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Fast Growth of Infants of Overweight Mothers: Can It Be Slowed Down

Author(s) -

Ferdinand Haschke,

Ekhard E. Ziegler,

Dominik Grathwohl

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

annals of nutrition and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.926

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1421-9697

pISSN - 0250-6807

DOI - 10.1159/000360505

Subject(s) - overweight , weight gain , lean body mass , medicine , infant formula , lean tissue , obesity , pediatrics , endocrinology , developmental psychology , psychology , physiology , body weight

Data from 3 recently completed studies were pooled and analyzed to answer the question whether breastfed infants of overweight/obese mothers show accelerated growth. It was shown that these infants gain weight faster than indicated by the WHO standards and that they grow significantly faster than infants of lean mothers. The question whether fast infant growth can be slowed down by lowering the protein content of formulas was examined. It was shown that formulas with a protein content that is just moderately above that of human milk support normal growth while significantly slowing down fast growth.

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