Can hormones contained in mothers' milk account for the beneficial effect of breast-feeding on obesity in children?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 757-765

  Savino, Francesco ^a   Fissore, Maria F ^a   Liguori, Stefania A ^a   Oggero, Roberto ^a  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GHRELIN; LEPTIN; OBESTATIN; RESISTIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; APPETITE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; EATING HABIT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; INFANT NUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BREAST FEEDING; GHRELIN; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEPTIN; MILK, HUMAN; OBESITY;

EID: 70449449520     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03585.x     Document Type: Review

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