Child malnutrition is an important cause of under‐5 mortality and morbidity around the
globe. Despite the partial success of (inter) national efforts to reduce child mortality, under‐5 …

The Trivers–Willard hypothesis has commonly been considered to predict two things. First,
that a mother in good condition should bias the sex ratio of her offspring towards males (if …

Objetivo: Investigar os principais fatores que levam ao desmame precoce em crianças
menores de 6 meses de idade. Métodos: Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática, com …

Parents face trade-offs between investing in child health and other fitness enhancing
activities. In humans, parental investment theory has mostly been examined through the …

Across populations, human morbidity and mortality risks generally follow clear gradients,
with socially‐disadvantaged individuals and groups tending to have higher morbidity and …

In this paper, we examined both stated norms of sex preference and actual sex-biases in
parental investment in a Tibetan pastoralist society. We collected detailed demographic data …

Introduction Multiple studies have reported that milk immune content increases for infants
experiencing infectious disease (ID) episodes, suggesting that the immune system of milk …

Objectives The immune system of milk (ISOM) creates a mother–infant immune axis that
plays an important role in protecting infants against infectious disease (ID). Tradeoffs in the …

Refugees often parent under extreme circumstances. Parenting practices have implications
for child outcomes, and parenting in the context of refugee resettlement is likely to be …

ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: Breastfeeding is an important form of parental
investment with clear health benefits. Despite this, rates remain low in the UK; …