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Geirsdóttir ÓG, Pajari AM. Protein - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023. Food Nutr Res 2023; 67:10261. [PMID: 38187790 PMCID: PMC10770649 DOI: 10.29219/fnr.v67.10261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Proteins are needed for providing essential amino acids, nitrogen, and fuel for the body's needs in all age groups. Proteins are especially required during active growth in pregnancy, lactation, childhood, and tissue growth in general. An adequate protein intake is needed in old adults to avoid premature muscle loss. According to the current dietary surveys, protein intake in the Nordic and Baltic countries varies from 15 to 19% of the total energy intake in adults. Comprehensive data regarding children and older adults are lacking. No good measure for protein status exists, and the estimation of physiological requirements is based on N-balance studies having some weaknesses. Protein quality is assessed by considering the protein digestibility of individual indispensable amino acids and their utilization (bioavailability), which is affected by food antinutrients and processing. The evidence regarding the association of protein intake per se with health outcomes is limited or suggestive. It is difficult to separate from the effect of other nutrients or ingredients in protein-rich foods. Proteins are widespread in foods, deriving from both animal and plant sources. Animal-sourced protein production puts more strain on the environment than plant-sourced proteins and contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, thereby enhancing climate change. In Nordic and Baltic countries, consumption of animal-sourced proteins is relatively high. A shift toward more plant-based protein diets would be advisable for promoting a healthy and sustainable diet.
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- Ólöf Guðný Geirsdóttir
- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Health Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Micronutrient, Metabolic, and Inflammatory Biomarkers through 24 Months of Age in Infants Receiving Formula with Added Bovine Milk Fat Globule Membrane through the First Year of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr 2023; 153:511-522. [PMID: 36894243 DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bovine milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) added in infant formula supports typical growth and safety through 24 mo of age in term infants. OBJECTIVES To assess micronutrient (zinc, iron, ferritin, transferrin receptor), metabolic [glucose, insulin, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), triglycerides (TGs), total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)], and inflammatory (leptin, adiponectin, high sensitivity C-reactive protein) secondary outcomes through 24 mo of age in infants who received standard cow's milk-based infant formula (SF), similar formula with added bovine MFGM (EF), or human milk (HM) through 1 y. METHODS Infants whose parents agreed to a blood draw at baseline (<120 d of age) (SF = 80; EF = 80; HM = 83) were included. Subsequent collections (2-4 h fasting) occurred at D180, D365, and D730. Biomarker concentrations were analyzed and group changes tested using generalized estimating equations models. RESULTS Only serum iron (+22.1 μg/dL) and HDL-C (+2.5 mg/dL) were significantly higher for EF compared with SF at D730. Prevalence of zinc deficiency for EF (-17.4%) and SF (-16.6%) at D180 and depleted iron stores for SF (+21.4%) at D180 and EF (-34.6%) and SF (-28.0%) at D365 were significantly different compared with HM. IGF-1 (ng/mL) for EF and SF was significantly higher at D180 (+8.9) and for EF (+8.8) at D365, and (+14.5) at D730 compared with HM. Insulin (μUI/mL) for EF (+2.5) and SF (+5.8) and HOMA-IR for EF (+0.5) and SF (+0.6) were significantly higher compared with HM at D180. TGs (mg/dL) for SF (+23.9) at D180, for EF (+19.0) and SF (+17.8) at D365, and EF (+17.3) and SF (+14.5) at D730 were significantly higher compared with HM. Zinc, ferritin, glucose, LDL-C and total cholesterol changes were higher in formula groups compared with HM between various time points. CONCLUSIONS Micronutrient, metabolic, and inflammatory biomarkers were generally similar through 2 y in infants who received infant formula with or without added bovine MFGM. Over the 2 y, differences were observed between infant formulas and HM reference group. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NTC02626143.
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Grenov B, Larnkjær A, Ritz C, Michaelsen KF, Damsgaard CT, Mølgaard C. The effect of milk and rapeseed protein on growth factors in 7-8 year-old healthy children - A randomized controlled trial. Growth Horm IGF Res 2021; 60-61:101418. [PMID: 34333391 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2021.101418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Milk protein may stimulate linear growth through insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). However, the effect of plant proteins on growth factors is largely unknown. This study assesses the effect of combinations of milk and rapeseed protein versus milk protein alone on growth factors in children. DESIGN An exploratory 3-armed randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 129 healthy 7-8 year-old Danish children. Children received 35 g milk and rapeseed protein (ratio 54:46 or 30:70) or 35 g milk protein per day for 4 weeks. The primary outcome was difference in IGF-1 changes between intervention groups after 4 weeks. Secondary outcomes included changes in IGF-1 after 1 week and changes in insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), IGF-1/IGFBP-3, insulin, height, weight and body composition after 1 and 4 weeks. Results were analysed by multiple linear mixed-effect models. RESULTS There were no differences in changes of plasma IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), IGF-1/IGFBP-3 ratio or insulin between groups after 1 or 4 weeks based on 89 complete cases (P > 0.10). IGF-1 increased by 13.7 (95% CI 9.7;17.7) ng/mL and 18.0 (14.0;22.0) ng/mL from baseline to week 1 and 4, respectively, a 16% increase during the intervention. Similarly, insulin increased by 31% (14; 50) and 33% (16; 53) from baseline to week 1 and 4. Fat-free mass index (FFMI) increments were higher with milk alone than rapeseed blends (P < 0.05), coinciding with a trend towards a lower height increment. Body mass index increased within all groups (P < 0.05), mainly due to an increase in FFMI (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION There were no differences in changes of growth factors between the combinations of milk and rapeseed protein and milk protein alone in healthy, well-nourished children with a habitual intake of milk. Within groups, growth factors increased considerably. Future studies are needed to investigate how intakes of plant and animal proteins affect childhood growth.
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- Benedikte Grenov
- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Donati MA, Beccari C, Bacherini A, Capitanucci D, Primi C. Psychometric properties of the short UPPS-P scale in adolescents: Gender, age invariance, and validity among italian youth. Addict Behav 2021; 120:106987. [PMID: 34034003 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Impulsivity is a multifaceted construct associated with poor planning skills, difficulty in maintaining attention, and behavioral disinhibition-especially in conditions of highly activated affective states. Impulsivity plays a prominent role in adolescents, in whom high levels of impulsivity expose them to a greater risk of exhibiting risky behaviors or developing pathological conditions. Currently, one of the most popular frameworks to explain and assess impulsivity is the UPPS-P, which distinguishes between five impulsivity components, and from which the UPPS-P Scale and its short form are derived. In light of the relatively low number of psychometric analyses of the scale in adolescents, this study aimed to verify the psychometric properties of the Short UPPS-P Scale among Italian adolescents. The participants were 647 adolescents (68% males, mean age = 16.9, SD = 1.1 years). Confirmatory factor analysis supported the five-factor model of the scale, which was found to be invariant across gender and age and to have had good internal consistency values. Gender and age differences were also investigated. Evidence for validity was provided by supporting relationships between specific UPPS dimensions, gambling frequency, problem gambling, and problematic use of social networks. Overall, the findings showed that the Short UPPS-P Scale is a promising instrument to assess the multidimensional construct of impulsivity in adolescents in both research and clinical practice.
