Jonathan C. K. Wells

Body composition, geography and ethnicity: understanding the associations with health

Abstract Human body composition varies substantially across populations, for a range of different reasons that remain poorly understood. Similar to body size and limb proportions, both fat-free and fat mass are geographically patterned, which may relate both to ancestry but also...

Early Hospital Practices Were Associated With Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Late Preterm and Early Term Infants

AIM: To assess how maternal/infant characteristics and early hospital practices influenced exclusive breastfeeding at 2-3 weeks postpartum among mothers intending to breastfeed their late preterm and early term infants. METHODS: This secondary analysis used data from a randomised...