Percent Body Fat in Breast Fed Infants

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute190 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to learn about normal body composition (% body fat) during the first six months of life in healthy breast-fed babies.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

190

Conditions

Healthy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 2 Weeks

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Inclusion Criteria: * Term birth * Infant must weigh at least 5.5# at birth * Single birth * Healthy mother/infant as determined by the investigator * Intention to breast feed Exclusion Criteria: * Significant perinatal morbidity * Having health, environmental, or economic constraints on growth * Infants of a mother with diabetes or gestational diabetes

Locations (4)

Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

MetroHealth Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Universita degli Studi di Milano

Milan, Italy

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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