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- Maria Anna Donati
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug, and Child's Health, Section of Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug, and Child's Health, Section of Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug, and Child's Health, Section of Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Early life feeding habits may potentially alter future metabolic programming and body composition. Complementary feeding is the period of time when infants introduce food different from milk in their diet, together with a gradual reduction of the intake of milk (either breast milk or formula), to finally acquire the diet model of their family. This period is important in the transition of the infant from milk feeding to family foods, and is necessary for both nutritional and developmental reasons. The timing for introducing complementary foods and the method of feeding have changed over time. Available literature data show increasing interest and concerns about the impact of complementary feeding timing and modality on the onset of later non-communicable disorders, such as overweight and obesity, allergic diseases, celiac disease, or diabetes. While international scientific guidelines on complementary feeding have been published, many baby food companies' websites, blogs, and books, in most European countries exist. The aim of this manuscript is to look over current recommendations, and to revise "old myths." The adoption of an adequate weaning method is a cornerstone in the development of life-long health status. A correct strategy could reduce the risk of feeding disorders and other health problems later in life.
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- Valeria Dipasquale
- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy -
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Switkowski KM, Jacques PF, Must A, Fleisch A, Oken E. Associations of protein intake in early childhood with body composition, height, and insulin-like growth factor I in mid-childhood and early adolescence. Am J Clin Nutr 2019; 109:1154-1163. [PMID: 30869114 PMCID: PMC6462426 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Early protein intake may program later body composition and height growth, perhaps mediated by insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I). In infancy, higher protein intake is consistently associated with higher IGF-I concentrations and more rapid growth, but associations of protein intake after infancy with later growth and IGF-I are less clear. OBJECTIVES Our objective was to examine associations of protein intake in early childhood (median 3.2 y) with height, IGF-I, and measures of adiposity and lean mass in mid-childhood (median 7.7 y) and early adolescence (median 13.0 y), and with changes in these outcomes over time. We hypothesized that early childhood protein intake programs later growth. METHODS We studied 1165 children in the Boston-area Project Viva cohort. Mothers reported children's diet using food-frequency questionnaires. We stratified by child sex and examined associations of early childhood protein intake with mid-childhood and early adolescent BMI z score, skinfold thicknesses, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) fat mass, DXA lean mass, height z score, and IGF-I concentration. We adjusted linear regression models for race/ethnicity, family sociodemographics, parental and birth anthropometrics, breastfeeding status, physical activity, and fast food intake. RESULTS Mean protein intake in early childhood was 58.3 g/d. There were no associations of protein intake in early childhood with any of the mid-childhood outcomes. Among boys, however, each 10-g increase in early childhood total protein intake was associated with several markers of early adolescent size, namely BMI z score (0.12 higher; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.23), DXA lean mass index (1.34% higher; 95% CI: -0.07%, 2.78%), and circulating IGF-I (5.67% higher; 95% CI: 0.30%, 11.3%). There were no associations with fat mass and no associations with any adolescent outcomes among girls. CONCLUSIONS Early childhood protein intake may contribute to programming lean mass and IGF-I around the time of puberty in boys, but not to adiposity development. This study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02820402.
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- Karen M Switkowski
- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA,Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy,Address correspondence to KMS (e-mail: )
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- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy,Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA
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- Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME,Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Portland, ME
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- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA,Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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Ruys CA, van de Lagemaat M, Lafeber HN, Rotteveel J, Finken MJJ. Leptin and IGF-1 in relation to body composition and bone mineralization of preterm-born children from infancy to 8 years. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2018; 89:76-84. [PMID: 29727484 DOI: 10.1111/cen.13733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Preterm birth has been associated with altered body composition, especially increased fat mass (FM) and decreased bone mineralization, and leptin and IGF-1 have been suggested to be involved in the regulation of both. We aimed to study the interplay between leptin, IGF-1, FM and bone mineralization measured in infancy and childhood of children born preterm. DESIGN Observational study. PATIENTS/SUBJECTS Seventy-nine (40 boys) preterm-born children (gestational age ≤32 weeks and/or birth weight ≤1500 g) aged 8 years. MEASUREMENTS Serum leptin and IGF-1 were measured at term age, at 3- and 6-month corrected age (CA), and 8 years. Body composition (fat and lean mass) and bone parameters (bone area, mineral content and density) were measured by Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) at term age, 6-month CA and 8 years. RESULTS Leptin was positively associated with FM at all time points and with bone parameters at term age and 6-month CA. IGF-1 was associated with body composition and bone density at most of the time points. Explained variation in bone mineralization increased significantly by adding bone area (BA) and height to the models. CONCLUSIONS During infancy and childhood, leptin and IGF-1 were associated with body composition in preterm-born children. In addition, leptin was associated with bone parameters in early infancy, but not in childhood. It is hypothesized that a complicated interplay between multiple pathways, which most likely changes over time, is involved in regulation of body composition and bone mineralization of preterm-born infants.
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- Charlotte A Ruys
- Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Switkowski KM, Jacques PF, Must A, Hivert MF, Fleisch A, Gillman MW, Rifas-Shiman S, Oken E. Higher Maternal Protein Intake during Pregnancy Is Associated with Lower Cord Blood Concentrations of Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF)-II, IGF Binding Protein 3, and Insulin, but Not IGF-I, in a Cohort of Women with High Protein Intake. J Nutr 2017; 147:1392-1400. [PMID: 28592512 DOI: 10.3945/jn.117.250589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Background: Prenatal exposure to dietary protein may program growth-regulating hormones, consequently influencing early-life growth patterns and later risk of associated chronic diseases. The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis is of particular interest in this context given its influence on pre- and postnatal growth and its sensitivity to the early nutritional environment.Objective: Our objective was to examine associations of maternal protein intake during pregnancy with cord blood concentrations of IGF-I, IGF-II, IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), and insulin.Methods: We studied 938 mother-child pairs from early pregnancy through delivery in the Project Viva cohort. Using multivariable linear regression models adjusted for maternal race/ethnicity, education, income, smoking, parity, height, and gestational weight gain and for child sex, we examined associations of second-trimester maternal protein intake [grams per kilogram (weight before pregnancy) per day], as reported on a food frequency questionnaire, with IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-3, and insulin concentrations in cord blood. We also examined how these associations may differ by child sex and parity.Results: Mothers were predominantly white (71%), college-educated (64%), and nonsmokers (67%). Mean ± SD protein intake was 1.35 ± 0.35 g ⋅ kg-1 ⋅ d-1 Each 1-SD increment in second-trimester protein intake corresponded to a change of -0.50 ng/mL (95% CI: -2.26, 1.26 ng/mL) in IGF-I and -0.91 μU/mL (95% CI: -1.45, -0.37 μU/mL) in insulin. Child sex and parity modified associations of maternal protein intake with IGF-II and IGFBP-3: protein intake was inversely associated with IGF-II in girls (P-interaction = 0.04) and multiparous mothers (P-interaction = 0.05), and with IGFBP-3 in multiparous mothers (P-interaction = 0.04).Conclusions: In a cohort of pregnant women with relatively high mean protein intakes, higher intake was associated with lower concentrations of growth-promoting hormones in cord blood, suggesting a pathway that may link higher protein intake to lower fetal growth. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02820402.
