Sentences with phrase «levels than mothers»

Although fathers» supportiveness is generally at lower levels than mothers», relations with both parents appear equally important for ten year - olds» school adjustment, relations with peers and overall wellbeing.

The study also found that mothers who were breastfeeding were more responsive on a brain level than mothers who were formula feeding; that's not to say that they were «better» mothers, but only that there were slight hormonal differences, perhaps necessary for milk production and regulation.

Not exact matches

They found that fathers in dual - earner couples feel «significantly greater work - life conflict than mothers, and this level of conflict has risen steadily and relatively rapidly.»

I think the focus of the debate should focus on why we don't have better maternity leave policies for women of all income levels, rather than Rosin's focus on who's the better mother / smarter / making more money, etc..

In a study by Oo, Kuhn, and Desai, in Br J Clin Pharmacol, looking at the maternal levels of alprazolam in mothers» breast milk after a daily dose of 0.5 mg of the drug, they found that the half - life of alprazolam in the milk is long: 14.5 hours, more than half a day.

looking at the maternal levels of alprazolam in mothers» breast milk after a daily dose of 0.5 mg of the drug, they found that the half - life of alprazolam in the milk is long: 14.5 hours, more than half a day.

If the baby is premature, or stressed from a difficult birth, or the infant of a diabetic mother, or more than the usual number of red blood cells are breaking down (as can happen in blood incompatibility), the level of bilirubin in the blood may rise higher than usual levels.

Breastfeeding moms in the U.S. had much lower levels of carotenoids in their milk — meaning, of course, that they were passing less on to their young than mothers in Mexico and China.

Caffeine is given directly to premature babies (as a treatment for breathing problems) in much higher levels than than those generally found in the breastmilk of mothers who consume caffeine.

Some mothers make milk that has higher - than - average levels of the enzyme lipase, which over time breaks down fat in expressed milk (Mohrbacher, 2010).

But when they studied expecting mothers with cortisol levels consistently higher than normal early in the pregnancy and their newborns, Davis and her colleagues made a startling discovery: The infants displayed a much higher sensitivity to stress than other babies.

Previous studies have shown that mothers who breastfeed have more favorable cardiometabolic profiles than mothers who don't, including lower cholesterol levels, increased weight loss, and decreased blood pressure.

Studies have shown that even calm infants in daycare have higher levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, than babies who stay with their mothers.

«The planned category of out - of - hospital births is seen to be a generally low - risk group for neonatal mortality, with very few low - birth - weight births and fewer teenage, low - educational levels and unwed mothers than found statewide, «the researchers said.

«Also, the fact that fewer mothers work full - time outside the home means that there are higher levels of supervision within the family, and there is more of a stigma attached to teenage motherhood in the Netherlands than there is in the UK.

In one study, breastfeeding mothers who ate more than 4.5 grams of trans fat a day doubled the chance that their infants would have high levels of body fat.

As well, epidural drugs can cause directly toxic effects to the fetus and newborn, whose drug levels may be even higher than the mother's drug levels.71

The proportion of mothers to receive a postpartum visit varied significantly by education level, ranging from 78.6 percent of mothers with less than 12 years of education to 95.1 percent of mothers with 16 or more years of education.

Regardless of the level of support — engaged (coach), less than fully engaged (teammate), or disengaged (witness), both mothers and their partners tend to be perfectly happy as long as there is discussion, understanding and agreement about the expectations ahead of time.

Soluble CD14 levels were found to be lower in colostrum of mothers with infants developing atopic symptoms and IgE sensitization than in that of mothers of infants with no atopy at 4 years of age.

One theory is that mothers who have continuous support produce lower levels of stress hormones during labor than women left alone or attended by inexperienced coaches.

When it comes to the impact of a father's love versus that of a mother, results from more than 500 studies suggest that while children and adults often experience more or less the same level of acceptance or rejection from each parent, the influence of one parent's rejection — oftentimes the father's — can be much greater than the other's.

Perhaps as a result, survey data show that fathers today report greater levels of work - life tension, along with anguish about not being home enough, than mothers do.

To sum it up, HG is severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, beyond the normal morning sickness levels, that usually results in a more than 10 % weight loss for the mother, poor nutrition, dehydration, and other complications.

Children born to single mothers show higher levels of aggressive behavior than children born to married mothers.

Mothers will be excluded from the study if they are less than 19 years of age; have a history of institutionalization fro psychiatric reasons; didn't complete secondary level schooling; has a current psychiatric diagnosis, and / or is on psychotropic medication; has no partner (married or de facto) and have significant hearing and or visual problems and or are not fluent in English.

Scientists have found that a mother's level of breastfeeding self - efficacy is a stronger predictor of whether she meets her goals than whether she gives her baby formula.

These included fathers» age in years, race and ethnicity, household poverty level (as a percentage of the federal poverty level), educational level (less than high school, high school or equivalent, some college or more), employment status (reporting regular work in the last week), and marital status with the child's mother.

