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Perinatal programming of body weight control by leptin: putative roles of AMP kinase and muscle thermogenesis.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Dec 2011
Pico Catalina, Jilkova Zuzana Macek, Kus Vladimir, Palou Andreu, Kopecky Jan
Abstract excerpt
Breastfeeding, compared with infant-formula feeding, confers later protection against obesity. Leptin represents a candidate for the programming of the lean phenotype as suggested by 1) the presence of leptin in breast milk and its absence in infant formula, 2) a human study that showed a negative correlation between leptin concentrations in breast milk and body weights of infants until 2 y of age, and 3)...
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