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- Karen M Switkowski
- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, .,Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA
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- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.,Jean Mayer-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, and
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA
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- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA
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- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA.,Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Maine Medical Center, and Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME
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- Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, MD; and
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- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA
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- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA.,Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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Switkowski KM, Jacques PF, Must A, Kleinman KP, Gillman MW, Oken E. Maternal protein intake during pregnancy and linear growth in the offspring. Am J Clin Nutr 2016; 104:1128-1136. [PMID: 27581477 PMCID: PMC5039807 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.128421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Observational and experimental evidence demonstrates that protein intake in infancy programs linear growth. To our knowledge, few studies have examined prenatal maternal protein intake. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to examine associations of maternal protein intake during pregnancy with offspring linear growth. DESIGN We analyzed data from 1961 mother-child pairs in Project Viva. We assessed first- and second-trimester diet with the use of food-frequency questionnaires and analyzed protein intake as grams per kilogram prepregnancy weight per day. We used research measures of offspring length at birth and in infancy (∼6 mo), early childhood (∼3 y), and midchildhood (∼7 y), as well as clinical growth measures obtained from after birth through midchildhood. We calculated sex-specific birth length z scores for gestational age with the use of international reference data. We used mixed models with repeated length measures to predict individual length gain velocities for birth to <6 mo and 6 mo to 7 y of age, then used these velocities as outcomes in adjusted linear regression models with maternal protein intake as the main predictor. RESULTS Mean (range) second-trimester protein intake was 1.4 g · kg-1 · d-1 (0.3-3.1 g · kg-1 · d-1). After adjusting for maternal sociodemographics, gestational weight gain, maternal and paternal height, and (for postdelivery outcomes) child sex, gestational age, and breastfeeding duration, each 1-SD (0.36 g · kg-1 · d-1) increment in second-trimester protein intake corresponded to a -0.10 (95% CI: -0.18, -0.03) change in birth length z score, a -0.03 cm/mo (95% CI: -0.05, -0.01 cm/mo) change in slope of length growth from birth to <6mo, and a -0.09 cm/y (95% CI: -0.14, -0.05 cm/y) change in slope of length growth from 6 mo to midchildhood. Results were similar for first-trimester intake. CONCLUSIONS In a population with relatively high protein intake during pregnancy, higher protein intake was associated with shorter offspring birth length and slower linear growth into midchildhood. Results suggest that higher protein intake during pregnancy does not increase fetal and child growth and may even reduce early length growth. Project Viva was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02820402.
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- Karen M Switkowski
- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA
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- Jean Mayer-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, and
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA; and
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- Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA
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- Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA
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- Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA
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Gruszfeld D, Weber M, Gradowska K, Socha P, Grote V, Xhonneux A, Dain E, Verduci E, Riva E, Closa-Monasterolo R, Escribano J, Koletzko B. Association of early protein intake and pre-peritoneal fat at five years of age: Follow-up of a randomized clinical trial. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2016; 26:824-832. [PMID: 27212617 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2016.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2015] [Revised: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The double-blind randomized European Childhood Obesity Project (CHOP) demonstrated that reduced protein content in infant formula leads to a lower body mass index (BMI) up to six years of age. Here we aimed at assessing pre-peritoneal fat, a marker of visceral fat, in children participating in the CHOP trial. METHODS AND RESULTS Healthy term formula-fed infants in five European countries were randomized either to higher (n = 550) or lower (n = 540) protein formulas in the first year of life. Infants who were exclusively breastfed for at least three months (n = 588) were enrolled as an observational (non randomized) group. At age 5 years, subcutaneous fat (SC) and pre-peritoneal fat (PP) were measured by ultrasound in a subgroup of 275 children. The PP fat layer was thicker in the higher compared to the lower protein group (adjusted estimated difference: 0.058 cm, 95%CI 0.002; 0.115; p = 0.043), while SC fat was not different. Girls showed a thicker SC fat layer than boys. CONCLUSIONS Higher protein intake in formula-fed infants appears to enhance pre-peritoneal fat tissue accumulation at the age of 5 years, but not of subcutaneous fat, which may trigger adverse metabolic and health consequences.
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- D Gruszfeld
- Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich Medical Centre, Munich, Germany
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- Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich Medical Centre, Munich, Germany
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- CHC Saint Vincent, Liège-Rocourt, Belgium
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- University Children's Hospital Queen Fabiola, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Italy
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- San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Italy
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- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, IISPV, Reus, Spain
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- Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich Medical Centre, Munich, Germany
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Xu S, Xue Y. Protein intake and obesity in young adolescents. Exp Ther Med 2016; 11:1545-1549. [PMID: 27168771 PMCID: PMC4840493 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2016.3137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The abundance of protein and its functional diversity in living systems makes it essential for virtually all life processes. Dietary protein and amino acid requirements are affected by age, body size, body composition, physiological state, and the level of energy output. The requirement for dietary protein is based on the indispensable amino acids under all conditions and under specific physiological and pathological conditions as well as the synthesis of dispensable amino acids and other nitrogen-containing compounds. Previous findings have shown the influence of early intake of proteins on the development of overweight in healthy children. The present review focused on the possible association (if any) between protein intake and later development of obesity. The aim is to benefit physicians, dieticians as well as parents to understand future consequences of incorrect dietary habits in young adolescents and encourage healthy dietary habits to avoid obesity.
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- Shumei Xu
- Department of Endocrinology, Xuzhou Children's Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Xuzhou Children's Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, P.R. China
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Effect of dietary protein on plasma insulin-like growth factor-1, growth, and body composition in healthy term infants: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial (Early Protein and Obesity in Childhood (EPOCH) study). Br J Nutr 2015; 115:271-84. [PMID: 26586096 PMCID: PMC4697297 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114515004456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
The effect of protein intake on growth velocity in infancy may be mediated by
insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). This study aimed to determine the effects of
formulae containing 1·8 (F1·8) or 2·7 g (F2·7) protein/418·4 kJ (100 kcal) on IGF-1
concentrations and growth. Healthy term infants were randomly assigned to receive F1·8
(n 74) or F2·7 (n 80) exclusively for the first 4
months of life. A group of breast-fed infants (n 84) was followed-up
simultaneously (reference). Growth and body composition were measured at 0·5, 4, 6, 12,
36, 48 and 60 months of life. The IGF-1 concentrations at 4 months (primary outcome) were
similar in the F1·8 (67·1 (sd 20·8) ng/l; n 70) and F2·7 (71·2
(sd 27·5) ng/l; n 73) groups (P=0·52). Both
formula groups had higher IGF-1 concentrations than the breast-fed group at 4 and 9 months
of age (P≤0·0001). During the first 60 months of life, anthropometric
parameters in the F1·8 group were lower compared with the F2·7 group, and the differences
were significant for head circumference from 2 to 60 months, body weight at 4 and 6 months
and length at 9, 12 and 36 months of age. There were no significant differences in body
composition between these two groups at any age. We conclude that, in formula-fed infants,
although increased protein intake did not affect the IGF-1 concentration during the first
12 months of life, it did affect length and head circumference growth, suggesting that
factors other than IGF-1 could play roles in determining growth velocity.
