Publications

Matias SL, Bacon KA, Lee DL, Marshall SK, Felix C, Vitale EH, Ritchie LD. Trends in California Child and Adult Care Food Program Participation Among Family Child Care Home Providers: The Role of Tiered Meal Reimbursements. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2026 Feb;58(2):97-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2025.11.008. PMID: 41651590.

Bacon KA, Lee DL, Vasicsek R, Felix C, Kay-Daleiden Marshall S, Homel Vitale E, Matias SL, Ritchie LD. Provider, sponsor and family perceptions of Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) participation and COVID-19 reimbursement increases. Public Health Nutr. 2025 Nov 3;28(1):e195. doi: 10.1017/S1368980025101389. PMID: 41177525; PMCID: PMC12722094.

Matias SL, French CD. Prenatal WIC Participation Is Associated with Gestational Weight Gain: A Secondary Analysis of United States Birth Records. Curr Dev Nutr. 2025 May 5;9(6):107457. doi: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107457. PMID: 40496647; PMCID: PMC12148813.

Matias SL, French CD, Saavedra J, Shankar A, Rymland AS, Rodriguez Beltran I, Collado JO, Waterman C. Acceptability of Moringa oleifera leaf powder among healthy adults in the United States. Prev Med Rep. 2025 Mar 24;53:103048. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103048. PMID: 40226484; PMCID: PMC11986971.

Wang D, Liu E, Perumal N, Partap U, Cliffer IR, Costa JC, Wang M, Fawzi WW; Gestational Weight Gain Pooling Project Consortium. The effects of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on small vulnerable newborn types in low-income and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Feb;13(2):e298-e308. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00449-2. PMID: 39890230; PMCID: PMC11782989.

Dewey KG, Wessells KR, Arnold CD, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Garcés A, Huybregts L, Krebs NF, Lartey A, Leroy JL, Maleta K, Matias SL, Moore SE, Mridha MK, Okronipa H, Stewart CP. Effects of prenatal small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on pregnancy, birth, and infant outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomized controlled trials in low- and middle-income countries. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Oct;120(4):814-835. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.08.008. Epub 2024 Aug 16. PMID: 39154665; PMCID: PMC11473441.

Ritchie LD, Bacon KA, Felix C, Lee DL, Marshall SK, Homel Vitale E, Matias SL. Child and Adult Care Food Program: Family Childcare Home Providers’ Perceptions of Impacts of Increased Meal and Snack Reimbursement Rates during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nutrients. 2024 Sep 25;16(19):3241. doi: 10.3390/nu16193241. PMID: 39408209; PMCID: PMC11478229.

Rangel Bousquet Carrilho T, Wang D, Hutcheon JA, Wang M, Fawzi WW, Kac G; members of the GWG Pooling Project Consortium. The Impact of Excluding Adverse Neonatal Outcomes on the Creation of Gestational Weight Gain Charts Among Women from Low- and Middle-income Countries with Normal and Overweight BMI. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Jun;119(6):1465-1474. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.03.016. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PMID: 38522618.

French CD, Gomez-Lara A, Hee A, Shankar A, Song N, Campos M, McCoin M, Matias SL. Impact of a Food Skills Course with a Teaching Kitchen on Dietary and Cooking Self-Efficacy and Behaviors among College Students. Nutrients. 2024 Feb 21;16(5):585. doi: 10.3390/nu16050585. PMID: 38474714; PMCID: PMC10933768.

Matias SL, Anderson CE, Koleilat M. Breastfeeding moderates childhood obesity risk associated with prenatal exposure to excessive gestational weight gain. Matern Child Nutr. 2023 Oct;19(4):e13545. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13545. Epub 2023 Jun 25. PMID: 37357364; PMCID: PMC10483944.

