside the Recommended Range

scientific article published on 6 December 2016

Low Gestational Weight Gain and Risk of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Obese and Severely Obese Women

scientific article published on November 2016

Markers of acculturation and risk of NTDs among Hispanic women in California

scientific article

Maternal History of Child Abuse and Obesity Risk in Offspring: Mediation by Weight in Pregnancy

scientific article published on 25 April 2017

Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI, Gestational Weight Gain, and Age at Menarche in Daughters ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2013

Maternal behaviors during pregnancy impact offspring obesity risk

scientific article

Maternal food insecurity is associated with increased risk of certain birth defects

scientific article

Maternal height, pregnancy weight gain, and birthweight

scientific article published in September 2000

Maternal obesity and gestational weight gain are risk factors for infant death

scientific article published on 17 November 2015

Maternal stressful life events and risks of birth defects

scientific article

Maternal weight change from prepregnancy to 7 years postpartum--the influence of behavioral factors

scientific article published in April 2015

NTD prevalences in central California before and after folic acid fortification

scientific article published in August 2008

Neighborhood socioeconomic status, maternal race and preterm delivery: a case-control study

scientific article

No global consensus: a cross-sectional survey of maternal weight policies

scientific article

Parity and body mass index in US women: a prospective 25-year study

scientific article published on August 2013

Physical activity and changes in weight and waist circumference in midlife women: findings from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation

scientific article published in November 2004

Practitioner advice and gestational weight gain

scientific article published on 17 March 2011

Pregnancy Weight Gain by Gestational Age in Women with Uncomplicated Dichorionic Twin Pregnancies

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Pregnancy and post-delivery maternal weight changes and overweight in preschool children

scientific article

Pregnancy glucose levels in women without diabetes or gestational diabetes and childhood cardiometabolic risk at 7 years of age

scientific article published on 11 July 2012

Pregnancy glycemia in Mexican-American women without diabetes or gestational diabetes and programming for childhood obesity

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Pregnancy weight gain charts for obese and overweight women

scientific article

Prepregnancy obesity and the racial disparity in infant mortality

scientific article published on December 2016

Preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy: how do prenatal care providers approach counseling?

scientific article

Racial-Ethnic Differences in Pregnancy-Related Weight ⬇️

scientific article published on January 5, 2012

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Inadequate Gestational Weight Gain Differ by Pre-pregnancy Weight

scientific article published in August 2015

Randomized Trial of a Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Excessive Gestational Weight Gain: The Fit for Delivery Study

scientific article published in August 2011

Randomized trial of a behavioral intervention to prevent excessive gestational weight gain: the Fit for Delivery Study

scientific article published on 10 February 2011

Recommendations for weight gain during pregnancy in the context of the obesity epidemic

scientific article

Reducing excessive gestational weight gain: lessons from the weight control literature and avenues for future research

scientific article published in November 2011

Severe obesity, gestational weight gain, and adverse birth outcomes

scientific article

Short inter-pregnancy intervals, parity, excessive pregnancy weight gain and risk of maternal obesity

scientific article published on April 2014

Should gestational weight gain recommendations be tailored by maternal characteristics?

scientific article

Socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood as a predictor of excessive gestational weight gain and obesity in midlife adulthood

scientific article

Socioeconomic status and age at menarche: an examination of multiple indicators in an ethnically diverse cohort

scientific article

TaqMan RT-PCR and VERSANT HIV-1 RNA 3.0 (bDNA) assay Quantification of HIV-1 RNA viral load in breast milk

scientific article published in December 2005

The Role of Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Race in Intergenerational High-Risk Smoking Behaviors

scientific article published on May 2017

The association between pre-pregnancy BMI and preterm delivery in a diverse southern California population of working women

scientific article

The bias in current measures of gestational weight gain

scientific article

The impact of exposure misclassification on associations between prepregnancy BMI and adverse pregnancy outcomes

scientific article

Untangling gestational weight gain from gestational age in infant mortality studies

Validity of Self-Reported Pre-Pregnancy Weight and Body Mass Index Classification in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System

scientific article published on 9 March 2016

Validity of birth certificate-derived maternal weight data

scientific article

Validity of birth certificate-derived maternal weight data in twin pregnancies

scientific article

Viral, nutritional, and bacterial safety of flash-heated and pretoria-pasteurized breast milk to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in resource-poor countries: a pilot study.

scientific article

Weight gain and spontaneous preterm birth: the role of race or ethnicity and previous preterm birth

scientific article published in December 2006

Weight gain during pregnancy and the black-white disparity in preterm birth

scientific article published on 10 May 2017

Where Do Women Get Advice About Weight, Eating, and Physical Activity During Pregnancy?

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

List of works by Barbara Abrams

73: Prepregnancy obesity and the risk of cause-specific stillbirth

A weight-gain-for-gestational-age z score chart for the assessment of maternal weight gain in pregnancy

Association Between Preterm Delivery and Pre-pregnancy Body Mass (BMI), Exercise and Sleep During Pregnancy Among Working Women in Southern California ⬇️

Association of maternal gestational weight gain with short- and long-term maternal and child health outcomes

Biases in studying gestational weight gain and infant mortality in US birth certificates

Breastfeeding and the risk of childhood leukemia: a meta-analysis

Comparison of bias analysis strategies applied to a large data set

Comparison of gestational weight gain z-scores and traditional weight gain measures in relation to perinatal outcomes

Does behavioral intervention in pregnancy reduce postpartum weight retention? Twelve-month outcomes of the Fit for Delivery randomized trial

Does lack of multinutrient supplementation during early pregnancy increase vulnerability to alcohol-related preterm or small-for-gestational-age births?

