Dr. Christina Stewart is a Corinne L. Rustici Endowed Chair in Applied Human Nutrition, Professor of Nutrition Associate Nutritionist in the Agricultural Experiment Station and Director of the Institute for Global Nutrition. Her research focuses on the design and evaluation of nutrition and health interventions for women and young children in low-income communities.

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Positions at UC Davis

• Corinne L. Rustici Endowed Chair in Applied Human Nutrition
• Professor of Nutrition Associate Nutritionist in the Agricultural Experiment Station
• Director, Institute for Global Nutrition

Areas of Expertise

• evaluation of food
• micronutrient interventions

Major Research Paper

Dewey KG, Arnold CD, Wessells KR, Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ali H, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Ashraf S, Becquey E, Brown KH, Christian P, Colford JM Jr, Dulience SJ, Fernald LC, Galasso E, Hallamaa L, Hess SY, Humphrey JH, Huybregts L, Iannotti LL, Jannat K, Lartey A, Le Port A, Leroy JL, Luby SP, Maleta K, Matias SL, Mbuya MN, Mridha MK, Nkhoma M, Null C, Paul RR, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pickering AJ, Prendergast AJ, Ruel M, Shaikh S, Weber AM, Wolff P, Zongrone A, Stewart CP. Preventive small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements reduce severe wasting and severe stunting among young children: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Nov;116(5):1314-1333. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac232. Epub 2023 Feb 10. PubMed PMID: 36045000.

Oaks BM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ashorn P, Lartey A, Laugero KD, Okronipa H, Stewart CP, Dewey KG. Increased risk of preterm delivery with high cortisol during pregnancy is modified by fetal sex: a cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Sep 23;22(1):727. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-05061-8. PubMed PMID: 36151538; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9502964.

Werner ER, Arnold CD, Caswell BL, Iannotti LL, Lutter CK, Maleta KM, Stewart CP. The Effects of 1 Egg per Day on Iron and Anemia Status among Young Malawian Children: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Curr Dev Nutr. 2022 Jun;6(6):nzac094. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzac094. eCollection 2022 Jun. PubMed PMID: 35755939; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9213210.

Bragg MG, Prado EL, Stewart CP. Choline and docosahexaenoic acid during the first 1000 days and children's health and development in low- and middle-income countries. Nutr Rev. 2022 Mar 10;80(4):656-676. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuab050. Review. PubMed PMID: 34338760; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8907485.

Evers EC, Waters WF, Gallegos-Riofrío CA, Lutter CK, Stewart CP, Iannotti LL. A sex- and gender-based analysis of factors associated with linear growth in infants in Ecuadorian Andes. Sci Rep. 2022 Feb 28;12(1):3292. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06806-3. PubMed PMID: 35228574; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8885924