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Marseglia L, Manti S, D’Angelo G, Cuppari C, Salpietro V, Filippelli M, Trovato A, Gitto E, Salpietro C, Arrigo T. Obesity and breastfeeding: The strength of association. Women Birth 2015; 28:81-6. [PMID: 25595034 DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2014.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Revised: 12/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Shaoul R, Tiosano D, Hochberg Z. Evo-devo of Child Growth: The Role of Weaning in the Transition from Infancy to Childhood. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2015; 56:887-95. [DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2012.732623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gruszfeld D, Weber M, Nowakowska-Rysz M, Janas R, Kozlik-Feldmann R, Xhonneux A, Carlier C, Riva E, Verduci E, Closa-Monasterolo R, Escribano J, Dobrzanska A, Koletzko B. Protein intake in infancy and carotid intima media thickness at 5 years--a secondary analysis from a randomized trial. ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 2015; 66:51-9. [PMID: 25572773 DOI: 10.1159/000369980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nutrition in childhood has an influence on the cardiovascular function later on in life. European Childhood Obesity Project is a multicenter, randomized clinical intervention trial examining the effect of early protein intake on later health outcomes, particularly adiposity and related disorders. The aim of the study was to examine the effect of nutritional intervention--different protein intake in infancy on carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) at 5 years. The association of cardiovascular risk factors with cIMT was also assessed. METHODS Healthy term formula-fed infants in five European countries were enrolled either to the higher (HP) or to the lower (LP) protein group. Observational group consisted of breastfed infants. Plasma insulin, glucose, lipid profile, IGF-1, apolipoprotein A1 and B were measured as well as anthropometric parameters of parents and a child, blood pressure and physical activity. RESULTS No difference in cIMT between HP and LP group was observed. Insulin, HOMA-IR index and total IGF-1 were positively associated with cIMT but after adjustment for confounders only an inverse association between ApoA1 and positive between ApoB/ApoA1 and cIMT were significant. CONCLUSION High versus low protein intake in infancy does not influence cIMT at 5 years. cIMT in healthy children at 5 years is associated with their apolipoprotein profile.
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Dietary proteins and IGF I levels in preterm infants: determinants of growth, body composition, and neurodevelopment. Pediatr Res 2015; 77:156-63. [PMID: 25335084 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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It has been demonstrated that a high-protein diet in preterm born infants during the first weeks of life may enable a growth rate equal to that seen in utero and may also result in a better long-term neurodevelopmental outcome. This diet may limit immediate postnatal growth retardation and may hence lower the risk of increased fat deposition after birth leading to the metabolic syndrome in later life. Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I) has proven to play an important role in early postnatal growth of preterm infants, but also seems to have a persisting influence on body composition in childhood. Furthermore, increased IGF I concentrations in preterm infants have been associated with improved neurodevelopmental outcome. This review will elaborate on the role of dietary proteins and IGF I on growth, body composition, and neurodevelopment of preterm infants. Possible causal pathways will be explored and areas for future research will be proposed.
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Ejlerskov KT, Larnkjaer A, Pedersen D, Ritz C, Mølgaard C, Michaelsen KF. IGF-I at 9 and 36 months of age — relations with body composition and diet at 3 years — the SKOT cohort. Growth Horm IGF Res 2014; 24:239-244. [PMID: 25466908 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2014.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE High infancy levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) have been associated with increased linear growth and fat-free mass (FFM) but also with risk of obesity. This paper examines how IGF-I at 9 and 36 months relates to diet and body composition. DESIGN Healthy term infants from the prospective cohort study, SKOT, were examined at 9 and 36 months with anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance (36 months), 7-day food records and blood analysis of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 by chemiluminescent immunometric assay. RESULTS IGF-I at 36 months (n = 229) was positively correlated with 9 months values and values were considerably higher in girls (43%). Children breastfed at 9 months had lower IGF-I concentrations at 9 months but reached the same IGF-I concentrations at 36 months as infants not breastfed at 9 months. IGF-I at 36 months was positively associated with height, weight, BMI, predicted FFM and FFM index (FFM/height (kg/m2)). Although there also was a positive association with predicted fat mass (FM) there was no association with FM index (FM/height (kg/m2)). Further, a negative association with skin fold thickness was observed. A change in IGF-I from 9–36 months was positively related to FFM and FFM index but not BMI, FM and FM index. No associations were seen between IGF-I and current intake of milk, meat or protein energy percentage, but both fat and saturated fat energy percentage were negatively associated with IGF-I. CONCLUSION IGF-I concentrations were positively associated with growth but not with adiposity at this age. However, the higher tempo of growth may influence age at adiposity rebound and thereby later risk of obesity. Milk and protein intake at 36 months did not influence IGF-I but there was a negative association with intake of fat and saturated fat. The implications of this finding for development of obesity need further exploration.
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Weber M, Grote V, Closa-Monasterolo R, Escribano J, Langhendries JP, Dain E, Giovannini M, Verduci E, Gruszfeld D, Socha P, Koletzko B. Lower protein content in infant formula reduces BMI and obesity risk at school age: follow-up of a randomized trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2014; 99:1041-51. [PMID: 24622805 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.064071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Early nutrition is recognized as a target for the effective prevention of childhood obesity. Protein intake was associated with more rapid weight gain during infancy-a known risk factor for later obesity. OBJECTIVE We tested whether the reduction of protein in infant formula reduces body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)) and the prevalence of obesity at 6 y of age. DESIGN The Childhood Obesity Project was conducted as a European multicenter, double-blind, randomized clinical trial that enrolled healthy infants born between October 2002 and July 2004. Formula-fed infants (n = 1090) were randomly assigned to receive higher protein (HP)- or lower protein (LP)-content formula (within recommended amounts) in the first year of life; breastfed infants (n = 588) were enrolled as an observational reference group. We measured the weight and height of 448 (41%) formula-fed children at 6 y of age. BMI was the primary outcome. RESULTS HP children had a significantly higher BMI (by 0.51; 95% CI: 0.13, 0.90; P = 0.009) at 6 y of age. The risk of becoming obese in the HP group was 2.43 (95% CI: 1.12, 5.27; P = 0.024) times that in the LP group. There was a tendency for a higher weight in HP children (0.67 kg; 95% CI: -0.04, 1.39 kg; P = 0.064) but no difference in height between the intervention groups. Anthropometric measurements were similar in the LP and breastfed groups. CONCLUSIONS Infant formula with a lower protein content reduces BMI and obesity risk at school age. Avoidance of infant foods that provide excessive protein intakes could contribute to a reduction in childhood obesity. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00338689.
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- Martina Weber
- Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich Medical Centre, Munich, Germany (MW, VG, and BK); the Paediatrics Research Unit, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain (RC-M and JE); Centre Hospitalier Chrétien St Vincent, Liège-Rocourt, Belgium (J-PL); the Department of Paediatrics, University Children's Hospital Queen Fabiola, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (ED); the Department of Paediatrics, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy (MG and EV); the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Warsaw, Poland (DG); and the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Eating Disorders, Warsaw, Poland (PS)
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Larnkjær A, Arnberg K, Michaelsen KF, Jensen SM, Mølgaard C. Effect of milk proteins on linear growth and IGF variables in overweight adolescents. Growth Horm IGF Res 2014; 24:54-59. [PMID: 24461794 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2013.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Milk may stimulate growth acting via insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) secretion but the effect in adolescents is less examined. This study investigates the effect of milk proteins on linear growth, IGF-I, IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and IGF-I/IGFBP-3 ratio in overweight adolescents. DESIGN The trial included 193 overweight adolescents aged 12-15 years. They were randomized to drink 1L/day of: skimmed milk, whey, casein or water for 12 weeks; all milk-based drinks contained 35 g protein/L. A subgroup of 32 adolescents was examined 12 weeks before they were randomized into the groups and started the intervention (pre-test control group). Examinations included anthropometry, diet registration and blood samples which were analyzed for IGF-I and IGFBP-3 by chemiluminescence methods. The effects of milk-based drinks on linear growth, IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and IGF-I availability, calculated as the IGF-I/IGFBP-3 ratio, were compared with baseline, the pre-test control group and water. RESULTS IGF-I increased with skimmed milk (P=0.015) and tended to increase with casein (P=0.075) compared to the pre-test control group. IGFBP-3 but not IGF-I increased with skimmed milk (P=0.006) and casein (P=0.001) compared to water. There was no difference in height or height Z-score for any of the milk-based test drink groups compared to water or compared to the pre-test control group. However, height Z-score decreased within the whey group. CONCLUSIONS Skimmed milk and casein may have a stimulating effect on the IGF-I system whereas there was no positive effect on height in overweight adolescents during this 12 week intervention.