Education and obesity at age 40 among American adults ⬇️

Educational Attainment and Gestational Weight Gain among U.S. Mothers

Effect of Flash-Heat Treatment on Antimicrobial Activity of Breastmilk ⬇️

Effect of flash-heat treatment on immunoglobulins in breast milk

Effects of maternal lifestyle intervention during pregnancy on untreated partner weight: Results from fit for delivery study

Ethnic-cultural background, maternal body size and pregnancy outcomes in a diverse Swiss cohort.

Excessive Gestational Weight Gain and Subsequent Maternal Obesity at Age 40: A Hypothetical Intervention

Flash-heat inactivation of HIV-1 in human milk: a potential method to reduce postnatal transmission in developing countries

Gestational weight gain and later maternal health: are they related?

Gestational weight gain standards based on women enrolled in the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project: a prospective longitudinal cohort study

How do pregnancy-related weight changes and breastfeeding relate to maternal weight and BMI-adjusted waist circumference 7 y after delivery? Results from a path analysis

Living in Violent Neighbourhoods is Associated with Gestational Weight Gain Outside the Recommended Range

Low Gestational Weight Gain and Risk of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Obese and Severely Obese Women

Markers of acculturation and risk of NTDs among Hispanic women in California

Maternal History of Child Abuse and Obesity Risk in Offspring: Mediation by Weight in Pregnancy

Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI, Gestational Weight Gain, and Age at Menarche in Daughters ⬇️

Maternal behaviors during pregnancy impact offspring obesity risk

Maternal food insecurity is associated with increased risk of certain birth defects

Maternal height, pregnancy weight gain, and birthweight

Maternal obesity and gestational weight gain are risk factors for infant death

Maternal stressful life events and risks of birth defects

Maternal weight change from prepregnancy to 7 years postpartum--the influence of behavioral factors

NTD prevalences in central California before and after folic acid fortification

Neighborhood socioeconomic status, maternal race and preterm delivery: a case-control study

No global consensus: a cross-sectional survey of maternal weight policies

Parity and body mass index in US women: a prospective 25-year study

Physical activity and changes in weight and waist circumference in midlife women: findings from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation

Practitioner advice and gestational weight gain

Pregnancy Weight Gain by Gestational Age in Women with Uncomplicated Dichorionic Twin Pregnancies

Pregnancy and post-delivery maternal weight changes and overweight in preschool children

Pregnancy glucose levels in women without diabetes or gestational diabetes and childhood cardiometabolic risk at 7 years of age

Pregnancy glycemia in Mexican-American women without diabetes or gestational diabetes and programming for childhood obesity

Pregnancy weight gain charts for obese and overweight women

Prepregnancy obesity and the racial disparity in infant mortality

Preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy: how do prenatal care providers approach counseling?

Racial-Ethnic Differences in Pregnancy-Related Weight ⬇️

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Inadequate Gestational Weight Gain Differ by Pre-pregnancy Weight

Randomized Trial of a Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Excessive Gestational Weight Gain: The Fit for Delivery Study

Randomized trial of a behavioral intervention to prevent excessive gestational weight gain: the Fit for Delivery Study

Recommendations for weight gain during pregnancy in the context of the obesity epidemic

Reducing excessive gestational weight gain: lessons from the weight control literature and avenues for future research

Severe obesity, gestational weight gain, and adverse birth outcomes

Short inter-pregnancy intervals, parity, excessive pregnancy weight gain and risk of maternal obesity

Should gestational weight gain recommendations be tailored by maternal characteristics?

Socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood as a predictor of excessive gestational weight gain and obesity in midlife adulthood

Socioeconomic status and age at menarche: an examination of multiple indicators in an ethnically diverse cohort

TaqMan RT-PCR and VERSANT HIV-1 RNA 3.0 (bDNA) assay Quantification of HIV-1 RNA viral load in breast milk

The Role of Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Race in Intergenerational High-Risk Smoking Behaviors

The association between pre-pregnancy BMI and preterm delivery in a diverse southern California population of working women

The bias in current measures of gestational weight gain

The impact of exposure misclassification on associations between prepregnancy BMI and adverse pregnancy outcomes

Untangling gestational weight gain from gestational age in infant mortality studies

Validity of Self-Reported Pre-Pregnancy Weight and Body Mass Index Classification in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System

Validity of birth certificate-derived maternal weight data

Validity of birth certificate-derived maternal weight data in twin pregnancies

Viral, nutritional, and bacterial safety of flash-heated and pretoria-pasteurized breast milk to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in resource-poor countries: a pilot study.

Weight gain and spontaneous preterm birth: the role of race or ethnicity and previous preterm birth

Weight gain during pregnancy and the black-white disparity in preterm birth

Where Do Women Get Advice About Weight, Eating, and Physical Activity During Pregnancy?