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Summer Sherburne Hawkins
Researcher at Boston College
Publications - 116
Citations - 2824
Summer Sherburne Hawkins is an academic researcher from Boston College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Breastfeeding. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 92 publications receiving 2330 citations. Previous affiliations of Summer Sherburne Hawkins include King's College London & University College London.
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An ecological systems approach to examining risk factors for early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
TL;DR: Most risk factors for early childhood overweight are modifiable or would allow at-risk groups to be identified and policies and interventions should focus on parents and providing them with an environment to support healthy behaviours for themselves and their children.
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Influence of moving to the UK on maternal health behaviours: prospective cohort study
TL;DR: After immigration, maternal health behaviours worsen with length of residency in the UK, and health professionals should not underestimate women’s likelihood of engaging in risky health behaviours because of their ethnicity.
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Maternal employment and early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
TL;DR: Long hours of maternal employment, rather than lack of money, may impede young children's access to healthy foods and physical activity and policies supporting work–life balance may help parents reduce potential barriers.
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A review of risk factors for overweight in preschool children: A policy perspective
TL;DR: Factors that influence overweight in children, aged six months to five years, are reviewed, finding strong evidence for a direct association between childhood overweight and maternal prepregnancy body size, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and children's television/media use.
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Effects of infant feeding practice on weight gain from birth to 3 years
TL;DR: Investigating the effect of breastfeeding initiation, breastfeeding duration and age at introduction of solid foods on weight gain from birth to 3 years found association of the early introduction of solids with rapid weight gain during early childhood is mediated through childhood stature.