Mothers who breastfeed have been found to report lower levels of perceived stress and negative mood, higher levels of maternal attachment, and tend to perceive their infants more positively than mothers who formula - feed.9, 19 - 21 There is evidence to suggest that breastfeeding mothers may also spend more time in emotional care and be more sensitive to infant emotional distress cues than bottle - feeding mothers.22, 23 Relatedly, a small fMRI study of 17 mothers in the first postpartum month, found that breastfeeding mothers showed greater activation in brain areas involved in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and amMothers who breastfeed have been found to report lower levels of perceived stress and negative mood, higher levels of maternal attachment, and tend to perceive their infants more positively than mothers who formula - feed.9, 19 - 21 There is evidence to suggest that breastfeeding mothers may also spend more time in emotional care and be more sensitive to infant emotional distress cues than bottle - feeding mothers.22, 23 Relatedly, a small fMRI study of 17 mothers in the first postpartum month, found that breastfeeding mothers showed greater activation in brain areas involved in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and ammothers who formula - feed.9, 19 - 21 There is evidence to suggest that breastfeeding mothers may also spend more time in emotional care and be more sensitive to infant emotional distress cues than bottle - feeding mothers.22, 23 Relatedly, a small fMRI study of 17 mothers in the first postpartum month, found that breastfeeding mothers showed greater activation in brain areas involved in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and ammothers may also spend more time in emotional care and be more sensitive to infant emotional distress cues than bottle - feeding mothers.22, 23 Relatedly, a small fMRI study of 17 mothers in the first postpartum month, found that breastfeeding mothers showed greater activation in brain areas involved in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and ammothers.22, 23 Relatedly, a small fMRI study of 17 mothers in the first postpartum month, found that breastfeeding mothers showed greater activation in brain areas involved in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and ammothers in the first postpartum month, found that breastfeeding mothers showed greater activation in brain areas involved in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and ammothers showed greater activation in brain areas involved in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and ammothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and amygdala.

The mother's level of education was dichotomised as «high» or «low»: more than 12 years of education was defined as a high level of education, whereas 12 years or less was defined as low.

The mothers of included children were on average 1.3 cm taller than those not included, whereas there were no differences in prepregnancy weight, age, level of education, and number of cigarettes smoked at conception (data not shown).

Breast feeding for less than one month increased the incidence of respiratory syncytial virus infections, 10 as did male gender, room sharing, and mothers with lower level of education, but non-wheezing lower respiratory infections were not related to breast feeding patterns at any time in the first year in the same study.26

In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.

Research has found that maternal - infant behaviour in bed is different amongst breastfeeding mothers than formula - fed infants [26] with certain behaviours, like facing the infant and having the infant lie at chest level, being much more prominent in breastfeeding dyads.

Breast milk (but the levels can vary based on the mother's diet), formula, supplements, eggs from DHA - fed chickens, wild salmon, and tuna (canned chunk light tuna has as much as three times less mercury than albacore tuna).

The researchers found high levels of Zika virus in the placentas — 1000 times more than in the mother's blood — supporting the hypothesis that the virus harms the placenta, which, in turn, cuts the blood supply to the fetus, Diamond says.

The risk of MS as an adult was 90 percent higher in children of mothers who were vitamin - D deficient (25 (OH) D levels less than 12.02 ng / mL) compared with the children of mothers who were not vitamin D deficient, according to the results.

However, they found the opposite — these pups had less severe retinopathy and more normal retinal vascular development than pups born to control mother rats and placed into varying oxygen levels.

«Preemies» dads more stressed than moms after NICU: During transition home from hospital, fathers» stress levels rose while mothers» stayed constant.»

Since sunlight is our most important source of vitamin D, mothers» levels of vitamin D tend to drop from summer to winter, and babies born in the winter months tend to have lower bone density than those born during the summer.

Mothers are in most cases the main caretaker of the offspring, showing higher levels of depressive disorders and stress in parenting their children than fathers.

Girls born to mothers with high levels of BPA in their system during the first trimester of pregnancy weigh less at birth than babies with lower exposure, according to a new study.

In a study recently published online in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, the researchers found that mothers of teenagers with ASD or ID reported higher levels of stress and other negative psychological symptoms — think depression or anxiety — than mothers of teenagers with typical development, or TD.

Women exposed to high levels of fine particulate matter specifically during pregnancy — particularly during the third trimester — may face up to twice the risk of having a child with autism than mothers living in areas with low particulate matter, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).

The daughters had greater odds of consuming high and moderate levels of alcohol than their mothers.

The researchers found that babies born to mothers with B12 deficiency had higher than normal leptin levels.

Female offspring, whose mothers had diabetes, were more often affected by MetS, higher glucose levels, and body fat content, rather than female offspring of fathers with diabetes, or no parent diseased at all.

Babies who receive above - average levels of affection and attention from their mothers are less likely than other babies to grow up to be emotionally distressed, anxious, or hostile adults, a new study suggests.

Although the researchers controlled for demographic factors such as poverty, education level, and age of childbirth, it's possible that single mothers are more likely than married moms to engage in unhealthy behaviors such as smoking and excessive drinking that could lead to poorer long - term health, Strobino says.

According to the study, which followed nearly 500 infants into their 30s, babies who receive above - average levels of affection and attention from their mothers are less likely than other babies to grow up to be emotionally distressed, anxious, or hostile adults.