Perumal N, Wang D, Darling AM, Liu E, Wang M, Ahmed T, Christian P, Dewey KG, Kac G, Kennedy SH, Subramoney V, Briggs B, Fawzi WW; GWG Pooling Project Consortium. Suboptimal gestational weight gain and neonatal outcomes in low and middle income countries: individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ. 2023 Sep 21;382:e072249. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072249. PMID: 37734757; PMCID: PMC10512803.

French CD, Shafique MA, Bang H, Matias SL. Perinatal Hospital Practices Are Associated with Breastfeeding through 5 Months Postpartum among Women and Infants from Low-Income Households. J Nutr. 2023 Jan;153(1):322-330. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.11.007. Epub 2022 Dec 20. PMID: 36913468; PMCID: PMC10196577.

Liu E, Wang D, Darling AM, Perumal N, Wang M, Ahmed T, Christian P, Dewey KG, Kac G, Kennedy S, Subramoney V, Briggs B, Fawzi WW; members of the GWG Pooling Project Consortium. Effects of prenatal nutritional supplements on gestational weight gain in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Dec 19;116(6):1864-1876. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac259. PMID: 36130877; PMCID: PMC10843965.

Matias SL, French CD, Gomez-Lara A, Schenker MB. Chronic disease burden among Latino farmworkers in California. Front Public Health. 2022 Dec 2;10:1024083. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1024083. PMID: 36530711; PMCID: PMC9755602.

Dewey KG, Arnold CD, Wessells KR, Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ali H, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Ashraf S, Becquey E, Brown KH, Christian P, Colford JM Jr, Dulience SJ, Fernald LC, Galasso E, Hallamaa L, Hess SY, Humphrey JH, Huybregts L, Iannotti LL, Jannat K, Lartey A, Le Port A, Leroy JL, Luby SP, Maleta K, Matias SL, Mbuya MN, Mridha MK, Nkhoma M, Null C, Paul RR, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pickering AJ, Prendergast AJ, Ruel M, Shaikh S, Weber AM, Wolff P, Zongrone A, Stewart CP. Preventive small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements reduce severe wasting and severe stunting among young children: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Nov;116(5):1314-1333. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac232. Epub 2023 Feb 10. PMID: 36045000.

Matias SL, Riden HE, Lee DS, Bang H, Schenker MB. Effectiveness of a worksite lifestyle intervention to reduce BMI among farmworkers in California: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Public Health Nutr. 2022 Sep;25(9):2651-2659. doi: 10.1017/S136898002200129X. Epub 2022 May 27. PMID: 35620920; PMCID: PMC9378459.

Wessells KR, Arnold CD, Stewart CP, Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Becquey E, Brown KH, Byrd KA, Campbell RK, Christian P, Fernald LCH, Fan YM, Galasso E, Hess SY, Huybregts L, Jorgensen JM, Kiprotich M, Kortekangas E, Lartey A, Le Port A, Leroy JL, Lin A, Maleta K, Matias SL, Mbuya MNN, Mridha MK, Mutasa K, Naser AM, Paul RR, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pickering AJ, Rahman M, Schulze K, Smith LE, Weber AM, Zongrone A, Dewey KG. Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child anemia and micronutrient status: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Nov 2;114(Suppl 1):68S-94S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab276. PMID: 34590114; PMCID: PMC8560313.

Prado EL, Arnold CD, Wessells KR, Stewart CP, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold BF, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Becquey E, Brown KH, Chandna J, Christian P, Dentz HN, Dulience SJL, Fernald LCH, Galasso E, Hallamaa L, Hess SY, Huybregts L, Iannotti LL, Jimenez EY, Kohl P, Lartey A, Le Port A, Luby SP, Maleta K, Matchado A, Matias SL, Mridha MK, Ntozini R, Null C, Ocansey ME, Parvez SM, Phuka J, Pickering AJ, Prendergast AJ, Shamim AA, Siddiqui Z, Tofail F, Weber AM, Wu LSF, Dewey KG. Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements for children age 6-24 months: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of effects on developmental outcomes and effect modifiers. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Nov 2;114(Suppl 1):43S-67S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab277. PMID: 34590116; PMCID: PMC8560311.

