Nutrition

Perumal N, Wang D, Darling AM, Liu E, Wang M, Ahmed T, Bhandari N, Christian P, Dewey KG, Kac G, Kennedy S, Fawzi WW, and members of the GWG Pooling Project Consortium* (including D Devakumar). Associations between suboptimal gestational weight gain and neonatal outcomes: an analysis of individual-level participant data from 23 low- and middle-income countries. BMJ. 2023; 382: e072249

Devakumar D, Busert L, Sathiadas MG, Jayawardana P, Arulpragasam A, Osmond C, Fall CHD, Wells JCK, Wickramasinghe P. The long-term effects of in-utero exposure to tsunami and conflict on adolescents in Sri Lanka. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2023. 35 (2-3): 112-20

Hudda MT, Wells JCK, Adair LS, Alvero-Cruz JRA, Ashby-Thompson MN, Ballesteros-Vásquez MN, Barrera-Exposito J, Caballero B, Carnero EA, Cleghorn GJ, Davies PSW, Desmond M, Devakumar D, Gallagher D, Guerrero-Alcocer EV, Haschke F, Horlick M, Ben Jemaa H, Khan AI, Mankai A, Monyeki MA, Nashandi HL, Robles-Sardin AE, Rush E, Shypailo RJ, Sobiecki JG, ten Hoor GA, Valdés J, Wickramasinghe PV, Riley, Richard, Owen, C, Whincup, P External validation of a childhood fat mass prediction model: individual participant data meta-analysis of predictive performance in 19 countries. BMJ. 2022. 378: e071185

Hargreaves DS, Menon P, Mates E, Alderman H, Devakumar D, Fawzi W, Greenfield G, Hammoudeh W, He S, Lahiri A, Liu Z, Nguyen P, Sethi V, Wang H, Neufeld LM, Patton G. Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition and development. The Lancet. 2022; 399(10320): 198-210

Sato P, Ulian MD, dos Santos Oliveira MS, Cardoso MA, Wells JCK, Devakumar D, Scagliusi FB. Signs and strategies to deal with food insecurity and consumption of ultra-processed foods among Amazonian mothers. Global Public Health. 2020; 15 (8): 1130-43

Devakumar D, Osrin D, Sachdev HPS, Prost A. Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation: where are the long-term benefits? Ann NY Acad Sci. 2020. 1465: 8-9

Sato P, Couto MT, Wells JCK, Cardoso MA, Devakumar D, Scagliusi FB. Mothers' food choices and consumption of ultra-processed foods in the Brazilian Amazon: a qualitative study. Appetite. 2020; 148, 104602

Marphatia AA, Wells JCK, Reid AM, Cortina-Borja M, Manandhar DS, Sen A, Saville N, Devakumar D, Osrin D, Prost A, Dulal S. Early-life factors and pre-primary experience predict over-age attendance in secondary school: evidence from lowland Nepal. International Journal of Educational Research. 2020; 99:101491

Sutaria S, Devakumar D, Shikanai Yasuda S, Das S, Saxena S. Is obesity associated with depression in children? Systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Dis Child. 2019; 104: 64-74

Wells JCKW, Devakumar D, Manandhar DSM, Saville N, Chaube S, Costello A, Osrin O. Associations of stunting at 2 years with body composition and blood pressure at 8 years of age: longitudinal cohort analysis from lowland Nepal. Eur J Clin Nut. 2019; 73: 302-10

Devakumar D, Rondó PHC. ‘Maternal nutrition’ chapter. In Oxford Textbook of Global Health of Women, Newborns, Children and Adolescents. Oxford University Press. Publication 20 December 2018

Dulal S, Liegois F, Osrin D, Kuczynski A, Manandhar DS, Shrestha BP, Sen A, Saville N, Devakumar D, Prost A. Daily antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation has no effect on children’s IQ during early adolescence in Nepal: follow-up of a double-blind randomised controlled trial. BMJ Global Health. 2018; 3: e000527

Devakumar D, Kular D, Shrestha BP, Grijalva-Eternod C, Daniel RM, Saville NM, Manandhar DS, Costello A, Osrin D, Wells JCK. Socioeconomic determinants of growth in a longitudinal study in Nepal. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 2018, 14: e12462

Smith ER, Shankar AH, Wu L, Aboud S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ali H, Agustina R, Arifeen S, Ashorn P, Bhutta ZA, Christian P, Devakumar D, Dewey KG, Friis H, Gomo E, Gupta P, Kæstel P, Kolsteren P, Lanou H, Maleta K, Mamadoultaibou A, Msamanga G, Osrin D, Persson LA, Ramakrishnan U, Rivera JA, Rizvi A, Sachdev HPS, Urassa W, West KP, Zagre N, Zeng L, Zhu Z, Fawzi WW, Sudfeld CR. Modifiers of the effect of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on stillbirth, birth outcomes, and infant mortality: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 17 randomized trials. The Lancet Global Health. 2017, 5 (11): e1090-1100

Castro NP, Euclydes VV, Simões FA, Vaz-de-Lima LRA, De Brito CA, Luzia LA, Devakumar D, Rondó PHC. The relationship between maternal leptin and adiponectin plasma concentrations and newborn adiposity. Nutrients. 2017; 9 (3): 182

Devakumar D, Fall CHD, Sachdev HS, Margetts BM, Osmond C, Wells JCK, Costello A, Osrin D. Maternal antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation for long-term health benefits in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine. 2016; 14: 90

Wells JCK, Devakumar D, Grijalva-Eternod CS, Manandhar DS, Costello A, Osrin D. Blood pressure and the capacity-load model in 8 year-old children from Nepal: testing the contributions of kidney size and intergenerational effects. Am J Hum Biol. 2016; 28:555–565

Devakumar D, Grijvala C, Cortina-Borja M, Williams JE, Fewtrell MS, Wells JCK. Disentangling the associations between parental BMI and offspring body composition using the four-component model. Am J Hum Biol. 2016; 28: 524–533

Marphatia AA, Devakumar D, Wells JCK, Saville NM, Manandhar DS, Costello A, Osrin D. Maternal phenotype, independent of family economic capital, predicts educational attainment in lowland Nepalese children. Am J Hum Biol. 2016; 28(5): 687–698

Devakumar D, PC Hallal, Horta BL, Barros FC, Wells JCK. Maternal capital and cardiovascular health in the offspring at 30 years of age: an inter-birth interval approach. PLoS ONE. 2016; 11(2):e0149054

Devakumar D, Grijvala C, Roberts S, Chaube SS, Saville NM, Manandhar DS, Costello A, Osrin D, Wells JCK. Body composition in Nepalese children using isotope dilution: the production of ethnic-specific calibration equations and an exploration of methodological issues. PeerJ. 2015; 3: e785

Devakumar D, Rondó PHC. Picture of the week. Obesity- a new priority. BMJ. 2015; 350

Devakumar D, Chaube SS, Wells JCK, Saville NM, Ayres JG, Manandhar DS, Costello A, Osrin D. The effects of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on anthropometry and blood pressure in mid-childhood in Nepal: follow-up of a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Lancet Global Health. 2014; 2: e654-63