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- Anni Larnkjær
- The Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 30, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- The Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 30, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 30, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 30, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 30, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Günther ALB, Walz H, Kroke A, Wudy SA, Riedel C, von Kries R, Joslowski G, Remer T, Cheng G, Buyken AE. Breastfeeding and its prospective association with components of the GH-IGF-Axis, insulin resistance and body adiposity measures in young adulthood--insights from linear and quantile regression analysis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79436. [PMID: 24236134 PMCID: PMC3827372 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Breastfeeding may lower chronic disease risk by long-term effects on hormonal status and adiposity, but the relations remain uncertain. OBJECTIVE To prospectively investigate the association of breastfeeding with the growth hormone- (GH) insulin-like growth factor- (IGF) axis, insulin sensitivity, body composition and body fat distribution in younger adulthood (18-37 years). DESIGN Data from 233 (54% female) participants of a German cohort, the Dortmund Nutritional and Anthropometric Longitudinally Designed (DONALD) Study, with prospective data on infant feeding were analyzed. Multivariable linear as well as quantile regression were performed with full breastfeeding (not: ≤ 2, short: 3-17, long: >17 weeks) as exposure and adult IGF-I, IGF binding proteins (IGFBP) -1, -2, -3, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), fat mass index, fat-free mass index, and waist circumference as outcomes. RESULTS After adjustment for early life and socio-economic factors, women who had been breastfed longer displayed higher adult IGFBP-2 (p(trend) = 0.02) and lower values of HOMA-IR (p(trend) = 0.004). Furthermore, in women breastfeeding duration was associated with a lower mean fat mass index (p(trend) = 0.01), fat-free mass index (p(trend) = 0.02) and waist circumference (p(trend) = 0.004) in young adulthood. However, there was no relation to IGF-I, IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-3 (all p(trend) > 0.05). Associations for IGFBP-2 and fat mass index were more pronounced at higher, for waist circumference at very low or high percentiles of the distribution. In men, there was no consistent relation of breastfeeding with any outcome. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that breastfeeding may have long-term, favorable effects on extremes of adiposity and insulin metabolism in women, but not in men. In both sexes, breastfeeding does not seem to induce programming of the GH-IGF-axis.
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- Anke L. B. Günther
- Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Department of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, Fulda, Germany
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- Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Department of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, Fulda, Germany
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- Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Department of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, Fulda, Germany
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- Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Laboratory for Translational Hormone Analytics in Pediatric Endocrinology, Peptide Hormone Research Unit, Giessen, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Munich, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Munich, Germany
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- University of Bonn, IEL-Nutritional Epidemiology, DONALD Study at the Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Bonn, Germany
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- University of Bonn, IEL-Nutritional Epidemiology, DONALD Study at the Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Bonn, Germany
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- Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Department of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, Fulda, Germany
- West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- University of Bonn, IEL-Nutritional Epidemiology, DONALD Study at the Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Bonn, Germany
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Rzehak P, Grote V, Lattka E, Weber M, Gruszfeld D, Socha P, Closa-Monasterolo R, Escribano J, Giovannini M, Verduci E, Goyens P, Martin F, Langhendries JP, Demmelmair H, Klopp N, Illig T, Koletzko B. Associations of IGF-1 gene variants and milk protein intake with IGF-I concentrations in infants at age 6 months - results from a randomized clinical trial. Growth Horm IGF Res 2013; 23:149-158. [PMID: 23800627 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2013.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Revised: 05/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The interplay of genetic and nutritional regulation of the insulin-like growth factor-I axis in children is unclear. Therefore, potential gene-nutrient effects on serum levels of the IGF-I axis in a formula feeding trial were studied. DESIGN European multicenter randomized clinical trial of 1090 term, formula-fed infants assigned to receive cow's milk-based infant and follow-on formulae with lower (LP: 1.25 and 1.6 g/100 mL) or higher (HP: 2.05 and 3.2 g/100 mL) protein contents for the first 12 months of life; a comparison group of 588 breastfed infants (BF) was included. Eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the IGF-1-(rs6214, rs1520220, rs978458, rs7136446, rs10735380, rs2195239, rs35767, and rs35766) and two of the IGFBP-3-(rs1496495, rs6670) gene were analyzed. Serum levels of total and free IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and the molar ratio IGF-1/IGFBP-3 at age 6 months were regressed on determined SNPs and feeding groups in 501 infants. RESULTS IGF-1-SNPs rs1520220, rs978458, and rs2195239 significantly increased total-IGF-I and molar-ratio IGF-I/IGFBP-3 by ~1.3 ng/mL and ~1.3 per allele, respectively; compared to LP infants concentration and molar-ratio were increased in HP by ~1.3 ng/mL and ~1.3 and decreased in BF infants by ~0.6 ng/mL and ~0.6, respectively. IGFBP-3 was only affected by the BF group with ~450 ng/mL lower levels than the LP group. No gene-feeding-group interaction was detected for any SNP, even without correction for multiple testing. CONCLUSIONS Variants of the IGF-1-gene play an important role in regulating serum levels of the IGF-I axis but there is no gene-protein-interaction. The predominant nutritional regulation of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 gives further evidence that higher protein intake contributes to metabolic programming of growth.
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- Peter Rzehak
- Div. Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Medical Centre, Munich, Germany
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Michaelsen KF. Effect of Protein Intake from 6 to 24 Months on Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1) Levels, Body Composition, Linear Growth Velocity, and Linear Growth Acceleration: What are the Implications for Stunting and Wasting? Food Nutr Bull 2013; 34:268-71. [DOI: 10.1177/156482651303400224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Martin RM, Patel R, Kramer MS, Guthrie L, Vilchuck K, Bogdanovich N, Sergeichick N, Gusina N, Foo Y, Palmer T, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gillman MW, Smith GD, Oken E. Effects of promoting longer-term and exclusive breastfeeding on adiposity and insulin-like growth factor-I at age 11.5 years: a randomized trial. JAMA 2013; 309:1005-13. [PMID: 23483175 PMCID: PMC3752893 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Evidence that longer-term and exclusive breastfeeding reduces child obesity risk is based on observational studies that are prone to confounding. OBJECTIVE To investigate effects of an intervention to promote increased duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding on child adiposity and circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, which regulates growth. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cluster-randomized controlled trial in 31 Belarusian maternity hospitals and their affiliated clinics, randomized into 1 of 2 groups: breastfeeding promotion intervention (n = 16) or usual practices (n = 15). Participants were 17,046 breastfeeding mother-infant pairs enrolled in 1996 and 1997, of whom 13,879 (81.4%) were followed up between January 2008 and December 2010 at a median age of 11.5 years. INTERVENTION Breastfeeding promotion intervention modeled on the WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (World Health Organization/United Nations Children's Fund). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Body mass index (BMI), fat and fat-free mass indices (FMI and FFMI), percent body fat, waist circumference, triceps and subscapular skinfold thicknesses, overweight and obesity, and whole-blood IGF-I. Primary analysis was based on modified intention-to-treat (without imputation), accounting for clustering within hospitals and clinics. RESULTS The experimental intervention substantially increased breastfeeding duration and exclusivity when compared with the control (43% vs 6% exclusively breastfed at 3 months and 7.9% vs 0.6% at 6 months). Cluster-adjusted mean differences in outcomes at 11.5 years of age between experimental vs control groups were: 0.19 (95% CI, -0.09 to 0.46) for BMI; 0.12 (-0.03 to 0.28) for FMI; 0.04 (-0.11 to 0.18) for FFMI; 0.47% (-0.11% to 1.05%) for percent body fat; 0.30 cm (-1.41 to 2.01) for waist circumference; -0.07 mm (-1.71 to 1.57) for triceps and -0.02 mm (-0.79 to 0.75) for subscapular skinfold thicknesses; and -0.02 standard deviations (-0.12 to 0.08) for IGF-I. The cluster-adjusted odds ratio for overweight/obesity (BMI ≥ 85th vs <85th percentile) was 1.18 (95% CI, 1.01 to 1.39) and for obesity (BMI ≥ 95th vs <85th percentile) was 1.17 (95% CI, 0.97 to 1.41). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Among healthy term infants in Belarus, an intervention that succeeded in improving the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding did not prevent overweight or obesity, nor did it affect IGF-I levels at age 11.5 years. Breastfeeding has many advantages but population strategies to increase the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding are unlikely to curb the obesity epidemic. TRIAL REGISTRATION isrctn.org: ISRCTN37687716; and clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01561612.
