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Rasmussen, Kathleen M.

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• Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)

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Affiliations

administrative responsibilities

• Program Director, Training in Maternal and Child Nutrition, NIH/NICHD
  

member of graduate field

• Epidemiology
• Nutrition

Research

principal investigator on

• ANALYZE AND REPORT INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES STUDY II DATA ON EXPRESSED MILK FEEDING AND OTHER INFANT FEEDING PATTERNS  awarded by FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DHHS 2011 - 2012
• LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES  awarded by DANNON INSTITUTE 2002 - 2013
• TRAINING IN MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION  awarded by NATL INST OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, NIH 2009 - 2014

co-principal investigator on

• HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF FOOD & NUTRITION INSECURITY FOR HIV+ WOMEN & THEIR INFANTS  awarded by NATL INST OF MENTAL HEALTH, NIH 2012 - 2017

geographic focus

• country

  • Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • Dominica
  • Dominica
  • Tanzania

• new york state geographical region

  • New York State

submitted impact statement

• Maternal obesity is associated with shorter duration of breastfeeding

Publications

individual publications

• academic article

  • Trends in breastfeeding: It’s not only at the breast anymore.  Mat Child Nutr J.  9:180-7. 2013
  • Constructing maternal knowledge frameworks: how mothers conceptualize complementary feeding. .  Appetite.  59:377-84. 2012
  • Do trimester-specific cut-off values predict whether women ultimately stay within the Institute of Medicine/National Research Council guidelines for gestational weight gain? Findings of a retrospective cohort study..  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  2012
  • Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index is not associated with infant and young child feeding in low-income Mexican children 1-24 mo old..  Mat Child Nutr J.  2012
  • Pre- and postnatal arsenic exposure and child growth to age 2 years: a cohort study in rural Bangladesh.  Environmental Health Perspectives.  120:1208-1214. 2012
  • Associations between high prepregnancy body mass index, breast-milk expression, and breast-milk production and feeding.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  93:556-563. 2011
  • Gestational weight gain and later maternal health: are they related?.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  93:1186-1187. 2011
  • Gestational weight gain and later maternal health: are they related? [editorial].  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  93:1186-1187. 2011
  • Got milk? Sharing human milk via the internet.  Public Health Reports.  126:161-164. 2011
  • Got milk? Sharing human milk via the internet.  Public Health Reports.  126:161-164. 2011
  • Interventions to increase the duration of breastfeeding in obese mothers: The Bassett Improving Breastfeeding Study.  Breastfeeding Medicine.  6:69-75. 2011
  • Interventions to increase the duration of breastfeeding in obese mothers: The Bassett Improving Breastfeeding Study.  Breastfeeding Medicine.  6:69-75. 2011
  • Larger infant size at birth reduces the negative association between maternal prepregnancy body mass index and breastfeeding duration.  Journal of Nutrition.  141:645-653. 2011
  • The quiet revolution: breastfeeding transformed with the use of breast pumps.  American Journal of Public Health.  101:1356-1359. 2011
  • The quiet revolution: breastfeeding transformed with the use of breast pumps.  American Journal of Public Health.  101:1356-1359. 2011
  • Association of pica with anemia and gastrointestinal distress among pregnant women in Zanzibar, Tanzania.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  83:144-51. 2010
  • Household food security is associated with early childhood language development: results from a longitudinal study in rural Bangladesh.  Child: Care, Health and Development.  36:309-316. 2010
  • Making recommendations for weight gain during pregnancy in the context of the obesity epidemic.  Obstetrics and Gynecology.  116:1191-1195. 2010
  • Perception of breastfeeding difficulty experienced by women who are obese, have large breasts or both by those who care for newly delivered women in Denmark.  Journal of Human Lactation.  26:138-147. 2010
  • Pica is associated with anemia and gastrointestinal distress among pregnant Zanzibari women.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  83:144-151. 2010
  • Redefining “breastfeeding” initiation and duration in the age of breast milk pumping.  Breastfeeding Medicine.  5:135-137. 2010
  • Supplementation of the mother: partitioning the benefit between mother and newborn.  Journal of Nutrition.  140:402-406. 2010
  • Household food security was associated with growth of infants and young children in rural Bangladesh.  Public Health Nutrition.  2009
  • Maternal infant, and household factors are associated with breast-feeding trajectories during infants’ first 6 months of life in Matlab, Bangladesh.  Journal of Nutrition.  139:1582-1587. 2009
  • Micronutrient supplementation affects maternal-infant feeding interaction and maternal distress in Bangladesh.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  90:141-148. 2009
  • New guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy: what obstetrician/gynecologists should know.  Current Opinions in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  21:521-526. 2009
  • Pregnancy outcomes related to gestational weight gain in women defined by their body mass index, parity, height, and smoking status.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  90:1288-1294. 2009
  • Use of the new WHO Child Growth Standards to describe longitudinal growth of Bangladeshi infants and young children.  Food Nutrition Bulletin.  30:137-144. 2009
  • Appropriate infant feeding practices result in better growth of infants and young children in rural Bangladesh.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  87:1852-1859. 2008
  • Combined associations of prepregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain with the outcome of pregnancy.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  87:1750-1759. 2008
  • Household food security was associated with growth of infants and young children in rural Bangladesh.  Journal of Nutrition.  138:1383-1390. 2008
  • Maternal obesity: a problem for both mother and child.  Obesity.  16:929-931. 2008
  • Association of maternal obesity before conception with poor lactational performance.  Annual Review of Nutrition.  27:103-121. 2007
  • High prepregnant body mass index is associated with early termination of full and any breastfeeding among Danish women.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  86:404-411. 2007
  • Obesity, gestational weight gain and preterm birth. A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort.  Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.  21:5-14. 2007
  • A description of counseling practices that are used with obese mothers.  Journal of Human Lactation.  22:322-327. 2006
  • Excessive weight gain during pregnancy is associated with earlier termination of breastfeeding among white women.  Journal of Nutrition.  136:140-146. 2006
  • Identifying those who respond to the WIC Program: predictors of improvement in hemoglobin concentration among toddlers enrolled in the Massachusetts WIC Program.  The Journal of the American Dietetic Association.  105:709-715. 2005
  • Pregnancy increases BMI in adolescents of a population-based birth cohort.  Journal of Nutrition.  135:74-80. 2005
  • Community-based school feeding during Indonesia's economic crisis: implementation, benefits and sustainability.  Food Nutrition Bulletin.  25:156-165. 2004
  • High prepregnant body mass index is associated with poor lactation outcomes among white, rural women independent of psychosocial and demographic correlates.  Journal of Human Lactation.  20:18-29. 2004
  • Maternal obesity and breastfeeding success among Black and Hispanic women.  Journal of Nutrition.  134:1746-1753. 2004
  • Maternal prepregnant body mass index, duration of breastfeeding and timing of solid food introduction are associated with infant weight gain.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  1579-1588. 2004
  • Metabolomics in the opening decade of the 21st century: building the roads to individual health.  Journal of Nutrition.  134:2729-2732. 2004
  • Prepregnant overweight and obesity diminish the prolactin response to suckling in the first week postpartum.  Pediatrics.  113:e465-e471. 2004
  • Risk factors for childbearing during adolescence in a population-based birth cohort.  Pan American Journal of Public Health.  1-10. 2004
  • The nutritional phenotype in the age of Metabolomics.  Journal of Nutrition.  135:1613-1616. 2004
  • Associations between reproduction and maternal body weight: Examining the component parts of a full reproductive cycle.  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  57:114-127. 2003
  • New evidence that iron supplementation during pregnancy improves birth weight: new scientific questions.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  78:673-674. 2003
  • Naloxone administration does not relieve the inhibition of gonadotropin release in food-restricted lactating rats.  Journal of Nutrition.  126:2113-2119. 1996
  • Food restriction, gonadotropins, and behavior in the lactating rat.  Physiology & Behavior.  58:1243-1249. 1995
  • Effects of Maternal Nutritional Status and Maternal Energy Supplementation on Length of Postpartum Amenorrhea Among Guatemalan Women.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  58:636-642. 1993
  • Chronic food restriction amplifies the effect of lactation on the duration of postpartum anestrus in rats.  Journal of Nutrition.  122:1726-1730. 1992
  • Variation in energy intake during the menstrual cycle: implications for food-intake research.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  48:956-962. 1988

