2026 Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	84	14828	13956	7494	6936	184	45544

Overview

Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Nursing, with a strong focus on Nutrition and Dietetics, Epidemiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, General Health Professions, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including:

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
Child Nutrition and Water Access
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
Infant Nutrition and Health
Child and Adolescent Health
Infant Development and Preterm Care
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn has contributed to multiple high-impact publications. Some recent papers include:

"Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world," 2023, The Lancet
"The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting corporate power, overcoming structural barriers, and accelerating progress," 2023, The Lancet
"Complementary feeding of infants and young children 6 to 23 months of age," 2021, Nutrition Reviews
"Developing global guidance on human milk banking," 2021, Bulletin of the World Health Organization
"Human milk banks: a need for further evidence and guidance," 2021, The Lancet Global Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn include:

Chessa Lutter
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
Sonia Hernández-Cordero
Nikola Biller-Andorno
Phillip Baker

The research has been published predominantly in venues such as:

Journal of Human Lactation
Maternal and Child Nutrition
The Lancet
Nutrition Reviews
Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Best Publications

2000 CDC Growth Charts for the United States: methods and development.

Robert J Kuczmarski;Cynthia L Ogden;Shumei S Guo;Laurence M Grummer-Strawn

9646
Citations
CDC growth charts; United States

Robert J. Kuczmarski;Cynthia L. Ogden;Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn;Katherine M. Flegal

7256
Citations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 Growth Charts for the United States: Improvements to the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics Version

Cynthia L. Ogden;Robert J. Kuczmarski;Katherine M. Flegal;Zuguo Mei

2817
Citations
Validity of body mass index compared with other body-composition screening indexes for the assessment of body fatness in children and adolescents

Zuguo Mei;Laurence M Grummer-Strawn;Angelo Pietrobelli;Ailsa Goulding

1305
Citations
Dynamics of the double burden of malnutrition and the changing nutrition reality.

Barry M Popkin;Camila Corvalan;Laurence M Grummer-Strawn

1129
Citations
The who Multicentre Growth Reference Study: Planning, Study Design, and Methodology:

Mercedes de Onis;Cutberto Garza;Cesar G. Victora;Adelheid W. Onyango

865
Citations
Food Insecurity Is Associated with Increased Risk of Obesity in California Women

Elizabeth J. Adams;Laurence Grummer-Strawn;Gilberto Chavez;Gilberto Chavez

667
Citations
Reasons for Earlier Than Desired Cessation of Breastfeeding

Erika C. Odom;Ruowei Li;Kelley S. Scanlon;Cria G. Perrine

620
Citations
Why Mothers Stop Breastfeeding: Mothers' Self-reported Reasons for Stopping During the First Year

Ruowei Li;Sara B. Fein;Jian Chen;Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn

618
Citations
Does Breastfeeding Protect Against Pediatric Overweight? Analysis of Longitudinal Data From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System

Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn;Zuguo Mei

593
Citations
Accuracy of adolescent self-report of height and weight in assessing overweight status: a literature review.

Bettylou Sherry;Maria Elena Jefferds;Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn

542
Citations
Breastfeeding Rates in the United States by Characteristics of the Child, Mother, or Family: The 2002 National Immunization Survey

Ruowei Li;Natalie Darling;Emmanuel Maurice;Lawrence Barker

520
Citations
Obesity in women from developing countries.

R Martorell;L Kettel Khan;ML Hughes;LM Grummer-Strawn

512
Citations
Infant Feeding Practices Study II: study methods.

Sara B. Fein;Judith Labiner-Wolfe;Katherine R. Shealy;Rouwei Li

499
Citations
Relation of body mass index and waist-to-height ratio to cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study

David S Freedman;Henry S Kahn;Zuguo Mei;Laurence M Grummer-Strawn

464
Citations
Infant Feeding and Feeding Transitions During the First Year of Life

Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn;Kelley S. Scanlon;Sara B. Fein

462
Citations
Construction of the World Health Organization child growth standards: selection of methods for attained growth curves.

E. Borghi;M. de Onis;C. Garza;J. Van den Broeck

456
Citations
Effect of maternity-care practices on breastfeeding.

Ann M. DiGirolamo;Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn;Sara B. Fein

442
Citations
Obesity in Latin American Women and Children

Reynaldo Martorell;Laura Kettel Khan;Morgen L. Hughes;Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn

408
Citations
Overweight Among Low-Income Preschool Children Associated With the Consumption of Sweet Drinks: Missouri, 1999–2002

Jean A Welsh;Mary E Cogswell;Sharmini Rogers;Helaine R H Rockett

405
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Reynaldo Martorell Emory University

William H. Dietz George Washington University

Cynthia L. Ogden Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Katherine M. Flegal Stanford University

Elsie M. Taveras Harvard University

John L. Beard Pennsylvania State University

Muin J. Khoury Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Michael D. Kogan United States Department of Health and Human Services

Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington

Gopal K. Singh United States Department of Health and Human Services

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