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- Richard M Martin
- School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, England.
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Agostoni C, Baselli L, Mazzoni MB. Early nutrition patterns and diseases of adulthood: a plausible link? Eur J Intern Med 2013; 24:5-10. [PMID: 22981292 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2012.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Revised: 08/20/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the last decades several studies tested the hypothesis that at early development stages certain foods or nutrients, in specific amounts, fed during limited sensitive periods, may determine an endocrine metabolic asset leading to clinical alterations that take place decades later (early nutritional programming of long term health). Evidence is mounting for programming effects of infant feeding. Observational studies indicate that breast feeding, relative to formula feeding, reduces the risk for obesity at school age by about 20% even after adjustment for biological and sociodemographic confounders. Moreover, breastfeeding is constantly associated with increased neurodevelopmental scores up to early adulthood, while its outcome in terms of delayed decay of brain function is still unknown. Besides the environment surrounding breastfeeding, specific nutrients within human milk may play a direct role. With the introduction of solids the major changes in diet are represented by the sudden decrease of fat intake from 50 to 30% of total energy. A protein excess, commonly found throughout all European Countries, has been associated to a higher risk of adiposity in early childhood, as confirmed by first reports from a large European trial. The amount of fat does not seem to be associated with later adiposity, while its quality may affect blood lipoproteins, blood pressure and neurodevelopmental performance. Early intake of dietary fibers might also have beneficial effects. Epidemiologic data show that episodes of rapid growth (growth acceleration hypothesis), whichever the dietary habits, are associated with later unfavorable health conditions and should be prevented.
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- Carlo Agostoni
- Pediatric Clinic 2, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Italy.
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Francescato G, Agosti M, Bedogni G, Pastò E, Melzi d'Eril G, Barassi A, Risè P, Agostoni C. Early retinol-binding protein levels are associated with growth changes in infants born to diabetic mothers. Pediatr Obes 2012; 7:e86-9. [PMID: 22991250 DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00097.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2011] [Revised: 07/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Biochemical predictors of infants' growth changes are not available. OBJECTIVES We tested whether retinol-binding protein (RBP), docosahexaenoic acid and insulin (I) measured within 72 h from birth are associated with growth changes in infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). METHODS Fifty-six children, 32 born to diabetic mothers treated with insulin (GDM-I) and 24 born to diabetic mothers treated with diet (GDM-D), were evaluated at 0, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months of life. RESULTS At multivariable regression performed using generalized estimating equations, early RBP levels and maternal body mass index were associated to average weight changes and early RBP and insulin levels to average length changes, respectively. There was no difference between GDM-I and GDM-D infants. CONCLUSIONS This exploratory study suggests that early RBP levels may be a predictor of growth changes.
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- G Francescato
- Neonatology and NICU, Maternal and Child Department, Filippo Del Ponte Hospital, Varese, Italy
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Michaelsen KF, Larnkjær A, Mølgaard C. Amount and quality of dietary proteins during the first two years of life in relation to NCD risk in adulthood. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2012; 22:781-786. [PMID: 22770749 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2012.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2011] [Revised: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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During late infancy many infants have a protein intake, which is more than three times as high as the physiological need. Several observational studies have shown an association between a high-protein intake (>15 energy %) early in life and an increased risk of developing obesity and thereby non-communicable diseases (NCDs) later in life. This effect was supported by a recent intervention study with infant formulas with two levels of protein, showing that a higher protein intake during the first year of life resulted in a higher body mass index (BMI) at age 2 years. It is also plausible that an important reason for the slower growth in breast-fed infants is the lower content of protein in breastmilk, but other qualities of breastmilk could also play a role. A high intake of protein, especially dairy protein, stimulates the growth factors insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) and insulin, and it has been suggested that the lower risk of NCDs in breast-fed infants is mediated through a regulation of IGF-I. A low quality of protein, as in cereal-based diets with no animal foods as often seen in low-income countries, may contribute to undernutrition, which can also result in an increased risk of NCDs later in life. In conclusion, there is some evidence that a high protein intake during the complementary feeding period is associated with increased risk of NCDs and that avoidance of a high protein intake could reduce the risk of obesity. In low-income countries, emphasis should be on providing sufficient amounts of high-quality protein to improve survival, growth and development.
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- K F Michaelsen
- Department of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Holly JMP, Perks CM. Insulin-like growth factor physiology: what we have learned from human studies. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2012; 41:249-63, v. [PMID: 22682629 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2012.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Although very similar to insulin and its receptor; the modus operandi of the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) within the body is very different from that of the traditional peptide hormone. The IGF-binding proteins bind the IGFs with greater affinity than the cell surface receptors, enabling them to tightly control tissue activity. In addition to their role in fetal and childhood growth, IGFs play an important role in metabolic regulation. This article describes the basic underlying human physiology of IGFs, how this differs from that of experimental models, and why some information can only be learned from human clinical studies.
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- Jeff M P Holly
- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, IGFs & Metabolic Endocrinology Group, Learning & Research Building, 2nd Floor, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK.
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Larnkjær A, Mølgaard C, Michaelsen KF. Early nutrition impact on the insulin-like growth factor axis and later health consequences. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2012; 15:285-92. [PMID: 22466924 DOI: 10.1097/mco.0b013e328351c472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is increasing interest in the role of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in the relation between early growth and later risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This review presents and discusses a selection of recent publications on this topic. RECENT FINDINGS Nutrition during pregnancy and in preterm infants has an influence on IGF-I. Breastfeeding is associated with lower IGF-I values and the effect of early protein intake was confirmed in a large intervention study. IGF-I levels are associated with early obesity, but the relation is complex and differs with age. Further studies and reviews support that there is a programming of the IGF axis, with higher levels during early life being associated with lower levels in adulthood, which is likely to influence the risk of NCDs later in life. SUMMARY Recent studies support that IGF-I plays an important role in the complex association between early diet, growth and later health, but more studies are needed to better understand the role of IGF-I, especially in the early development of obesity. Studies with data on how IGF-I is influenced by early diet in studies of preterm infants and young children with undernutrition from low-income countries will be helpful in recommending optimal diets.