Dewey KG, Wessells KR, Arnold CD, Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ali H, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Ashraf S, Becquey E, Bendabenda J, Brown KH, Christian P, Colford JM, Dulience SJL, Fernald LCH, Galasso E, Hallamaa L, Hess SY, Humphrey JH, Huybregts L, Iannotti LL, Jannat K, Lartey A, Le Port A, Leroy JL, Luby SP, Maleta K, Matias SL, Mbuya MNN, Mridha MK, Nkhoma M, Null C, Paul RR, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pickering AJ, Prendergast AJ, Ruel M, Shaikh S, Weber AM, Wolff P, Zongrone A, Stewart CP. Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child growth: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Nov 2;114(Suppl 1):15S-42S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab278. PMID: 34590672; PMCID: PMC8560308.

Matias SL, Pearl M, Lyall K, Croen LA, Kral TVE, Fallin D, Lee LC, Bradley CB, Schieve LA, Windham GC. Maternal prepregnancy weight and gestational weight gain in association with autism and developmental disorders in offspring. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Sep;29(9):1554-1564. doi: 10.1002/oby.23228. Epub 2021 Aug 4. PMID: 34347372; PMCID: PMC9186321.

Matias SL, Rodriguez-Jordan J, McCoin M. Evaluation of a College-Level Nutrition Course With a Teaching Kitchen Lab. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2021 Sep;53(9):787-792. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.02.004. Epub 2021 Mar 18. PMID: 33744122.

Matias SL, Rodriguez-Jordan J, McCoin M. Integrated Nutrition and Culinary Education in Response to Food Insecurity in a Public University. Nutrients. 2021 Jul 4;13(7):2304. doi: 10.3390/nu13072304. PMID: 34371814; PMCID: PMC8308405.

Dewey KG, Matias SL, Mridha MK, Arnold CD. Nutrient supplementation during the first 1000 days and growth of infants born to pregnant adolescents. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2020 May;1468(1):25-34. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14191. Epub 2019 Aug 4. PMID: 31378980; PMCID: PMC7317730.

Adams KP, Adu-Afarwuah S, Mridha MK, Oaks BM, Matias SL, Arnold CD, Kumordzie SM, Okronipa H, Ocansey ME, Dewey KG. The impact of maternal supplementation during pregnancy and the first 6 months postpartum on the growth status of the next child born after the intervention period: Follow-up results from Bangladesh and Ghana. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Apr;16(2):e12927. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12927. Epub 2020 Feb 5. PMID: 32026568; PMCID: PMC7083484.

Ullah MB, Mridha MK, Arnold CD, Matias SL, Khan MSA, Siddiqui Z, Hossain M, Paul RR, Dewey KG. Factors associated with diarrhea and acute respiratory infection in children under two years of age in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pediatr. 2019 Oct 27;19(1):386. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1738-6. PMID: 31656181; PMCID: PMC6815354.

Ullah MB, Mridha MK, Arnold CD, Matias SL, Khan MSA, Siddiqui Z, Hossain M, Paul RR, Dewey KG. Newborn physical condition and breastfeeding behaviours: Secondary outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial of prenatal lipid-based nutrient supplements in Bangladesh. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 Oct;15(4):e12844. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12844. Epub 2019 Jul 5. PMID: 31106491; PMCID: PMC6859973.

Kac G, Arnold CD, Matias SL, Mridha MK, Dewey KG. Gestational weight gain and newborn anthropometric outcomes in rural Bangladesh. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 Oct;15(4):e12816. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12816. Epub 2019 Apr 24. PMID: 30903801; PMCID: PMC6859981.

Ullah MB, Mridha MK, Arnold CD, Matias SL, Khan MSA, Siddiqui Z, Hossain M, Dewey KG. Provision of Pre- and Postnatal Nutritional Supplements Generally Did Not Increase or Decrease Common Childhood Illnesses in Bangladesh: A Cluster-Randomized Effectiveness Trial. J Nutr. 2019 Jul 1;149(7):1271-1281. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz059. PMID: 31162588.

