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Nancy F. Krebs is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a substantial number of publications in subfields such as pediatrics, perinatology and child health, nutrition and dietetics, obstetrics and gynecology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics within their fields of study, including:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Studies
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders

Some of their recent publications include:

  • The importance of nutrition in pregnancy and lactation: lifelong consequences (2021, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
  • Low-dose aspirin for the prevention of preterm delivery in nulliparous women with a singleton pregnancy (ASPIRIN): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (2020, The Lancet)
  • Rates and risk factors for preterm birth and low birthweight in the global network sites in six low- and low middle-income countries (2020, Reproductive Health)
  • Maternal mortality in six low and lower-middle income countries from 2010 to 2018: risk factors and trends (2020, Reproductive Health)
  • Why are the Pakistani maternal, fetal and newborn outcomes so poor compared to other low and middle-income countries? (2020, Reproductive Health)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Reproductive Health
  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research output. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Sarah Saleem
  • Robert L. Goldenberg
  • Elizabeth M. McClure
  • Shivaprasad S. Goudar
  • Richard J. Derman

Best Publications

  • Prevention of pediatric overweight and obesity.

    Nancy F Krebs;Marc S Jacobson

  • Assessment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity

    Nancy F. Krebs;John H. Himes;Dawn Jacobson;Theresa A. Nicklas

  • Bariatric Surgery for Severely Overweight Adolescents: Concerns and Recommendations

    Thomas H. Inge;Nancy F. Krebs;Victor F. Garcia;Joseph A. Skelton

  • Use of World Health Organization and CDC growth charts for children aged 0-59 months in the United States.

    Laurence M Grummer-Strawn;Chris Reinold;Nancy F Krebs

  • Added Sugars and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Miriam B. Vos;Jill L. Kaar;Jean A. Welsh;Linda V. van Horn

  • Zinc Deficiency: A Special Challenge

    K. Michael Hambidge;Nancy F. Krebs

  • Optimizing bone health and calcium intakes of infants, children, and adolescents.

    Frank R Greer;Nancy F Krebs

  • Overview of Zinc Absorption and Excretion in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract

    Nancy F. Krebs

  • Newborn-care training and perinatal mortality in developing countries.

    Waldemar A. Carlo;Waldemar A. Carlo;Shivaprasad S. Goudar;Imtiaz Jehan;Elwyn Chomba;Elwyn Chomba

  • Growth of Breast-Fed Infants Deviates From Current Reference Data: A Pooled Analysis of US, Canadian, and European Data Sets

    Kathryn G. Dewey;Janet M. Peerson;Kenneth H. Brown;Nancy F. Krebs

  • A population-based, multifaceted strategy to implement antenatal corticosteroid treatment versus standard care for the reduction of neonatal mortality due to preterm birth in low-income and middle-income countries: the ACT cluster-randomised trial

    Fernando Althabe;José M Belizán;Elizabeth M McClure;Jennifer Hemingway-Foday

  • Growth of breast-fed infants deviates from current reference data: a pooled analysis of US, Canadian, and European data sets. World Health Organization Working Group on Infant Growth.

    K G Dewey;J M Peerson;K H Brown;N F Krebs

  • The Use and Misuse of Fruit Juice in Pediatrics

    Susan Baker;William Cochran;Frank Greer;Melvin Heyman

  • Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation: A Meta-Analysis.

    Sarah S. Cohen;Dominik D. Alexander;Nancy F. Krebs;Bridget E. Young

  • Zinc bioavailability and homeostasis

    K Michael Hambidge;Leland V Miller;Jamie E Westcott;Xiaoyang Sheng

  • Adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes in adolescent pregnancies: The Global Network’s Maternal Newborn Health Registry study

    Fernando Althabe;Janet L Moore;Luz Gibbons;Mabel Berrueta

  • Linear growth of low income preschool children receiving a zinc supplement.

    P A Walravens;N F Krebs;K M Hambidge

  • Meat as a first complementary food for breastfed infants: feasibility and impact on zinc intake and status.

    Nancy F Krebs;Jamie E Westcott;Nancy Butler;Cordelia Robinson

  • A Mathematical Model of Zinc Absorption in Humans As a Function of Dietary Zinc and Phytate

    Leland V. Miller;Nancy F. Krebs;K. Michael Hambidge

  • Zinc Deficiency: A Special Challenge 1,2

    K. Michael Hambidge;Nancy F. Krebs

Frequent Co-Authors

K. Michael Hambidge
K. Michael Hambidge University of Colorado Denver
Elizabeth M. McClure
Elizabeth M. McClure University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert L. Goldenberg
Robert L. Goldenberg Columbia University
Waldemar A. Carlo
Waldemar A. Carlo University of Alabama at Birmingham
Patricia L. Hibberd
Patricia L. Hibberd Boston University
Linda L. Wright
Linda L. Wright National Institutes of Health
Daniel N. Frank
Daniel N. Frank University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jacob E. Friedman
Jacob E. Friedman University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Abhik Das
Abhik Das RTI International
Rosalind S. Gibson
Rosalind S. Gibson University of Otago

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