A narrative review of the associations between six bioactive components in breast milk and infant adiposity

Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1213-1221

  Fields, David A ^a   Schneider, Camille R ^b   Pavela, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GHRELIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COLOSTRUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIVER METABOLISM; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; REVIEW;

EID: 84990191335     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.21519     Document Type: Review

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