Literature

Elango, R., & Ball, R. O. (2016). Protein and Amino Acid Requirements during Pregnancy. Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 7(4), 839S–44S. https://doi.org/10.3945/an.115.011817
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Jevitt, C.M. Management of Labor and Delivery to Reduce Risk for Cesarean Birth in Women with Obesity. Curr Obstet Gynecol Rep 12, 103–116 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13669-023-00361-y
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Jevitt, C. M., & Ketchum, K. (2024). Pairing Evidence-Based Strategies With Motivational Interviewing to Support Optimal Nutrition and Weight Gain in Pregnancy. The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing, 38(1), 25–36. https://doi.org/10.1097/JPN.0000000000000792
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Ketchum, K., & Jevitt, C. M. (2023). Evidence-Based Eating Patterns and Behavior Changes to Limit Excessive Gestational Weight Gain: A Scoping Review. International journal of environmental research and public health, 21(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21010015
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Kinshella, M. L. W., Moore, S., & Elango, R. (2025). Current evidence around key underrepresented women's health topics in pregnancy and postpartum nutrition: a narrative review. Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme, 50, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2024-0127
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Kinshella, M. W., Moore, S. E., & Elango, R. (2020). Beyond Reproduction: The "First 1,000 Days" Approach to Nutrition through a Gendered Rights-Based Lens. Health and human rights, 22(2), 113–123.
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Kinshella, M. W., Omar, S., Scherbinsky, K., Vidler, M., Magee, L. A., von Dadelszen, P., Moore, S. E., Elango, R., & PRECISE Conceptual Framework Working Group (2022). Maternal nutritional risk factors for pre-eclampsia incidence: findings from a narrative scoping review. Reproductive health, 19(1), 188. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-022-01485-9
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Scherbinsky, K., Rasmussen, B. F., Li, B., Kong, D., Ball, R. O., Pencharz, P. B., Courtney-Martin, G., & Elango, R. (2024). Total sulfur amino acid requirements are higher during late gestation compared with early gestation in healthy Canadian pregnancies in a repeated-measures trial. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 120(4), 973–983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.07.034
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