Matias SL, Mridha MK, Young RT, Khan MSA, Siddiqui Z, Ullah MB, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. Erratum: Prenatal and Postnatal Supplementation with Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Reduces Anemia and Iron Deficiency in 18-Month-Old Bangladeshi Children: A Cluster-Randomized Effectiveness Trial. J Nutr. 2019 Jul 1;149(7):1294. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy221. Erratum for: J Nutr. 2018 Jul 1;148(7):1167-1176. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy078. PMID: 31263879.

Matias SL, Mridha MK, Young RT, Hussain S, Dewey KG. Daily Maternal Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplementation with 20 mg Iron, Compared with Iron and Folic Acid with 60 mg Iron, Resulted in Lower Iron Status in Late Pregnancy but Not at 6 Months Postpartum in Either the Mothers or Their Infants in Bangladesh. J Nutr. 2018 Oct 1;148(10):1615-1624. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy161. PMID: 30204885.

Matias SL, Mridha MK, Young RT, Khan MSA, Siddiqui Z, Ullah MB, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. Prenatal and Postnatal Supplementation with Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Reduces Anemia and Iron Deficiency in 18-Month-Old Bangladeshi Children: A Cluster-Randomized Effectiveness Trial. J Nutr. 2018 Jul 1;148(7):1167-1176. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy078. Erratum in: J Nutr. 2019 Jul 1;149(7):1294. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy221. Erratum in: J Nutr. 2019 Jul 1;149(7):1294. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz073. PMID: 29901736.

Mridha MK, Matias SL, Arnold CD, Dewey KG. Factors associated with nutritional status and dietary practices of Bangladeshi adolescents in early pregnancy. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2018 Feb 18. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13568. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 29457224.

Adams KP, Ayifah E, Phiri TE, Mridha MK, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arimond M, Arnold CD, Cummins J, Hussain S, Kumwenda C, Matias SL, Ashorn U, Lartey A, Maleta KM, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. Maternal and Child Supplementation with Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements, but Not Child Supplementation Alone, Decreases Self-Reported Household Food Insecurity in Some Settings. J Nutr. 2017 Dec;147(12):2309-2318. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.257386. Epub 2017 Oct 4. PMID: 28978680; PMCID: PMC5697970.

Matias SL, Vargas-Vásquez A, Bado Pérez R, Alcázar Valdivia L, Aquino Vivanco O, Rodriguez Martín A, Novalbos Ruiz JP. Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements v. micronutrient powders on nutritional and developmental outcomes among Peruvian infants. Public Health Nutr. 2017 Nov;20(16):2998-3007. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017001811. Epub 2017 Aug 9. PMID: 28789712; PMCID: PMC10261465.

Mridha MK, Matias SL, Paul RR, Hussain S, Sarker M, Hossain M, Peerson JM, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. Prenatal Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Do Not Affect Pregnancy or Childbirth Complications or Cesarean Delivery in Bangladesh: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial. J Nutr. 2017 Sep;147(9):1776-1784. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.248880. Epub 2017 Jul 19. PMID: 28724657.

Harding KL, Matias SL, Mridha MK, Vosti SA, Hussain S, Dewey KG, Stewart CP. Eating down or simply eating less? The diet and health implications of these practices during pregnancy and postpartum in rural Bangladesh. Public Health Nutr. 2017 Aug;20(11):1928-1940. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017000672. Epub 2017 Jun 20. PMID: 28629489; PMCID: PMC10261490.

Mridha MK, Matias SL, Paul RR, Hussain S, Khan MSA, Siddiqui Z, Ullah B, Sarker M, Hossain M, Young RT, Arnold CD, Dewey KG. Daily Consumption of Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Containing 250 μg Iodine Does Not Increase Urinary Iodine Concentrations in Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Bangladesh. J Nutr. 2017 Aug;147(8):1586-1592. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.248963. Epub 2017 Jun 14. PMID: 28615379.

