Bridget E. Young

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Bridget E. Young is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Bridget E. Young has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 26 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Bridget E. Young's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (27 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (26 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (11 papers). Bridget E. Young is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (27 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (26 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (11 papers). Bridget E. Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Poland. Bridget E. Young's co-authors include Nancy F. Krebs, Teri L. Hernandez, Jacob E. Friedman, Linda A. Barbour, Susan L. Johnson, Dominick J. Lemas, Daniel N. Frank, Elizabeth Cooper, Kimberly O’Brien and Carla P. Bezold and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Bridget E. Young

46 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation: A Meta-Analysis
    2018 275 citations Nancy F. Krebs, Bridget E. Young et al. The Journal of Pediatrics profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bridget E. Young United States 19 755 623 434 323 316 47 1.6k
Louise M. Goff United Kingdom 22 391 0.5× 309 0.5× 271 0.6× 649 2.0× 486 1.5× 93 2.2k
Anni Larnkjær Denmark 25 307 0.4× 546 0.9× 390 0.9× 435 1.3× 64 0.2× 68 1.5k
Sarah N. Taylor United States 22 705 0.9× 909 1.5× 414 1.0× 328 1.0× 138 0.4× 99 1.8k
Fabíola Isabel Suano de Souza Brazil 22 278 0.4× 277 0.4× 163 0.4× 310 1.0× 93 0.3× 106 1.2k
Matthew J. Hyde United Kingdom 22 792 1.0× 734 1.2× 1.3k 2.9× 573 1.8× 833 2.6× 33 2.4k
Jean‐Paul Langhendries Belgium 15 547 0.7× 575 0.9× 711 1.6× 719 2.2× 82 0.3× 27 1.8k
Valerie J. Flaherman United States 23 824 1.1× 419 0.7× 601 1.4× 328 1.0× 305 1.0× 81 1.7k
Leena Salmenperä Finland 23 517 0.7× 958 1.5× 375 0.9× 350 1.1× 74 0.2× 44 1.8k
Rebecca Vinding Denmark 13 221 0.3× 301 0.5× 218 0.5× 180 0.6× 83 0.3× 29 1.4k
Sandra Hummel Germany 23 407 0.5× 215 0.3× 360 0.8× 292 0.9× 580 1.8× 69 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bridget E. Young

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All Works

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Rosen‐Carole, Casey, et al.. (2025). Development of a Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Division Over a Seven-Year Period: An Homage to Dr Ruth A. Lawrence. Breastfeeding Medicine. 20(3). 175–186. 1 indexed citations
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Rosen‐Carole, Casey, Hongyue Wang, Ravi Misra, et al.. (2024). Association between maternal stress and premature milk cortisol, milk IgA, and infant health: a cohort study. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1270523–1270523. 6 indexed citations
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Yin, Jiamin, et al.. (2024). Human milk derived fortifiers are associated with glucose, phosphorus, and calcium derangements. Journal of Perinatology. 44(9). 1320–1324. 1 indexed citations
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Lemas, Dominick J., Bethany Dado-Senn, Ke Xu, et al.. (2023). Untargeted Metabolomic Analysis of Lactation-Stage-Matched Human and Bovine Milk Samples at 2 Weeks Postnatal. Nutrients. 15(17). 3768–3768. 5 indexed citations
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Strzalkowski, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Iron and DHA in Infant Formula Purchased in the US Fails to Meet European Nutrition Requirements. Nutrients. 15(8). 1812–1812. 1 indexed citations
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Palacios, Ana M., Michelle I. Cardel, Erik Parker, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of lactation cookies on human milk production rates: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 117(5). 1035–1042. 5 indexed citations
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Frank, Daniel N., Bridget E. Young, Charles E. Robertson, et al.. (2023). The Gut Microbiota Differ in Exclusively Breastfed and Formula-Fed United States Infants and are Associated with Growth Status. Journal of Nutrition. 153(9). 2612–2621. 21 indexed citations
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Smilowitz, Jennifer T., Lindsay H. Allen, David C. Dallas, et al.. (2023). Ecologies, synergies, and biological systems shaping human milk composition—a report from “Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN)” Working Group 2. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 117. S28–S42. 27 indexed citations
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Young, Bridget E., Jamie Westcott, Lindsay H. Allen, et al.. (2021). B-Vitamins and Choline in Human Milk Are Not Impacted by a Preconception Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement, but Differ Among Three Low-to-Middle Income Settings—Findings From the Women First Trial. Frontiers in Nutrition. 8. 750680–750680. 7 indexed citations
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Soderborg, Taylor K., Sarah E. Clark, Rachel C. Janssen, et al.. (2019). Author Correction: The gut microbiota in infants of obese mothers increases inflammation and susceptibility to NAFLD. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2965–2965. 4 indexed citations
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Young, Bridget E., Zachary W. Patinkin, Laura Pyle, et al.. (2017). Markers of Oxidative Stress in Human Milk do not Differ by Maternal BMI But are Related to Infant Growth Trajectories. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 21(6). 1367–1376. 36 indexed citations
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Young, Bridget E., Zachary W. Patinkin, Claire Palmer, et al.. (2017). Human milk insulin is related to maternal plasma insulin and BMI: but other components of human milk do not differ by BMI. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 71(9). 1094–1100. 61 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Michael C., Bridget E. Young, Dominick J. Lemas, et al.. (2016). Early infant adipose deposition is positively associated with the n-6 to n-3 fatty acid ratio in human milk independent of maternal BMI. International Journal of Obesity. 41(4). 510–517. 79 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Michael C., Bridget E. Young, Kristina Harris Jackson, et al.. (2016). Human Milk Fatty Acid Composition: Comparison of Novel Dried Milk Spot Versus Standard Liquid Extraction Methods. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 21(3-4). 131–138. 11 indexed citations
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Lemas, Dominick J., Bridget E. Young, Peter R. Baker, et al.. (2016). Alterations in human milk leptin and insulin are associated with early changes in the infant intestinal microbiome. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 103(5). 1291–1300. 122 indexed citations
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Young, Bridget E. & Nancy F. Krebs. (2013). Complementary Feeding: Critical Considerations to Optimize Growth, Nutrition, and Feeding Behavior. Current Pediatrics Reports. 1(4). 247–256. 30 indexed citations
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Young, Bridget E., Susan L. Johnson, & Nancy F. Krebs. (2012). Biological Determinants Linking Infant Weight Gain and Child Obesity: Current Knowledge and Future Directions. Advances in Nutrition. 3(5). 675–686. 117 indexed citations

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