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Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 481
Citations - 29602
Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 84, co-authored 422 publications receiving 24764 citations. Previous affiliations of Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman include University of Miami & Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Family dinner and diet quality among older children and adolescents.
Matthew W. Gillman,Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman,A. L. Frazier,Helaine R.H. Rockett,Carlos A. Camargo,Alison E. Field,Catherine S. Berkey,Graham A. Colditz +7 more
TL;DR: Eating family dinner was associated with healthful dietary intake patterns, including more fruits and vegetables, less fried food and soda, less saturated and trans fat, lower glycemic load, more fiber and micronutrients from food, and no material differences in red meat or snack foods.
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Risk of overweight among adolescents who were breastfed as infants
Matthew W. Gillman,Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman,Carlos A. Camargo,Catherine S. Berkey,A. Lindsay Frazier,Helaine R.H. Rockett,Alison E. Field,Graham A. Colditz +7 more
TL;DR: Infants who were fed breast milk more than infant formula, or who were breastfed for longer periods, had a lower risk of being overweight during older childhood and adolescence.
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Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age
Carlos A. Camargo,Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman,Augusto A. Litonjua,Janet W. Rich-Edwards,Scott T. Weiss,Diane R. Gold,Ken Kleinman,Matthew W. Gillman +7 more
TL;DR: In the northeastern United States, a higher maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy may decrease the risk of recurrent wheeze in early childhood, according to a validated food-frequency questionnaire.
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Maternal Gestational Diabetes, Birth Weight, and Adolescent Obesity
Matthew W. Gillman,Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman,Catherine S. Berkey,Alison E. Field,Graham A. Colditz,Graham A. Colditz +5 more
TL;DR: The results only modestly support a causal role of altered maternal-fetal glucose metabolism in the genesis of obesity in the offspring, as higher birth weight predicted increased risk of overweight in adolescence.
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Reducing antibiotic use in children: a randomized trial in 12 practices.
Jonathan A. Finkelstein,Robert L. Davis,Robert L. Davis,Scott F. Dowell,Joshua P. Metlay,Stephen B. Soumerai,Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman,Margaret Higham,Zachary Miller,Irina Miroshnik,Alex Pedan,Richard Platt +11 more
TL;DR: A limited simultaneous educational outreach intervention for parents and providers reduced antibiotic use among children in primary care practices, even in the setting of substantial secular trends toward decreased prescribing.