>
> Baby formula linked to 'obesity hormone' levels
>
> Last Updated: 2002-06-04 14:54:19 -0400 (Reuters Health)
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Premature babies fed a nutrient-enriched formula
> have higher levels of the "obesity hormone" leptin as teenagers than similar
> children fed breast milk or standard formula, study findings indicate.
>
> While the results are preliminary and do not show that such infant formula
> raises the risk of obesity, they suggest a mechanism by which concentrations
> of leptin, a hormone released by fat cells and other tissues that regulates
> appetite, may be set early in life.
>
> The teens who were fed a nutrient-enriched formula in infancy were no more
> likely to be overweight than teens fed other types of food as babies. However,
> they did produce about 30% more leptin as their peers with similar amounts of
> fat tissue.

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> SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2002;75:993-999.

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