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- Anni Larnkjær
- Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Przyrembel H. Timing of Introduction of Complementary Food: Short- and Long-Term Health Consequences. ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 2012; 60 Suppl 2:8-20. [DOI: 10.1159/000336287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Closa-Monasterolo R, Ferré N, Luque V, Zaragoza-Jordana M, Grote V, Weber M, Koletzko B, Socha P, Gruszfeld D, Janas R, Xhonneux A, Dain E, Scaglioni S, Escribano J. Sex differences in the endocrine system in response to protein intake early in life. Am J Clin Nutr 2011; 94:1920S-1927S. [PMID: 22089446 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.001123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nutritional factors during a sensitive period can influence child development in a sex-related manner. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to investigate whether sex modulates the responses of relevant biochemical parameters and growth to different protein intakes early in life. DESIGN In a randomized controlled trial, formula-fed infants were assigned to receive formula with higher protein (HP) or lower protein (LP) content. The main outcome measures were insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 axis parameters, weight, length, BMI, leptin, and C-peptide/creatinine ratio at 6 mo of age. Dietary intake during the first 6 mo of life was also assessed. RESULTS The IGF-1 axis response to HP feeding was modulated by sex. Total and free IGF-1 and IGF binding protein 3 concentrations were higher in girls than in boys. Compared with the LP diet, the HP diet was associated with higher IGF-1 and lower IGF binding protein 2 secretion. The response to this HP content formula tended to be stronger in girls than in boys. The HP diet was associated with a higher C-peptide/creatinine ratio. The leptin concentration was higher in girls than in boys and was correlated to the IGF-1 axis parameters. No interaction between sex and nutritional intervention was shown on growth. CONCLUSIONS Our findings show that the endocrine response to a high protein diet early in life may be modulated by sex. The IGF-1 axis of female infants shows a stronger response to the nutritional intervention than does that of male infants, but there is no enhanced effect on growth. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00338689.
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Socha P, Grote V, Gruszfeld D, Janas R, Demmelmair H, Closa-Monasterolo R, Subías JE, Scaglioni S, Verduci E, Dain E, Langhendries JP, Perrin E, Koletzko B. Milk protein intake, the metabolic-endocrine response, and growth in infancy: data from a randomized clinical trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2011; 94:1776S-1784S. [PMID: 21849603 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.000596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Protein intake in early infancy has been suggested to be an important risk factor for later obesity, but information on potential mechanisms is very limited. OBJECTIVE This study examined the influence of protein intake in infancy on serum amino acids, insulin, and the insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) axis and its possible relation to growth in the first 2 y of life. DESIGN In a multicenter European study, 1138 healthy, formula-fed infants were randomly assigned to receive cow-milk-based infant and follow-on formulas with lower protein (LP; 1.77 and 2.2 g protein/100 kcal) or higher protein (HP; 2.9 and 4.4 g protein/100 kcal) contents for the first year. Biochemical variables were measured at age 6 mo in 339 infants receiving LP formula and 333 infants receiving HP formula and in 237 breastfed infants. RESULTS Essential amino acids, especially branched-chain amino acids, IGF-I, and urinary C-peptide:creatinine ratio, were significantly (P < 0.001) higher in the HP group than in the LP group, whereas IGF-binding protein (IGF-BP) 2 was lower and IGF-BP3 did not differ significantly. The median IGF-I total serum concentration was 48.4 ng/mL (25th, 75th percentile: 27.2, 81.8 ng/mL) in the HP group and 34.7 ng/mL (17.7, 57.5 ng/mL) in the LP group; the urine C-peptide:creatinine ratios were 140.6 ng/mg (80.0, 203.8 ng/mg) and 107.3 ng/mg (65.2, 194.7 ng/mg), respectively. Most essential amino acids, IGF-I, C-peptide, and urea increased significantly in both the LP and HP groups compared with the breastfed group. Total IGF-I was significantly associated with growth until 6 mo but not thereafter. CONCLUSIONS HP intake stimulates the IGF-I axis and insulin release in infancy. IGF-I enhances growth during the first 6 mo of life. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00338689.
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- Piotr Socha
- Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
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Mølgaard C, Larnkjær A, Mark AB, Michaelsen KF. Are early growth and nutrition related to bone health in adolescence? The Copenhagen Cohort Study of infant nutrition and growth. Am J Clin Nutr 2011; 94:1865S-1869S. [PMID: 21849602 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.001214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It is generally accepted that peak bone mass affects later fracture risk in the elderly. The extent to which early nutrition and growth can program later bone health has been examined in only a few studies. In the Copenhagen Cohort Study we showed that breastfed infants had significantly higher serum (s)-osteocalcin concentration than did formula-fed infants. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether early nutrition and early growth are associated with later bone mass in adolescence. DESIGN Participants were examined at birth; at ages 2, 6, and 9 mo (n = 143); and at age 17 y (n = 109) with anthropometric and s-osteocalcin measures and whole-body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning (age 17 y only). Total body (T) and lumbar spine (LS) DXA values were used. RESULTS The duration of exclusive breastfeeding was positively correlated with the sex-adjusted LS bone mineral content (BMC), LS bone area (BA), and LS bone mineral density (BMD) (all P < 0.03) and with size-adjusted LS-BMC (P = 0.075) at 17 y of age. s-Osteocalcin at 6 mo was positively correlated with sex-adjusted LS-BMC and LS-BMD (both P < 0.04) and with size-adjusted LS-BMC (P = 0.047) at 17 y of age. Weight and length at 9 mo and increase in weight and length during the first 9 mo of life were positively correlated with sex-adjusted T-BMC and T-BA at age 17 y (all P < 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Early body size and growth in infancy are related to bone mass in late adolescence. Furthermore, the duration of exclusive breastfeeding and the markers of bone turnover at 6 mo seem to be positively related to LS bone mass at age 17 y.
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- Christian Mølgaard
- Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Madsen AL, Larnkjær A, Mølgaard C, Michaelsen KF. IGF-I and IGFBP-3 in healthy 9 month old infants from the SKOT cohort: breastfeeding, diet, and later obesity. Growth Horm IGF Res 2011; 21:199-204. [PMID: 21624842 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2011.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2011] [Revised: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND High IGF-I concentrations in infancy have been associated with later obesity but the interactions between diet, IGF-I concentrations and growth in early life are complex and involve programming of the IGF-I axis. OBJECTIVE This paper examines how IGF-I and IGFBP-3 concentrations measured at age 9 months are related to diet and growth in infancy. DESIGN In the Danish SKOT cohort healthy term infants were included at age 9 months with follow-up at age 18 months. Total 252 infants had a full data set and were included in the analysis. Measurements include weight, length, skinfold thickness, waist circumference, 7-d food records, and blood analysis of IGF-I, and IGFBP-3. RESULTS Infants not being breastfed at 9 months of age (46%) had higher median IGF-I concentration than breastfed infants (51.6 vs. 44.2 ng/mL, P=0.0005) and there was a negative dose response effect of daily numbers of breastfeedings on IGF-I concentration. IGF-I concentration was negatively associated with birth weight and positively related to increase in weight, length and BMI between birth and 9 months. Between 9 months and 18 months of age increase in length was positively and increase in BMI was negatively related to IGF-I concentration. CONCLUSION Breastfeeding has a strong negative effect on IGF-I concentrations in late infancy. Although IGF-I concentrations at 9 months of age were negatively associated with change in BMI during the following 9 months we speculate that this could reflect an early adiposity rebound and thereby an increased risk of obesity later in life.