• chapter

  • Maternal obesity and the outcome of breastfeeding.  Hale TW, Hartmann PE, eds. Hale & Hartmann’s Textbook on Human Lactation. 387-402. 2007
  • Obesity as a risk factor for failure to initiate and sustain lactation.  Integrating Population Outcomes, Biological Mechanisms, and Research Methods in the Study of Human Milk and Lactation. 2002

• report

  • Marketing Alternatives for New York Fed Beef Producers.  28. 1982
• Manure Cost, Value and Time Management Calculator 2010

editor of

• Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines

featured in archived article

• Cornell-led study finds most overweight U.S. women gain too much weight during pregnancy
• Nutrition professors Martha Stipanuk, Kathleen Rasmussen win national awards

speaker at Cornell event

• Targeting
• Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines

Teaching

teaching activities

• NS-4500: Public Health Nutrition - Spring 2013
• NS-8990: Master's Thesis and Research - Spring 2013
• NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis and Research - Spring 2013
• NS-6000: Special Problems for Graduate Students - Fall 2012
• NS-6140: Topics in Maternal and Child Nutrition - Fall 2012
• NS-8990: Master's Thesis and Research - Fall 2012
• NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis and Research - Fall 2012
• NS-4500: Public Health Nutrition - Spring 2012
• NS-8990: Master's Thesis and Research - Spring 2012
• NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis and Research - Spring 2012
• NS-4000: Directed Readings - Fall 2011
• NS-6000: Special Problems for Grads - Fall 2011
• NS-6140: Topics in Maternal & Child Nutrition - Fall 2011
• NS-8990: Master Thesis - Fall 2011
• NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis - Fall 2011

recent courses taught

• NS 4500 Public Health Nutrition
  NS 6140 Topics in Maternal and Child Nutrition

Service

current professional activities

• • Member, Board of Trustees, Cornell University
  • Program Director, Training in Maternal and Child Nutrition, NIH/NICHD
  • Program Director, Training in International Maternal and Child Nutrition, NIH/Fogarty
  • Member of several expert committees at the Institute of Medicine:  the Committee on Nutritional Status During Pregnancy and Lactation and its Subcommittee on Nutrition During Lactation as well as the Committee on Scientific Evaluation of the WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria and the Committee on the Impact of Pregnancy Weight on Maternal and Child Health.

service to the profession

• Committee on Dissemination of Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines, Institute of Medicine/National Research Council, National Academies Chairperson 2011 - 2012

Background

education and training

• Cornell University 1978 - 1980
• Sc.D. in Nutrition, Harvard University 1978
• M.S. in Nutrition, Harvard University 1975
• B.A. in Molecular Biology, Brown University 1970

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college

• CALS