Matias SL, Mridha MK, Tofail F, Arnold CD, Khan MS, Siddiqui Z, Ullah MB, Dewey KG. Home fortification during the first 1000 d improves child development in Bangladesh: a cluster-randomized effectiveness trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Apr;105(4):958-969. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.150318. Epub 2017 Mar 8. PMID: 28275128.

Dewey KG, Mridha MK, Matias SL, Arnold CD, Cummins JR, Khan MS, Maalouf-Manasseh Z, Siddiqui Z, Ullah MB, Vosti SA. Lipid-based nutrient supplementation in the first 1000 d improves child growth in Bangladesh: a cluster-randomized effectiveness trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Apr;105(4):944-957. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.147942. Epub 2017 Mar 8. PMID: 28275125.

Harding KL, Matias SL, Mridha MK, Moniruzzaman M, Vosti SA, Hussain S, Dewey KG, Stewart CP. Adherence to recommendations on lipid-based nutrient supplement and iron and folic acid tablet consumption among pregnant and lactating women participating in a community health programme in northwest Bangladesh. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Jan;13(1):e12252. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12252. Epub 2016 Feb 22. PMID: 26898720; PMCID: PMC6587963.

Mridha MK, Matias SL, Chaparro CM, Paul RR, Hussain S, Vosti SA, Harding KL, Cummins JR, Day LT, Saha SL, Peerson JM, Dewey KG. Lipid-based nutrient supplements for pregnant women reduce newborn stunting in a cluster-randomized controlled effectiveness trial in Bangladesh. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Jan;103(1):236-49. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.111336. Epub 2015 Nov 25. PMID: 26607935; PMCID: PMC6443293.

Matias SL, Mridha MK, Paul RR, Hussain S, Vosti SA, Arnold CD, Dewey KG. Prenatal Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Affect Maternal Anthropometric Indicators Only in Certain Subgroups of Rural Bangladeshi Women. J Nutr. 2016 Sep;146(9):1775-82. doi: 10.3945/jn.116.232181. Epub 2016 Jul 20. PMID: 27440259.

Matias SL, Dewey KG, Quesenberry CP Jr, Gunderson EP. Maternal prepregnancy obesity and insulin treatment during pregnancy are independently associated with delayed lactogenesis in women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Jan;99(1):115-21. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.073049. Epub 2013 Nov 6. PMID: 24196401; PMCID: PMC3862450.

Matias SL, Stoecklin-Marois MT, Tancredi DJ, Schenker MB. Adherence to dietary recommendations is associated with acculturation among Latino farm workers. J Nutr. 2013 Sep;143(9):1451-8. doi: 10.3945/jn.113.177667. Epub 2013 Jul 17. PMID: 23864507; PMCID: PMC3743275.

Matias SL, Nommsen-Rivers LA, Dewey KG. Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in a cohort of primiparous periurban peruvian mothers. J Hum Lact. 2012 Feb;28(1):45-54. doi: 10.1177/0890334411422703. Epub 2011 Nov 4. PMID: 22058120.

Gunderson EP, Matias SL, Hurston SR, Dewey KG, Ferrara A, Quesenberry CP Jr, Lo JC, Sternfeld B, Selby JV. Study of Women, Infant Feeding, and Type 2 diabetes mellitus after GDM pregnancy (SWIFT), a prospective cohort study: methodology and design. BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 23;11:952. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-952. PMID: 22196129; PMCID: PMC3295844.

Matias SL, Nommsen-Rivers LA, Creed-Kanashiro H, Dewey KG. Risk factors for early lactation problems among Peruvian primiparous mothers. Matern Child Nutr. 2010 Apr;6(2):120-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00195.x. PMID: 20624209; PMCID: PMC6860694.