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- Anja L Madsen
- Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 30, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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Cardel M, Dulin-Keita A, Casazza K. Contributors to Pediatric Obesity in Adolescence: More than just Energy Imbalance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 3:17-26. [PMID: 24563683 DOI: 10.2174/1876823701103010017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Disentangling the etiology of pediatric obesity continues to challenge researchers. Due to rapid growth and development, changes in the hormonal milieu, increased autonomy in feeding practices and greater interactions with environmental factors, adolescence is a particularly important period for the determination of body composition trajectories and the relationship to current and future obesity outcomes. A plethora of studies have focused on excess energy consumption and physical inactivity as they relate to weight and fat gain in adolescence. Although these "Big Two" have an impact, the increasing trends in pediatric obesity are not accounted for solely by increased energy intake and decreased physical activity. Indeed, under similar conditions of energy balance, inter-individual variation in fat accumulation has been consistently noted. It is becoming more evident that additional factors may contribute independently and/or synergistically to the increase in obesity. Such factors include (but are not limited to) metabolic programming in utero and in early childhood, the hormonal environment, endocrine disruptors, parental feeding practices, and the built environment. Our objective, therefore, is to investigate possible factors, particularly in adolescence that contributes to the increase in pediatric obesity beyond "The Big Two".
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- Michelle Cardel
- Department of Nutrition Sciences and Clinical Nutrition Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-3360, USA
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- Department of Nutrition Sciences and Clinical Nutrition Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-3360, USA
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- Department of Nutrition Sciences and Clinical Nutrition Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-3360, USA
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Crowe FL, Key TJ, Allen NE, Appleby PN, Overvad K, Grønbæk H, Tjønneland A, Halkjær J, Dossus L, Boeing H, Kröger J, Trichopoulou A, Zylis D, Trichopoulos D, Boutron-Ruault MC, de Lauzon-Guillain B, Clavel-Chapelon F, Palli D, Berrino F, Panico S, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, van Gils CH, Peeters PHM, Gram IT, Rodríguez L, Jakszyn P, Molina-Montes E, Navarro C, Barricarte A, Larrañaga N, Khaw KT, Rodwell S, Rinaldi S, Slimani N, Norat T, Gallo V, Riboli E, Kaaks R. A cross-sectional analysis of the associations between adult height, BMI and serum concentrations of IGF-I and IGFBP-1 -2 and -3 in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Ann Hum Biol 2010; 38:194-202. [DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2010.507221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Michaelsen KF, Larnkjaer A, Lauritzen L, Mølgaard C. Science base of complementary feeding practice in infancy. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2010; 13:277-83. [PMID: 20397319 DOI: 10.1097/mco.0b013e328338653f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The review presents a selection of publications on complementary feeding in industrialized countries during 2008-2009, after the publication of the ESPGHAN position paper in early 2008. RECENT FINDINGS The WHO recommendation for introduction of complementary feeding at 6 months is adapted in many countries, but the issue is still discussed and many mothers introduce complementary feeding as early as before 4 months. The European Food Safety Authority recently published a comprehensive review on the appropriate age for the introduction of complementary feeding and concluded that introduction between 4 and 6 months is safe. One study showed that delaying introduction of complementary feeding up to 6 months resulted in lower risk of overweight as adult. Milk protein is stimulating insulin-like growth factor-1 and growth and a recent study supports a long-term programming of the insulin-like growth factor-1 axis. There is now a broad consensus that there is no need to delay the introduction of hyperallergenic foods, which might even increase the risk of allergic disease. Randomized studies show that docosahexaenoic acid may affect heart rate and thereby cardiovascular regulation. SUMMARY Despite some recent interesting publications, there is still a need for more large randomized studies to further explore to what degree the time of introduction and composition of complementary foods have effects on growth, development and especially the long-term risk of diseases.
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- Kim F Michaelsen
- Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Scientific Opinion on the appropriate age for introduction of complementary feeding of infants. EFSA J 2009. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Permanent impairment of insulin resistance from pregnancy to adulthood: The primary basic risk factor of chronic Western diseases. Med Hypotheses 2009; 73:670-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2009] [Revised: 04/23/2009] [Accepted: 04/25/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Melnik BC, Schmitz G. Role of insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1, hyperglycaemic food and milk consumption in the pathogenesis of acne vulgaris. Exp Dermatol 2009; 18:833-41. [PMID: 19709092 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.00924.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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It is the purpose of this viewpoint article to delineate the regulatory network of growth hormone (GH), insulin, and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) signalling during puberty, associated hormonal changes in adrenal and gonadal androgen metabolism, and the impact of dietary factors and smoking involved in the pathogenesis of acne. The key regulator IGF-1 rises during puberty by the action of increased GH secretion and correlates well with the clinical course of acne. In acne patients, associations between serum levels of IGF-1, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, dihydrotestosterone, acne lesion counts and facial sebum secretion rate have been reported. IGF-1 stimulates 5alpha-reductase, adrenal and gonadal androgen synthesis, androgen receptor signal transduction, sebocyte proliferation and lipogenesis. Milk consumption results in a significant increase in insulin and IGF-1 serum levels comparable with high glycaemic food. Insulin induces hepatic IGF-1 secretion, and both hormones amplify the stimulatory effect of GH on sebocytes and augment mitogenic downstream signalling pathways of insulin receptors, IGF-1 receptor and fibroblast growth factor receptor-2b. Acne is proposed to be an IGF-1-mediated disease, modified by diets and smoking increasing insulin/IGF1-signalling. Metformin treatment, and diets low in milk protein content and glycaemic index reduce increased IGF-1 signalling. Persistent acne in adulthood with high IGF-1 levels may be considered as an indicator for increased risk of cancer, which may require appropriate dietary intervention as well as treatment with insulin-sensitizing agents.
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- Bodo C Melnik
- Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany.
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Woo JG, Guerrero ML, Altaye M, Ruiz-Palacios GM, Martin LJ, Dubert-Ferrandon A, Newburg DS, Morrow AL. Human milk adiponectin is associated with infant growth in two independent cohorts. Breastfeed Med 2009; 4:101-9. [PMID: 19500050 PMCID: PMC2779028 DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2008.0137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adiponectin, a circulating adipocyte protein, is associated with lower obesity. We have previously shown that adiponectin is present in human milk. This study determined whether higher milk adiponectin is associated with infant growth and investigated milk adiponectin's oligomeric form. DESIGN AND METHODS This is a study of two parallel longitudinal cohorts of breastfed infants born between 1998 and 2005. Forty-five mother-infant pairs from Cincinnati, OH and 277 mother-infant pairs from Mexico City, Mexico were analyzed. All participants were healthy, term infants breastfed at least 1 month who completed 6 months of follow-up. Monthly milk samples (n = 1,379) up to 6 months were assayed for adiponectin by radioimmunoassay. Infant weight-for-age, length-for-age, and weight-for-length Z-scores up to 6 months of age were calculated using World Health Organization standards. Repeated-measures analysis was conducted. The structural form of human milk adiponectin was assessed by western blot. RESULTS In the population studies, initial milk adiponectin was 24.0 +/- 8.6 microg/L and did not differ by cohort. Over the first 6 months, higher milk adiponectin was associated with lower infant weight-for-age Z-score (-0.20 +/- 0.04, p < 0.0001) and weight-for-length Z-score (-0.29 +/- 0.08, p = 0.0002) but not length-for-age Z-score, adjusted for covariates, with no difference by cohort. By western blot, human milk adiponectin was predominantly in the biologically active high-molecular-weight form. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest milk adiponectin may play a role in the early growth and development of breastfed infants.
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- Jessica G. Woo
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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