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Gloria Ethel Otoo

SENIOR LECTURER

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Senior Lecturer Nutrition, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE
Maternal and infant nutritioncommunity nutritionnutritional epidemiology
Publications

78

Citations

2,221

H-index

20

i10-index

29

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
28.5
Most cited paper
521
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 08:36
Publications

78 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
What’s normal? Oligosaccharide concentrations and profiles in milk produced by healthy women vary geographically
MK McGuire, CL Meehan, MA McGuire, JE Williams, J Foster, DW Sellen, ...
2017 The American journal of clinical nutrition 105 (5), 1086-1100, 2017 Health Sciences 521
What's normal? Microbiomes in human milk and infant feces are related to each other but vary geographically: the INSPIRE study
KA Lackey, JE Williams, CL Meehan, JA Zachek, ED Benda, WJ Price, ...
2019 Frontiers in nutrition 6, 45, 2019 Health Sciences 258
Perceived incentives and barriers to exclusive breastfeeding among periurban Ghanaian women
GE Otoo, AA Lartey, R Pérez-Escamilla
2009 Journal of Human Lactation 25 (1), 34-41, 2009 Health Sciences 220
What’s normal? Immune profiling of human milk from healthy women living in different geographical and socioeconomic settings
L Ruiz, I Espinosa-Martos, C García-Carral, S Manzano, MK McGuire, ...
2017 Frontiers in Immunology 8, 696, 2017 Health Sciences 150
Child feeding knowledge and practices among women participating in growth monitoring and promotion in Accra, Ghana
S Gyampoh, GE Otoo, RNO Aryeetey
2014 BMC pregnancy and childbirth 14 (1), 180, 2014 Health Sciences 131
Role of protein and amino acids in infant and young child nutrition: protein and amino acid needs and relationship with child growth
R Uauy, A Kurpad, K Tano-Debrah, GE Otoo, GA Aaron, Y Toride, ...
2015 Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology 61 (Supplement), S192-S194, 2015 Health Sciences 116
Preferred body size in urban Ghanaian women: implication on the overweight/obesity problem
CA Appiah, GE Otoo, M Steiner-Asiedu
2016 PAMJ Clinical Medicine 23 (239), 2016 Health Sciences 81
Variation in human milk composition is related to differences in milk and infant fecal microbial communities
RM Pace, JE Williams, B Robertson, KA Lackey, CL Meehan, WJ Price, ...
2021 Microorganisms 9 (6), 1153, 2021 Health Sciences 73
Key genetic variants associated with variation of milk oligosaccharides from diverse human populations
JE Williams, MK McGuire, CL Meehan, MA McGuire, SL Brooker, ...
2021 Genomics 113 (4), 1867-1875, 2021 Health Sciences 60
Household composition and the infant fecal microbiome: The INSPIRE study
AA Lane, MK McGuire, MA McGuire, JE Williams, KA Lackey, EH Hagen, ...
2019 American journal of physical anthropology 169 (3), 526-539, 2019 Social Sciences 54
Identification of a hemolysis threshold that increases plasma and serum zinc concentration
DW Killilea, F Rohner, S Ghosh, GE Otoo, L Smith, JH Siekmann, JC King
2017 The Journal of nutrition 147 (6), 1218-1225, 2017 Health Sciences 53
Predictors of overweight/obesity in urban Ghanaian women
CK Appiah
2014 International Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2014 Health Sciences 51
Human milk oligosaccharides are associated with maternal genetics and respiratory health of human milk-fed children
A Ambalavanan, L Chang, J Choi, Y Zhang, SA Stickley, ZY Fang, ...
2024 Nature Communications 15 (1), 7735, 2024 Health Sciences 44
Corrigendum: What's normal? Microbiomes in human milk and infant feces are related to each other but vary geographically: The INSPIRE study
KA Lackey, JE Williams, CL Meehan, JA Zachek, ED Benda, WJ Price, ...
2020 Frontiers in Nutrition 7, 12, 2020 Health Sciences 41
Improving complementary feeding in Ghana: reaching the vulnerable through innovative business—the case of KOKO Plus
S Ghosh, K Tano‐Debrah, GJ Aaron, G Otoo, N Strutt, K Bomfeh, ...
2014 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1331 (1), 76-89, 2014 Social Sciences 40
Pilot testing of the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly toolbox in Ghana
R Aryeetey, A Hromi-Fiedler, S Adu-Afarwuah, E Amoaful, G Ampah, ...
2018 International breastfeeding journal 13 (1), 30, 2018 Health Sciences 33
Effect of nutrition education with an emphasis on consumption of iron‐rich foods on hemoglobin levels of pregnant women in Ghana
G Otoo, Y Adam
2016 The FASEB Journal 30, 410.2-410.2, 2016 Health Sciences 31
Multipathogen analysis of IgA and IgG antigen specificity for selected pathogens in milk produced by women from diverse geographical regions: the INSPIRE study
MK McGuire, AZ Randall, AE Seppo, KM Järvinen, CL Meehan, D Gindola, ...
2021 Frontiers in immunology 11, 614372, 2021 Health Sciences 29
Low consumption of indigenous fresh dairy products in Ghana attributed to poor hygienic quality
APH Kunadu, EF Aboagye, EK Colecraft, GE Otoo, MYB Adjei, E Acquaah, ...
2019 Journal of food protection 82 (2), 276-286, 2019 Health Sciences 26
Oral hygiene practices and caries prevalence among 9-15 years old Ghanaian School children
TA Ndanu, R Aryeetey, J Sackeyfio, G Otoo, A Lartey
2015 J Nutr Health Sci 2 (1), 104, 2015 Health Sciences 23
A mixed-methods study of the drivers of stunting reduction among children under-5 in Ghana, 2003–2017
GE Otoo, MF Gaffey, E Confreda, A Somaskandan, M Islam, F Kyei-Arthur, ...
2025 The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 121, S95-S105, 2025 Health Sciences 15
A macro-and micronutrient-fortified complementary food supplement reduced acute infection, improved haemoglobin and showed a dose–response effect in improving linear growth: a …
SA Ghosh, NR Strutt, GE Otoo, DJ Suri, J Ankrah, T Johnson, P Nsiah, ...
2019 Journal of Nutritional Science 8, e22, 2019 Health Sciences 15
Human milk immune factors, maternal nutritional status, and infant sex: The INSPIRE study
B Caffé, A Blackwell, BD Fehrenkamp, JE Williams, RM Pace, KA Lackey, ...
2023 American journal of human biology 35 (11), e23943, 2023 Health Sciences 14
Comparison of two approaches for the metataxonomic analysis of the human milk microbiome
L Ruiz, C Alba, C Garcia-Carral, EA Jimenez, KA Lackey, MK McGuire, ...
2021 Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 11, 622550, 2021 Health Sciences 14
Assessment of clinic-based growth monitoring and promotion in the Accra metropolitan area of Ghana
S Gyampoh, GE Otoo, R Aryeetey
2012 Health Sciences 13